Nicolae Neacșu (1924, in Isaccea, Tulcea – 3 September 2002, in Clejani, Giurgiu) was a Romanian lăutar, an important member of the

Taraf de Haïdouks Taraful Haiducilor ("Taraf of Haiduks") are a Romanian- Romani ''taraf'' (a troupe of ''lăutari'', traditional musicians) from Clejani, Romania, and one of the most prominent such groups in post-Communist era Romania. In the Western world they ...

, a well-known

Romani Romani may refer to: Ethnic groups * Romani people, or Roma, an ethnic group of Indo-Aryan origin ** Romani language, an Indo-Aryan macrolanguage of the Romani communities ** Romanichal, Romani subgroup in the United Kingdom * Romanians (Romanian ...

band from

Clejani Clejani is a commune in Giurgiu County, Muntenia, Romania, about 40 km south of Bucharest, in the Vlașca region (part of Muntenia), on the Danube Plains near the Bulgarian border. It is composed of four villages: Clejani, Neajlovu, Podu Doa ...

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

. He was considered to be one of the best Romani violinists in the world. His main disciple was Gheorghe "Caliu" Anghel, who still plays in the Taraf de Haïdouks.

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Obituary at PassiOn Music
1924 births 2002 deaths Romani fiddlers Romani violinists Romanian Romani people Lăutari and lăutărească music 20th-century violinists {{Romania-musician-stub