- Born
- Nickname
- King of the Pan Flute
- Gheorghe Zamfir was born on April 6, 1941 in Gaesti, Romania. He is a composer, known for Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) and The Karate Kid (1984).
- Can play a sustained tone lasting for 2 1/2 minutes.
- Over 120 million records sold, winning 120 gold and platinum disc awards.
- Resides and teaches panpipe in Bucharest, Romania.
- Expanded the traditional Romanian-style 20-piped pan flute to 22, 25, 28 and 30 pipes to increase its range.
- By loosening and tightening his embouchure, he can obtain as many as nine tones from each pipe.
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