[1] Ionică Minune was born in Costeşti, Buzău County, Romania into a family of lăutari.
At the age of four, Ionică took his older brother accordion and played a waltz by ear without any kind of training.
[1] Despite living a good life (he received French citizenship and an apartment) he did not feel very comfortable in France and returned to Romania in 2006.
There, he started an accordion school together with the accordionist Constantin "Fulgerică" and the cimbalom player Cristinel Turturică (a former member of Taraf de Haïdouks).
Throughout his career, besides many great lăutari, Ionică Minune played with artists such as Bobby McFerrin, Oscar Peterson, Michel Petrucciani, Richard Galliano, Marcel Azzola, Didier Lockwood, Tschavolo Schmitt and Florin Niculescu.