Gheorghe Zamfir Musical artist

Gheorghe Zamfir (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈɡe̯orɡe zamˈfir] (13px ); born April 6, 1941) is a Romanian pan flute musician.Zamfir is known for playing an expanded version of the traditional Romanian-style pan flute (nai) of 20 pipes to 22, 25, 28 and 30 pipes to increase its range, and obtaining as many as eight overtones (additionally to the fundamental tone) from each pipe by changing the embouchure.He is arguably known as "The Master of the Pan Flute" (see Criticism).

Personal facts

Gheorghe Zamfir
Alias (AKA)Pan Flute Master
Birth dateApril 06, 1941
Birth place
Romania , Găești

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Musical artist

Career started1960
BackgroundNon vocal instrumentalist
genre
Instrumental
Easy listening
Romanian popular music
instrument
Pan flute
record label
Mercury Records
Philips Records

Gheorghe Zamfir on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://11thmuse.com/Taragot.pdf
  2. http://www.gheorghezamfir.ro
  3. http://www.sonart.ro/eng/artisti/rostrings/index.html
  4. https://www.facebook.com/GheorgheZamfirOfficial