Benone Damian

Romanian violin virtuoso (1938 - 2012). He was born in Întorsura Buzăului, Transylvania. After graduating at the Music Conservatoire, he was appointed first violinist of the “George Enescu” Philharmonic’s Orchestra in Bucharest, where he performed several times as soloist of this orchestra and he debuted in Paris, in 1965. He left the orchestra in 1969 and concentrated on the folklore music. He successfully toured in Switzerland in 1969 with another Romanian ensemble. Because of this success he decided to found his own orchestra. He was very active in Europa, USA and Canada.