In 1976 Zamfir was looking for a new direction. Helene had left him, and it seemed interest in the panflute was waning. As documented in his autobiography, Binecuvântare şi blestem (“Blessing and Curse”), (Arad: Mirador, 2000,) Gheorghe had been hanging out with the burgeoning Bucharest punks, who encouraged him to try moving in a different direction. Though he doesn’t mention it in his book, we believe this was a result of the influence of those punk rockers.

DELIRIUM - Gheorghe Zamfir

(courtesy Hoppe Around The Globe)