[1] Starting in 1972 he was for ten years ballet dancer at the Fantasio Theater in Constanța.
He was married to Cornelia Patrichi, a ballerina, with whom he had a son, Alexandru.
The two moved in 1987 to Italy, where they founded in Tuscany a ballet school, "Dance Studio Patrichi".
[1][3] In 2004, Patrichi was awarded the Order of Cultural Merit [ro], Knight rank by Romanian President Ion Iliescu.
[1] Patrichi died in Bucharest in 2016 after a long battle with cancer,[2] and was buried at Pipera Cemetery, in Voluntari.