Birth name Dumitru Farcas Name Dumitru Farcas | Instruments Tarogato Role Musical Artist | |
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Born May 13, 1938 (age 85)
Grosii Baii Mari, Romania ( 1938-05-13 ) Albums Taragot et orgue: Improvisations sur les plus belles melodies roumaines, Tresors Folkloriques Roumains Similar People Marcel Cellier, Dona Dumitru Siminica, Grigore Lese, Ioan Bocsa, Tiberiu Ceia | ||
In memoriam Dumitru Farcas
Dumitru Fărcaş (12 May 1938, Groşii Băii Mari, Maramureş County, Romania) is a Romanian tárogató player. He played the instrument on all major stages in the world and made the tárogató known all over the world.
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He was born in the Groşi village. He grew up in a family of pipe players, and his older brothers played the clarinet. He studied the oboe at the Gheorghe Dima Music Academy in Cluj-Napoca.
He is the leader of the "Mărţişorul" orchestra from 1962, with which he won many national and international awards.
He was made Honorary citizen of the cities Cluj-Napoca, Bucharest, Reşiţa and Baia Mare, as well as Pyongyang.
In 2008 he was awarded Doctor honoris causa by the Gheorghe Dima Music Academy.
In 2009 he became the honorary patron of the tarogato/taragot website "11fhMSE.com ".
Martisorul maestrul dumitru farcas
Songs
Bărbătesc din MaramureșTrésors Folkloriques Roumains · 1993
Suită din Țara moțilorTrésors Folkloriques Roumains · 1993
CiobănelulTrésors Folkloriques Roumains · 1993