Gheorghe Zamfir (born April 6th, 1941, in Găeşti, Romania) is a famous Romanian musician who is a virtuoso on the pan flute. He was initially self-taught and continued his education at the Bucharest Academy of Music, where he was a pupil of Fanica Luca, and the Conservatory of Bucharest (1968). He came to the public eye when he was 'discovered' by Swiss ethnomusicologist Marcel Cellier who extensively researched Romanian folk music in the 1960s.

Throughout his 50-year-long career, Gheorghe Zamfir has won an overall 120 golden and platinum disc awards and sold over 120 million albums.

Largely through the numerous television commercials for his albums, he introduced the pan flute to a modern audience and revived it from obscurity. He has made many albums of pan flute music, and his song "The Lonely Shepherd" is featured in Quentin Tarantino's film Kill Bill Vol. 1. In the television series King of the Hill's episode "Propane Boom", Zamfir was suggested as a corporate spokesman to rival Mega Lo Mart's Chuck Mangione. Arguably, his most famous contribution was to the soundtrack for the classic Australian film Picnic at Hanging Rock. He was also asked by Ennio Morricone to perform the pieces "Childhood Memories" and "Cockeye's Song" for the soundtrack of Sergio Leone's classic gangster film Once Upon A Time In America (1984).

External links

• Zamfir's Résumé (Recordings, Career, Education, Concerts (only 1))
• Official Homepage

1941 births | Living people | Romanian musicians | Panpipes | Roma musicians

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