Dr. Dan Pataka, is Vocal soloist at Opera Romana in Timisoara and Associate professor at the  Faculty  of  Music  and  Theater  in Timisoara.  He graduated in singing from the Faculty  of  Music at Western University of Timisoara in the class of professor Alexandru  Moisiuc. At the same Western University of Timisoara he obtained his PhD degree. 

Pataka had a privilege to Collaborate with artistic institutions such as:  Opera Romana Iasi,  Lyric Theatre in Craiova, Constanta Opera, Galati  Lyric Theatre, Radio Bucharest, Satu-Mare Philharmonic, Philharmonic  “George Enescu”  Bucharest.

He has held a series of concerts throughout:  Italy, Germany,  Netherlands,  Belgium,  Yugoslavia,  Hungary  ,Albania,  S. Korea. Pataka appeared in many roles in operas such as: The Elixir of Love, Don Pasquale, Traviata, The Troubador, Aida, Madama  Butterfly, Turandot, Don Giovanni, The Barber  of Seville, Faust etc.