Luca Novac (15 September 1941 – 15 February 2021) was a Romanian musician.
Biography
Novac was born into a family of musicians in the village of
Var
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* Var (river), France
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in
Severin County
Severin County was a county ( Romanian: '' județ'') in the Kingdom of Romania, in the historical region of the Banat. Its capital was Lugoj. Severin County was established in 1926, disbanded with the administrative reform of 1938, re-created in 1 ...
in the
Kingdom of Romania
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. He played multiple instruments, such as the clarinet, bagpipe, saxophone, and ocarina, but his favorite was the
tárogató
The tárogató (''töröksíp'', ''Turkish pipe''; plural ''tárogatók'' or, anglicized, ''tárogatós''; ro, taragot or ''torogoata'') refers to two different woodwind instruments commonly used in both Hungarian and Romanian folk music. The ...
. He joined the ''Orchestrei Populare de Stat ”Lazăr Cernescu”'', which was located in
Caransebeș
Caransebeș (; german: Karansebesch; hu, Karánsebes, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a municipiu, city in Caraș-Severin County, part of the Banat region in southwestern Romania. It is located at the confluence of the Timiș (river), River Timiș ...
, in 1964. There, he made his first recordings on radio and television.
After his time in Caransebeș, he moved to
Timișoara
), City of Roses ( ro, Orașul florilor), City of Parks ( ro, Orașul parcurilor)
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to join the ''Ansamblul Profesionist „Banatul” ''. From there, he would perform Romanian music abroad in China, South Korea, Mongolia, and the Soviet Union. He also performed with the band Radu Simion and recorded songs such as ''Doina oilor'', ''Doiul lui Luca Novac'', ''Doiul gugulanilor'', and ''Hora de la Oravița''.
Luca Novac died in Timișoara on 15 February 2021 at the age of 79.
Discography
Mini-Discs
*''Luca Novac și Petrică Vasile'' (1966, 1967)
Albums
*''Trésors folkloriques roumains: un virtuose du taragote'' (1977)
*''În memoria lui Luță Ioviță'' (1983)
*''Luca Novac și Carmen Luca - Vai de cel care iubește'' (1994)
Audio Cassettes
*''Luca Novac și Carmen Luca - Vai de cel care iubește'' (1994)
*''Luca și Gheza Novac - Doine și jocuri bănățene'' (1990s)
CDs
*''Trésors folkloriques roumains: un virtuose du taragote'' (1997)
*''Luca Novac și Carmen Luca''
Distinctions
*Knight of the
National Order of Merit (2004)
References
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People from Caraș-Severin County
1941 births
2021 deaths
Romanian multi-instrumentalists
Romanian folk musicians