This page lists the majority of the professional multi-instrumentalist pipe musicians recorded by the Romanian state company Electrecord. Some the Electrecord recordings are now available on CD.
Pipe musicians are generally from rural Romanian backgrounds and not from gypsy lăutari families. In the town and state ensembles they play fluier and caval, with additions of tilinca, nai, cimpoi (bagpipe) and may be other not so common pipes, clarinet or taragot, and when it comes to their solo this is most often a suite which progresses through all the different pipes in succession.
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Constantin CeausuDiscography: ST-EPE 03016 |
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Marin ChisărBorn in the village of Goicea Mare, county of Dolj, Oltenia, in 1912. He worked on a farm until the 1930s when he was discovered and he repertoire recorded by Constantin Brăiloiu. He was soloist in "Ciocârlia" (1952) playing caval, fife and bagpipe, "Gheorghe Zamfir" (1972). Discography: EPC 143, EPC 352, EPC 494, ST-EPE 01362, ST-EPE 1140 |
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Ion FărcaşMusician and pipe maker performers tunes from the Mare and Gurghiu valleys. Discography: ST-EPE 03725 |
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Ion IonescuArgeş county. Discography: Electrecord ST-EPE 03655, Eurostar E-310 |
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Mihai LăcătuşaFamous teacher of the tilincă from Bucovina. Discography: Electrecord 10.578 |
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Ion LăceanuBorn in the village of Saceni, Teleorman county, in 1936. He learnt to play the fluier and caval from his father, later learning the cimpoi and fish scale. Originally training as an electrician, he became a professional musician in 1953 in "Perniţa". Discography: Electrecord EPC 906, Electrecord STM-EPE 0802, Electrecord ST-EPE 01210, Electrecord ST-EPE 02022 |
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Iacob LăceanuDiscography: ST-EPE 02022 |
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Silvestru LungociBorn in the village of Horodnic de Jos, Suceava county in 1939. Started playing the fuieraş (small open end pipe), then fluier mare, learnt the tilincă from Mihai Lăcătuş. Soloist in "Ciprian Porumbescu" Suceava. Discography: Electrecord ST-EPE 01023 |
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Nicolae PleşaBorn in the village of Laloş, county of Vâlcea, Oltenia. He is a maker of many types of pipes and soloist in "Brâuleţul" of Constanţa (1968). Discography: ST-EPE 02542 |
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Constantin SofianBorn in Bucovina, soloist in "Ciprian Porumbescu" Suceava. Discography: EPC 10.350, ST-EPE 02305 |
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Ion VaduvaBorn in the village of Alunul, county of Vâlcea, Oltenia. He was in the "Barbu Lăutaru" orchestra as a soloist on fluier, caval, and ocarina, plus playing violin. Later in "Frunză verde" he also played cobza, cimpoi and viola.
Discography: EPC 10.064, EPC 10.201, ST-EPE 01569 |
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Dumtru ZamfiraBorn in the village of Novaci, county of Gorj, Oltenia, in 1940. He is with armature ensembles in Târgu Jiu (1957), soloist with "Doina Olteniei" in Craiova, then many foreign tours. Discography: EPC 10.118, EPC 440, ST-EPE 01287, |