08-08-2018, 04:52 PM
The recognized master of an obscure instrument (outside of Hungary and Romania)
Dumitru Fărcaş (12 May 1938 – 7 August 2018) was a Romanian taragot player. He played the instrument on all major stages in the world and made the taragot known all over the world.[1]
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.[2]
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 ".
More at Wikipedia.
On the taragato as a musical instrument
Dumitru Fărcaş (12 May 1938 – 7 August 2018) was a Romanian taragot player. He played the instrument on all major stages in the world and made the taragot known all over the world.[1]
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.[2]
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 ".
More at Wikipedia.
On the taragato as a musical instrument
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