Gheorghe Zamfir
Gheorghe Zamfir ( ; born April 6, 1941 in Găeşti , Dâmbovița district ) is a Romanian panflutist .
Zamfir, initially self-taught, began his musical training at a music school in Bucharest , where he was a student of Fănică Lucas . In 1961 he moved to the Bucharest Conservatory . Zamfir became publicly known through the Swiss ethnomusic researcher Marcel Cellier , who discovered him as part of extensive research in the field of Romanian folk music .
Zamfir initially promoted his albums primarily in the form of television commercials, which opened the pan flute to a modern audience. He has produced numerous albums with pan flute music. However, his international breakthrough came with the recording of Lonely Shepherd , a work that James Last composed for his 1977 album Russia Memories . He accompanied James Last on his tour in 1978. For the album Traumland der Panflöte he received a gold record in Germany in 1979 and in Finland in 1981, and a gold record in 2000 in Hungary for the album Feeling of romance .
However, Zamfir is likely to have found the greatest audience through the gangster film Once Upon a Time in America . The virtuoso plays the pan flute piece "Cockeye's Song", composed by Ennio Morricone . Along with “Deborah's Theme”, this theme is a central motif in the entire film. He also became famous for the theme song for the film The Big Blonde with the Black Shoe with Pierre Richard (1972), which was written by the Romanian composer Vladimir Cosma.
Zamfir also entered into collaborations with other artists nationally and internationally. Zamfir also taught at the National Music University in Bucharest . Petruța Küpper was one of his students .
Individual evidence
Web links
- Gheorghe Zamfir in Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about Gheorghe Zamfir in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official Facebook page
- official homepage
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zamfir, Gheorghe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian pan flutist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 6, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Găeşti , Dâmbovița County |