Dumitru Fărcaş

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.^[1]

He was born in the Groşi village. His father played the pipe, 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.

See also

• Music of Romania

Notes

1. ^ A Brief history of the tarogato/taragot, http://www.11thmuse.com/history.html, retrieved 2008-06-15 

External links

• Video of Dumitru Fărcaş in recital from 1991

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