Biography
Orchestra Gheorghe Zamfir
Effective period / Period of releases: 1970 - 1990
Members: Gheorghe Zamfir, Vasile Pandelescu, Toni Iordache, Efta Botoca, Ion Lăceanu, Ion Milu, Petru Vidrean, Marin Chisăr, Ion Drăgoi, Pantelimon Stîngă, Vasile Grigore, Mihai Tudor, Cornel Niculescu, Pavel Cebzan, Dorin Cuibariu, Nicolae Banciu, Dumitru Fărcaș, Paul Stîngă (2)
Gheorghe Zamfir founded his own "taraf" (small ensemble) in 1969, after leaving Orchestra Ciocîrlia.The original line-up consisted of Ion Drăgoi (violin), Ion Lăceanu (flutes), Dumitru Fărcaș (taragot), Toni Iordache (cymbalum) and Mihai Tudor (double bass).