interview by Victoria Cușnir Alexandra Tîrșu is a Moldovan leading world class violinists . Born into the family of the famous trumpeter Simion Târșu, Alexandra turned to classical music. She studied at the “S. Rahmaninov” Republican High School of Music...
Interview by Victoria Cușnir At the beginning of autumn, soprano Valentina Naforniță came to Chișinău for a jubilee edition of the “Maria Bieșu” Festival. Together with mezzo-soprano Ramona Zaharia, baritone Andrei Jilihovschi and tenor Jonathan Tetelman,...
Interview by Iulian Fruntașu Iulian Fruntașu: This year marks the 30th anniversary of the band Trigon, a band that became one of the phenomena of jazz in Central and Eastern Europe. How was it created? Anatol Ştefăneț: It was founded in 1992, in difficult political...
by Victoria Cușnir It’s a real challenge to talk about Moldova’s cinema. Even though it had its moments of glory during the Soviet period, even though Moldova Film studio generated real values in cinema, it all collapsed at the same time as the Empire. The...
Interview by Iulian Fruntașu Iulian Fruntașu: We are celebrating 30 years since the formation of the Trigon. It is an opportunity to talk about Moldovan jazz. You’re a member of the band, but you have your own project too. Anatol Ștefăneț managed to reconcile...
by Paula Erizanu With no spectacular, well-funded, cultural or entertainment TV shows, the political show is the most watched in Moldova. Alex Buretz, one of the most active and popular artists on the Moldovan social networks, reacts with intelligence and humour to...
by Maria Ivanov Dramaturgy is not necessarily a literary genre frequently approached by writers from the Republic of Moldova; still there are very important contemporary playwrights: Dumitru Crudu, Irina Nechit, Val Butnaru, Constantin Cheianu, Nicolae Negru, Vlad...
An interview by Iulian Fruntașu The dialogue with Larisa Turea, theatre and film critic, about theatre in the Republic of Moldova is marked by a practically insurmountable difficulty to unequivocally define the theatrical process during the last half-century, or more....
by Maria Ivanov Just like in all fields of culture, the music field also experienced an evolution of styles and genres in the Republic of Moldova. Since the 90’s, however, there has been an increased interest in local folklore; contemporary musicians return to...
by Paula Erizanu Italian novelist Elena Ferrante declared in an interview that a book is the product of two communities: the community of contemporary and classical writers, who have contributed to the tradition on which an author builds their style, and the immediate...
by Iulian Fruntașu “Cultural diplomacy” is a term very frequently used by political scientists and communication experts; although used so often, some important nuances escape because of the continuously evolving phenomenon, closely related to both...
by Maria Ivanov Saying “classical music from the Republic of Moldova” the name of master Eugen Doga, the most important composer of the country, instantaneously comes to mind. He began his artistic activity being a violoncelist, but due to a temporary...
by Paula Erizanu Like many theatre scenes around the world, Moldova’s drama-scape includes traditional productions of Shakespeare or Chekhov, as well as innovative and avant-garde work by a small group of enthusiastic artists. In reaction to the socialist...
by Iulian Fruntașu The concept of creative economy is relatively new and constantly evolving; we can strongly state that creative industries refer to economic activities concerned with generating or using knowledge and information. They employ highly skilled...
by Maria Ivanov Just like in other domains, the chapter “National Galleries” in the Republic of Moldova is taking its first steps on a development path towards other models, which could be considered successful. Although we have valuable artists in...
An interview by Victoria Cușnir I had met him as a politician. I was still a student but was also an employee of the TV station Antena C, so I listened with lots of interest to him every time he was our studio guest. He sometimes gave acid replies, used some kind of...
by Paula Erizanu Over the past two decades, visual arts in the Republic of Moldova have developed in traditional environments such as painting, sculpture or cinematography; nonetheless, they have expanded also into the area of contemporary conceptual arts. In...
by Paula Erizanu The technological democratization of photography has led to a worldwide explosion of photographers. In the Republic of Moldova this has been no different. So, an exhaustive list of all those who have turned photography into a passion or a source of...
An interview by Victoria Cușnir Talking about books from the Republic of Moldova, one has to mention Cartier Publishing House, founded by Gheorghe Erizanu in 1995. He subsequently opened, one after the other, several Cartier bookstores, selling exclusively books...
by Maria IVANOV Even though a small country, the Republic of Moldova is rich in people related to the arts. These people periodically come together, united by their shared beliefs and aiming at promoting the artistic field they are active in. This is how a series of...
