| Background: | solo_singer |
| Birth Name: | Gabriel Cotabiță |
| Birth Date: | 1 November 1955 |
| Birth Place: | Craiova, Romania |
| Death Place: | Bucharest, Romania |
| Years Active: | 1974–2024 |
Gabriel Cotabiță (1 November 1955 – 23 November 2024) was a Romanian pop and rock singer.
Cotabiță was born on 1 November 1955. He graduated from the Craiova's Institute of Electrotechnics, becoming an engineer.[1]
Cotabiță debuted in rock music in 1975 with the group Redivivus.[1] In the 1980s, he was a member of the well-known rock group Holograf. In 2002 he joined a group of rock then musicians and together they formed the band VH2, of which Gabriel was a vocalist.
He was also a host of a Callatis Festival[2] and also a prominent part of a Romanian mainstream rock scene. He had a few notable collaborations with artists such as Ștefan Bănică, Jr. and Loredana Groza.
Cotabiță died from a stroke on 23 November 2024, at the age of 69.[1]