Choir conductor

Studies

• Slobozia Musical College (Tiraspol)
• State Music Academy Chişinău
• Musical-pedagogic Institute Taganrog (Russia)

Work experience

• 1967-1971 – Cărpineni Boarding School (Hânceşti). Choir conductor.
• 1968- 1969 – Republican House of Folk Art. Folklore pedagogue.
• 1969-1973 – Călăraşi Pedagogic School. Head of studies, music department. Choir conducting, canto, solfège, music literature professor. Choir conductor of the musical department choir and the choir of the Pedagogic School.
• 1973-1974 – Ministry of Culture of the MSSR. Inspector for the higher and medium level musical schools.
• 1973-1974 – Verejeni village (Teleneşti). Choir conductor of the local choir.
• 1974-1988 – Republican Palace of Pioneers and Students. Artistic director and choir conductor of „Lia-Ciocârlia”
• 1976-1994 – State Art Institute. Professor at departments: Academic choir conducting, folklore choir conducting, folk instruments.
• 1775-1976 – Lozova village (Nisporeni). Choir conductor of the local choir.
• 1973-1974 and from 1992 until 2010 – Republican Musical College ”Stefan Neaga”. Professor at the Department of Choir Conducting.
• 1987-present – Artistic Director and Choir Conductor of the choir “Moldova” (honored choir) at the National Radio-TV Broadcaster.

Festivals and contests

Choir ”Lia – Ciocârlia“

• 1975 – Odessa (Ukraine);
• 1976 – Reni, Ismail, Chilia, Vâlcov (Ukraine), Kaliningrad (Russia);
• 1977 – Leningrad (Russia);
• 1978 – Minsk (Belarus);
• 1979 – Riga (Latvia);
• 1980 – Tallinn (Estonia);
• 1981 – Cernăuţi (Ukraine), Dubna (Russia);
• 1983 – Moscow (Russia);
• 1984 – Tallinn (Estonia), Odessa (Ukraine);
• 1985 – Vilnius (Lithuania), Vladivostok (Russia)
• 1986 – Kiev (Ukraine), Minsk (Belarus),
• 1987 – Moscow (Russia), Sevastopol (Ukraine),

Choir  ”Moldova“

• 1990 – Bacău, București (Romania)
• 1993 – Braşov, International Choral Contest George Dima – Grand Prix (România).
• 1990 – Cernăuți (Ukraine)
• 1990 – Moscow (Russia);
• 1990 – Chişinău- Choral Contest for Religious Music ”Cânta-voi Domnului meu” (First place and Diploma from the Romanian Union of Composers and Musicians),
• 1992 – Fano, Riccione, Gorizzia (Italy)
• 1993 – Arezzo (Italy)
• 1994 – Ancona, Senigagllia, Offania, Loretto (Italy)
• 1998 – Como, Bergamo, Lecco, Seregno, Pontida (Italy)
• 1997 – Strasburg, Ingwiller, Steinbourg (France)
• 2008 – International Festival of Orthodox Music – First place (Poland)
• 2011 – International Festival of Orthodox Music – Second place (Poland)

Choir „Gloria” of the Music College „Ştefan Neaga”

• 2001 – Tours (France)
• 2002 – Cen (France), Tolosa, Aranda de Duero (Spain)
• 2004 – Basel (Switzerland) – international Festival of Youth Choirs

Recordings at the National Radio-TV Broadcaster

More than two thousand recordings of national and international music.

Collaboration with

Timofei Gurtovoi, Alfred Gherşveld, Alexandru Samoilă, Maria Bieşu, Mihail Munteanu, Margareta Ivănuş, Ion Paulencu, Ion Cvasniuc, Alexandru Vasecikin, Gheorghe Mustea, Petrea Neamţu, Anatolii Miroşnic, Veronica Garştea, Dumitru Goia, Pavel Goia, Vasile Goia, Mihail Secikin, Oleg Palymski, Nicolae Botgros, Liviu Buiuc(Romania), Monia Anghel (Romania), Marcel Pavel (Romania), Ionel Tudor (Romania), Tudor Gheorghe (Romania), Marius Hristescu (Romania), Alexandru Samoilă, Valentina Boldurat, Mihai Ciobanu, Nicolae Cibotaru, Leonid Moşanu, Teodor Zgurenu, Vasile Iovu, Gheorghe Zamfir, Ana Strezev, Larisa Brumă, Anatol Arcea, Olga Ciolacu, Natalia Curbatov, Ala Menşicov, Vitalie Rusu, Vasile Zubcu, Andrei Vartic, Valerie Cojocaru, Chira Gorlaci, Ludmila Lizogubova, Viorica Moraru, Marcel Pavel, Ionel Tudor, Nătăliţa Barbu, Vladimir Ciolac, Valerie Mironov, Anastasia Lazariuc, Alaxandru Lozanciuc, Vasile Botnaru, Badhen (Russia), Roberto Luparelli (Italy), Frontalini (Italy), Ştefan Negură, Igor Ţurcanu.

Disciples

Elena Munteanu, Ana Raţă, Elena Ghelbur, Stela Sârbu, Liliana Garbur, Cezara Stahi, Maia Patic, Carolina Câşlaru, Nadea Lozovan, Olga Dumbravă, Aliona Chifiriuc, Victoria Ichim, Mariana Colţa, Natalia Semencov, Veaceslav Burlescu, Rodica Cucu, Ala Lupaşcu, Viorica Zmeu, Mihai Arhirii, Lucia Popovici, Jana Isacencu, Natalia Lîsova, Maria Papuc, Natlia Lîsova, Irina Ciobanu, Ghenadie Nichita, Ion Creţu, Tatiana Roşca, Vladimir Zdrobău, Nicolina Paiul, Veronica Ciorbă

Distinctions

• 1980 – Eminent of public education of MSSR
• 1982 – Eminent of public education of USSR
• 1987 – Honored Worker of Culture of MSSR
• 1996 – Maestro of Arts
• 2012 – People’s Artist of Moldova