This page lists the majority of the professional multi-instrumentalist pipe musicians recorded by the Romanian state company Electrecord. Some the Electrecord recordings are now available on CD.
Pipe musicians are generally from rural Romanian backgrounds and not from gypsy lăutari families. In the town and state ensembles they play fluier and caval, with additions of tilinca, nai, cimpoi (bagpipe) and may be other not so common pipes, clarinet or taragot, and when it comes to their solo this is most often a suite which progresses through all the different pipes in succession.
 Constantin Ceasu |
Constantin CeausuDiscography: ST-EPE 03016 |
 Marin Chisăr |
Marin ChisărBorn in the village of Goicea Mare, county of Dolj, Oltenia, in 1912. He worked on a farm until the 1930s when he was discovered and he repertoire recorded by Constantin Brăiloiu. He was soloist in ensemble “Ciocârlia” (1952) playing caval, fife and bagpipe, then ensemble “Gheorghe Zamfir” (1972). Discography: EPC 143, EPC 352, EPC 494, ST-EPE 01362, ST-EPE 1140 |
 Ion Fărcaș |
Ion FărcașMusician and pipe maker performers tunes from the Mare and Gurghiu valleys. Discography: ST-EPE 03725 |
 Ion Ionescu |
Ion IonescuArgeș county. Discography: Electrecord ST-EPE 03655, Eurostar E-310 |
 Mihai Lăcătușa |
Mihai LăcătușaFamous teacher of the tilincă from Bucovina. Discography: Electrecord 10.578 |
 Ion Laceanu |
Ion LăceanuBorn in the village of Saceni, Teleorman county, in 1936. He learnt to play the fluier and caval from his father, later learning the cimpoi and fish scale. Originally training as an electrician, he became a professional musician in 1953 in ensemble “Pernița”. Discography: Electrecord EPC 906, Electrecord STM-EPE 0802, Electrecord ST-EPE 01210, Electrecord ST-EPE 02022 |
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Iacob Laceanu |
Iacob LăceanuDiscography: ST-EPE 02022 |
 Silvestru Lungoci |
Silvestru LungociBorn in the village of Horodnic de Jos, Suceava county in 1939. Started playing the fuieraș (small open end pipe), then fluier mare, learnt the tilincă from Mihai Lăcătuș. Soloist in ensemble “Ciprian Porumbescu” in Suceava. Discography: Electrecord ST-EPE 01023 |
 Nicolae Pleșa |
Nicolae PleşaBorn in the village of Laloş, county of Vâlcea, Oltenia. He is a maker of many types of pipes and soloist in ensemble “Brâulețul” of Constanța (1968). Discography: ST-EPE 02542 |
 Constantin Sofian |
Constantin SofianBorn in Bucovina, soloist in professional ensemble “Ciprian Porumbescu” in Suceava. Discography: EPC 10.350, ST-EPE 02305 |
 Ion Vaduva |
Ion VaduvaBorn in the village of Alunul, county of Vâlcea, Oltenia. He was in the “Barbu Lăutaru” orchestra as a soloist on fluier, caval, and ocarina, plus playing violin. Later in “Frunză verde” he also played cobza, cimpoi and viola. Discography: EPC 10.064, EPC 10.201, ST-EPE 01569 |
 Dumitru Zamfira |
Dumtru ZamfiraBorn in the village of Novaci, county of Gorj, Oltenia, in 1940. He is with armature ensembles in Târgu Jiu (1957), soloist with ensemble “Doina Olteniei” in Craiova, then many foreign tours. Discography: EPC 10.118, EPC 440, ST-EPE 01287, |