Dumitru Fărcaș (13 May 1938 – 7 August 2018) was a

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taragot player. He played on all major stages in the world and made the taragot known all over the world. He was born in the

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village, in

Maramureș Maramureș or Marmaroshchyna ( ro, Maramureș ; uk, Мармарощина, Marmaroshchyna; hu, Máramaros) is a geographical, historical and cultural region in northern Romania and western Ukraine. It is situated in the northeastern Carpath ...

. He grew up in a family of

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players, and his older brothers played the

clarinet The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The instrument has a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell, and uses a single reed to produce sound. Clarinets comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches ...

. He studied the

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at the

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. He was the leader of the "Mărțișorul" orchestra from 1962, with which he won many national and international awards. Fărcaș was made ''honorary citizen'' of the cities

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, and

Baia Mare Baia Mare ( , ; hu, Nagybánya; german: Frauenbach or Groß-Neustadt; la, Rivulus Dominarum) is a municipality along the Săsar River, in northwestern Romania; it is the capital of Maramureș County. The city lies in the region of Maramureș ...

, as well as

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. In 2008 he was awarded the ''Doctor honoris causa'' degree by the Gheorghe Dima Music Academy. In 2009 he became the honorary patron of the taragot website "11fhMSE.com". In May 2018, during televised celebrations for his 80th birthday, Fărcaș was knighted by Romania's president

Klaus Iohannis Klaus Werner Iohannis (; ; also spelled Johannis; born 13 June 1959) is a Romanian politician, physicist and former teacher who has been serving as the president of Romania since 2014. He became leader of the National Liberal Party (Romania), Na ...

. He received the ''National Order of Faithful Service''. As a result, Dumitru was buried with military honours in August 2018.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Farcas, Dumitru 1938 births 2018 deaths People from Maramureș County Romanian musicians Recipients of the National Order of Faithful Service

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