Gheorghe Zamfir born April 6, 1941 is a Romanian pan flute musician who has received 120 golden and platinum disc awards and sold over 40 million albums [1]. He is widely known as "Zamfir, Master of the Pan Flute".
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 nine tones from each pipe by changing the embouchure.
Soundtracks
One of his most notable contributions was to the soundtrack for the classic Australian film Picnic at Hanging Rock. His music has also been heard on the soundtracks of many Hollywood movies. He was asked by Ennio Morricone to perform the pieces "Childhood Memories" and "Cockeye's Song" for the soundtrack of Sergio Leone's classic 1984 gangster film Once Upon A Time In America, his music is heard throughout the 1984 film The Karate Kid, and his song "The Lonely Shepherd", penned by James Last and recorded with the James Last Orchestra, is featured in Quentin Tarantino's film Kill Bill Vol. 1.
Discography
* Flute de Pan et orgue (2007)
* Gheorghe Zamfir and friends (2007)
* Koenig der Panfloete (2007)
* TOTUS TUUS - In memoriam Ioan Paul II (2005)
* Doina de l'amour (2004)
* Magic of the panpipes (2004)
* 20 panpipe favourites (2003)
* Colinde
* Sunetul românesc - Colecţia de Aur, Vol. 1 (2002)
* Anii 70 - Colecţia de Aur Vol. 2 (2002)
* Anii 70 În lume - Colecţia de Aur Vol. 3 (2002)
* Melodii Celebre - Colecţia de Aur, Vol. 4 (2002)
* Opere nemuritoare - Colecţia de Aur, Vol. 5 (2002)
* Cele mai frumoase Doine - Colecţia de Aur, Vol. 6 (2002)
* Murmures de la Foret (Forest Murmers) (2002)
* Music from the movies (2002)
* Legenda Românească (2001)
* Love Story Of The Panpipe - Classical - 60 Years Jubilee (2001)
* Love Story Of The Panpipe - Folklore - 60 Years Jubilee (2001)
* En France (2001)
* A feeling of romance (2000)
* Flutes romatines 1 (2000)
* In Scandinavia (2000)
* Millenium collection (2000)
* A feeling of Christmas (1999)
* Glorious pipes (1999)
* Die goldene Panflöte (1998)
* Lonely shepperd (1997)
* Songs of Romance, Vol. 1 (1997)
* Like a breaze (1997)
* Gheorghe Zamfir - Collection (1997)
* Panfloete und Orgel, Vol. 1 (1997)
* Panfloete und Orgel, Vol. 2 (1997)
* Panflute hits (1997)
* Comme une brise (1995)
* Panpipe moods (1995)
* Das Klagende Lied des Einsamen Hirten (1995)
* Der zauber der Panflöte (1995)
* King of the Pan Flute - and Other Favorites - (1994)
* Comme une brise (1994)
* L'ame roumaine (1994)
* Das klagende lied das ein (1994)
* Romanian Flute (1993)
* Love songs (1991)
* Greatest hits (1990)
* Fantasy (1990)
* Beautiful dream (1988)
* Classics by candlelight (1988)
* Harmony (1987)
* Picnic at Hanging Rock (1977)
* Impressions (1977)
* The Fantastic Gheorghe Zamfir (1971)
Gheorghe Zamfir, Doina da jale
Gheorghe Zamfir - My heart will go on
Kill Bill
The Hunyad Castle (Romanian: Castelul Huniazilor or Castelul Corvineştilor, Hungarian: Vajdahunyad vára) is a castle in present-day Hunedoara, Romania.
It is a relic of the Hunyadi dynasty. In the 14th century, the castle was given to a Vlach knyaz Serb, or Sorb by the German-Roman emperor and king of Hungary Zsigmond as severance, restored between 1446 and 1453 by John Hunyadi. It was built in Gothic style, but has Baroque and Renaissance architectural elements. It features tall and strong defence towers, an interior yard and a drawbridge.
Built in the 14th century, on the place of an old fortification, on a rock below which flows the small river Zlasti, the castle is a large building, with tall and diversely coloured roofs, towers, windows and balconies adorned with carvings in stone.
In the castle yard, near the chapel built also during Iancu de Hunerdoara's ruling, is a well 30 meters deep. The legend says that this fountain was dug by three Turkish prisoners to whom liberty was promised if they reached water. After 15 years they completed the well, but their captors did not keep their promise. It is said that the inscription on a wall of the well means "you have water, but not soul". Specialists, however, have translated the inscription as "he who wrote this inscription is Hasan, who lives as slave of the giaours, in the fortress near the church".
