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He received his first violin lessons from his father, with whom he started to study seriously when he was 4–5 years old. At 6 he enrolled at the Dinu Lipatti Music School and then at George Enescu Music High School where he was a first prize student. He played with his father at weddings and celebrations and developed his improvisation skills.
Antal Béla Babai (April 27, 1914 – October 1, 1997) was a Romani-American violinist, and interpreter of Romani music.Babai was born in Austro-Hungarian Empire and emigrated to the United States in the late 1930s, where he became famous as "The King of the Gypsy Violin".
2nd violin: LŐRINCZ, officially Laurenţiu CODOBA, Florin’s uncle, was born in 1947. Seniority (a very important value in Gypsy communities) allows him to share the leadership with his nephew; it is generally admitted that, whereas Florin is the leader in the city and the outside world, Lőrincz is the boss at home in Pălatca.
The player blows across the open ends of the pipes. The Panflute – In Romanian orchestras the panflute – or naï in Romanian – takes the place of the violin in other combinations. The panflute plays the fierce dance tunes of the Romanian folk music in a way similar to the violin in Hungarian fast movements: with many ornamentations and ...
Grigoraș Dinicu (1889–1949), composer best known for his violin showpiece Hora staccato; Sabin Drăgoi (1894–1968), composer and folklorist, one of the pioneers of scientific gathering of Romanian folklore; George Enescu (1881–1955), composer, violinist, pianist, conductor and teacher; Valentin Gheorghiu (born 1928), pianist and composer
Traditionally there are two types of Romani music: one rendered for non-Romani audiences, the other is made within the Romani community. The music performed for outsiders is called "gypsy music", which is a colloquial name that comes from Ferenc Liszt. They call the music they play among themselves "folk music". [19]
Nicole Cherry – Romanian singer; Nicolae Guță – Romanian manele singer; Nicolae Neacșu ("Culai") – Lăutar, was the leader of Taraf de Haïdouks; Nicolas Reyes (born 1958) – Franco-Spanish singer, guitar player; lead singer for the Gipsy Kings, a band made up mostly of members of his extended family; Nikolai Shishkin – Russian ...
He was introduced to music as a child. When he was nine years old, he made his public debut as first violinist in a Romani band. In 1984 he won first prize for classical violin at the Béla Bartók Conservatory of Budapest. Lakatos during concert in 2013