Biography
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Years Active
1990 – present (34 years)
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Founded In
Giurgiu, Romania
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Members
- Anghel Gheorghe
- Constantin Lautaru
- Constantin Sandu
- Dumitru Baicu
- Filip Simeonov
Taraful Haiducilor (a.k.a. Taraf de Haïdouks) are a troupe of Romanian Gypsy musicians, from the town of Clejani, the most prominent such group in Romania in the post-Communist Era.
"Haiduc" or "haiduk" is a word of Balkan origin which means something like "outlaw"; in Romanian it has a rustic or archaic connotation. Most of those who know the band in the Western world know them by way of French-speaking areas, where they are known as "Taraf de Haïdouks", since French lacks a genitive case. They are known in their native Romania as "Taraful Haiducilor". Roughly, this means "band of outlaws", but "taraf" is also the traditional name for a group of lăutari (traditional Romanian Gypsy musicians).
The group formed in 1989, shortly before the death of dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu. The original group encompassed about a dozen musicians; later configurations were to include as many as thirty. Early contacts in the West included Swiss ethnomusicologist Laurent Aubert and Belgian musician Stéphane Karo.
Some core members of the group:
- Nicolae Neacșu (violin, vocals)
- Dumitru Baicu (cimbalom)
- Ilie Iorga (vocals)
- Ion Manole (violin, vocals)
- Gheorghe Anghel (violin)
- Gheorghe Fălcaru (flute, double bass)
- Ionică Tănase (cimbalom)
- Constantin Sandu (cimbalom, vocals)
- Florea Pârvan (double bass)
- Marin Sandu (double bass)
- Paul Guiclea (vcals, violin)
- Marin Manole (accordion)
- Constantin Lăutaru (violin, vocals)
- Viorel Vlad (double bass)
- Robert Gheorghe (violin)
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