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Benone Damian

'A Virtuoso of the Violin'

Born in Intorsura Buzaului, an ancient Romanian place in the middle of the Carpathian Mountain’a curve, today in the Coveana district, Benone Damian is the son of a peasant family. His father played the “caval”, a long shepherd’s pipe. Benone was fascinated by the instruments and the music of the village fiddlers who he observed, when he was only 4, at the peasants dance on Sundays, at weddings, and at village parties.

Moved by his son’s unbelievable passion, the father bought him a little violin. Benone tuned its strings and began to scrape upon it. “Who tuned your violin?” asked the villages’ fiddler who refused to believe that Benone set and tuned the strings himself.

His first recordings with folk music at the Romanian broadcasting corporation were in 1951, prompted by his folklore teacher. After graduating at the Music Conservatoire, he was appointed first violinist of the “George Enescu” Philharmonic’s Orchestra in Bucharest. He performed several times as soloist of this orchestra. He left it in 1969, and concentrated on the folklore music which he loved more than anything else.

After his debut in Paris, in 1965, as member of a folklore Romanian orchestra and after a successful tour in Switzerland in 1969 with on other Romanian ensemble, Benone Damian decided to found his own orchestra.

At first it was not easy, but in 1970 he is playing in front of his own orchestra in numerous countries: Switzerland, France, Belgium, Luxemburg, Germany (the Federal and East-Germany), Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, then overseas, in Canada and the United States. Everywhere he is very successful.

"Benone Damian ... expresses with an extreme sensitiveness the Romanian soul".
Belgian press.

"Benone Damian; an outstanding virtuoso of the violin, gifted with genius, making his music last long after he has gone".
Swiss press

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Benone Damian

'A Virtuoso of the Violin'

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1. Hora staccato

2. Sarba din Ilfov

3. Ca la Breaza

4. Geampara

5. Brauletul

6. Doina si De baut din Transilvania

7. Brau din Banat

8. Hora Sapte scari

9. Doina din Transilvania

10. Hora munteneasca din Teleorman

11. Sarba olteneasca

12. Doina moldoveneasca

13. Invartita din Salaj

14. Batuta moldoveneasca

15. Ciocarlia

16. Sarba concertanta

17. Caruta postei

18. Jalea tiganului

19. Batraneasca

20. Hora moldoveneasca

21. Batuta moldoveneasca

Duration (60'06")

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