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

Groși Groși () is a commune in Maramureș County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Groși, Ocoliș (''Feketefalu''), and Satu Nou de Jos (''Alsóújfalu''). The commune lies on the banks of the Lăpuș River. It is located in the western p ...

village, in

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. He grew up in a family of pipe players, and his older brothers played the

clarinet The clarinet is a Single-reed instrument, single-reed musical instrument in the woodwind family, with a nearly cylindrical bore (wind instruments), bore and a flared bell. Clarinets comprise a Family (musical instruments), family of instrume ...

. He studied the

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at the

Gheorghe Dima Music Academy Gheorghe Dima National Music Academy is an educational institution located in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The institution was founded in 1919, and currently comprises various departments including composition, conducting, musicology, musical pedagogy, c ...

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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 ( , ; ; ; ) is a Municipiu, city along the Săsar, Săsar River, in northwestern Romania; it is the capital of Maramureș County. The city lies in the region of Maramureș, a subregion of Transylvania. It is situated about from Buchare ...

, 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 (; ; born 13 June 1959) is a Romanian politician, physicist, and former teacher who served as the fifth president of Romania from 2014 until his resignation in 2025. Prior to entering Politics of Romania, national politics, ...

. 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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