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in 1997. Setting up a scholarship for
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Sârbu also directed from the violin, and in 1982 he became the
European Master Orchestra's conductor and soloist. He recorded violin concertos by Mozart as the conductor–soloist. His other notable recordings include the Sibelius Violin Concerto with the
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and the end of communism; in 1995, he began a series of concerts in
Romania, declaring that the Romanian public was his favourite audience in the entire world. In 1994–1995 he toured the United States, appearing at the
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music school, studying under S. Nahmanovici (from 1957 to 1968), but was also enlisted at the city's No 2 School, where he was reportedly a grade-10 student. Before the age of eight, he had already performed at the
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