Gheorghe Zamfir

Romanian pan flute musician

Gheorghe Zamfir worked in music at a period when the art was changing shape around them.

The record lists Gheorghe Zamfir as Romanian pan flute musician.

Gheorghe Zamfir was born at Găești in 1941. His recorded nationality is Romania. He trained at National University of Music Bucharest.

Broadcast radio, the LP and the touring circuit made this the first era in which a musician could reach a mass audience without ever meeting it.

He worked as conductor, composer and painter.

The instruments recorded are pan flute and nai.

His work is classed as pop music and romanian folk music.

A musical reputation rests on a handful of works that refuse to date.

The honours record reads: Order of the Republic and "Mihai Eminescu" Medal.

That the work came out of Romania shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.

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