Dumitru Farcas
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Dumitru Fărcaş 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.
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.
Romanians
The Romanians are an ethnic group native to Romania, who speak Romanian; they are the majority inhabitants of Romania....
tárogató
Tárogató
The tárogató refers to two different Hungarian woodwind instruments: the ancient tárogató and the modern tárogató...
player. He played the instrument on all major stages in the world and made the tárogató known all over the world.
He was born in the Groşi village. His father played the pipe
Pipe (instrument)
Pipe describes a number of musical instruments, historically referring to perforated wind instruments. The word is an onomatopoeia, and comes from the tone which can resemble that of a bird chirping.-Folk pipe:...
, and his older brothers played the clarinet
Clarinet
The clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed...
. He studied the oboe
Oboe
The oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family. In English, prior to 1770, the instrument was called "hautbois" , "hoboy", or "French hoboy". The spelling "oboe" was adopted into English ca...
at the Gheorghe Dima Music Academy
Gheorghe Dima Music Academy
Gheorghe Dima Music Academy is an educational institution in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Founded in 1919, it has various sections, including musicology, musical pedagogy, canto, coregraphic pedagogy, and opera. A notable alumnus is Christian Wilhelm Berger....
in Cluj-Napoca
Cluj-Napoca
Cluj-Napoca , commonly known as Cluj, is the fourth most populous city in Romania and the seat of Cluj County in the northwestern part of the country. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest , Budapest and Belgrade...
.
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
Bucharest
Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
, Reşiţa
Resita
' is a city in western Romania and the capital of Caraş-Severin County, in the Banat region. Its 2004 population was 83,985.- Etymology :The name of Reşiţa, might comes from the Latin recitia, meaning "cold spring", as the great historian Nicolae Iorga once suggested, presuming that the Romans...
and Baia Mare
Baia Mare
Baia Mare is a municipality in northwestern Romania and the capital of Maramureş County. The city is situated about 600 kilometres from Bucharest, the capital of Romania, 70 kilometres from the border with Hungary and 50 kilometres from the border with Ukraine...
, as well as Pyongyang
Pyongyang
Pyongyang is the capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, commonly known as North Korea, and the largest city in the country. Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River and, according to preliminary results from the 2008 population census, has a population of 3,255,388. The city was...
.
In 2008 he was awarded Doctor honoris causa
Honorary degree
An honorary degree or a degree honoris causa is an academic degree for which a university has waived the usual requirements, such as matriculation, residence, study, and the passing of examinations...
by the Gheorghe Dima Music Academy.