Biography
Ghenadie Ciobanu was born on 6 April 1957 in Brătușeni,Edineț,Moldovan SSR. He graduated from the "Gnesin" Musical-Pedagogical Institute in Moscow (currently the Russian Academy of Music),the piano faculty (1982) and the "Gavriil Muzicescu" Conservatory in Chisinau,composition department (1986). He is the author of more than one hundred musical works in the genres:opera,musical,symphonic,vocal-symphonic,choral,chamber,theater and film music. His creations have been performed in numerous recitals and concerts in the Republic of Moldova,Romania,France,Germany,Greece,Spain,Israel,Denmark,Poland,Russia,Estonia,Ukraine,USA,China,Italy,Bulgaria,Austria,Japan,Guatemala,San Salvador,Azerbaijan,Czech Republic,Hungary,Canada and others. His works are recorded on CD's and broadcast by Denmark Radio,P2 (Copenhagen),Radio Romania,Radio Moscow,Teleradio Moldova,Radio Leipzig,Radio Amsterdam,radio and television stations in Italy,Spain (P2),Great Britain (GBEUR),Czech Republic (CZCR),Portugal (PTRTP),Switzerland (SESR),Croatia (HRHRTR) etc.
He is University professor,PhD at the Department of Musicology,Composition,Jazz of the Academy of Music,Theater and Fine Arts in Chisinau,guest professor at European universities and author of scientific communications on musicology. President of the Union of Composers and Musicologists of Moldova (1990 - 2012),Honorary President of UCMM (since 2012),President of the Association of Contemporary Music of Moldova (since 1993). He is the founder and Artistic Director of the "Days of New Music" International Festival in Chisinau,founder and Artistic Director of the "Ars poetica" ensemble,producer and presenter of the radio cycles "The Studio of New Music","Continuum. Musical interferences","Musical compositional treasure "etc. (Public company "Teleradio-Moldova"). During 1997-2001 he was Minister of Culture of the Republic of Moldova. [1] In the periods 2010 - 2011,2011 - 2014 he was a member of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova. [2] He holds national and international awards and distinctions,including the Order of the Star of Romania in the rank of Commander (2000);National Award of the Republic of Moldova (1998);honorary title Master of Arts (1999);the honorary title Doctor Honoris Causa of the "Gheorghe Dima" Academy of Music from Cluj-Napoca (1997);medal "150 years since the birth of Mihai Eminescu" (Romania,2000),Order of Glory of Labor (Republic of Moldova,2010);Order "Dimitrie Cantemir",of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova (2013),Award of the Union of Composers and Musicologists of Romania for 2019,The Ministry of Culture's "George Enescu" Award in the field of musical composition,Awards of the Union of Composers and Musicologists of the Republic of Moldova.
