Mrtzcmp3


Gheorghe Zamfir


Gheorghe Zamfir is a Romanian composer, interpreter, and poet. He was born in Gaiesti on the 6th of April in 1941. Attracted to music, he entered the Gaiesti Music School, hoping to study the accordion. Instead, he was assigned to a pan flute class where he promptly demonstrated an extraordinary ability with the instrument. In 1955 Gheorghe entered the Music School in Bucharest (the Musical High School Dinu Lipatti today) in the class of Fanica Luca. In 1959 Gheorghe received the First Prize in a national contest. The same year, he recorded his first songs, personal compositions in a popular style with the Folkloric Orchestra of the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Corporation. Another important prize is the one from Levadia, Greece. After high school graduation in 1961, Gheorghe entered the Ciprian Porumbescu Conservatory in Bucharest. He graduated the Pedagogy section in 1966, and choir conducting with Professor D.D. Botez, as well as orchestra conducting with Iosif Conta, in 1968 In 1966 he was hired as a director of the ensemble Ciocarlia, having under his baton 300 artists , including the symphonic orchestra, the ballet ensemble, the folkloric orchestra and the soloists. In 1966 Zamfir released his first Electrecord disc, deemed his most popular authentic compositions. The famous songs Doina de Jale and Doina ca de la Visina were included. In 1968 Gheorghe released his second disc. Between 1968 and 1970 he went on his first tour in the Federal Germany, Switzerland, URSS, C...

Related Artist

Top Tracks

Copyright © 2019 | Mrtzcmp3