Education
He studied at the University of Bucharest and obtained a Bachelor in psychology.
He studied at the University of Bucharest and obtained a Bachelor in psychology.
Valeriu Sterian started as a drummer during secondary school in the music band Copiii Florilor (Flower Children). At that time he was performing with Carmen Marin as Vali și Carmen. He played for many years within the Cenaclul Flacăra.
In 1979 he founded a music band called Compania de Sunet (Sound Company), with which he toured all over the country and also in Bulgaria, Hungary, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, Poland, Norway, France, United Kingdom, and in the United States. In 1993 he founded a record company called B"Inișor ("Pretty well").
He collaborated with other Romanian musicians, such as: Alexandru Andrieș, Nicu Alifantis, Doru Stănculescu, Mircea Bodolan, Maria Gheorghiu. In 1999 he was involved in a road traffic accident on Gheorghe Magheru Avenue in Bucharest in which two people were killed.
He was arrested on 4 October on suspicion of homicide and driving under the influence of alcohol. Within a month he was bailed and died of cancer the following year.