Eugen Doga
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Eugen Doga (born 1 March 1937) is a
Romanian Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania **Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language *** Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language ** Romanian cuisine, tradition ...
and
Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...
n
composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...
from the
Republic of Moldova A republic () is a " state in which power rests with the people or their representatives; specifically a state without a monarchy" and also a "government, or system of government, of such a state." Previously, especially in the 17th and 18th ...
. A creator of three ballets "Luceafărul", "Venancia", "Queen Margot", the opera "Dialogues of Love", more than 100 instrumental and choral works – symphonies, 6 quartets, "Requiem", church music, and other, plus music for 13 plays, radio shows, more than 200 movies, more than 260 songs and romances, more than 70 waltzes; he is also the author of works for children, the music for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games in 1980 in Moscow. In Moldova, the years 2007 and 2017 (when the composer celebrated his 70th and 80th birthdays, respectively) were declared the Year of Eugen Doga. Chișinău's main pedestrianised thoroughfare has been named Eugen Doga Street in his honour. The
World Intellectual Property Organization The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO; french: link=no, Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle (OMPI)) is one of the list of specialized agencies of the United Nations, 15 specialized agencies of the United Nation ...
(Geneva) in recognition of his outstanding achievements in music awarded him with a special certificate in 2007.


Biography


Youth and education

Doga was born on 1 March 1937 in the village of Mocra in the Rîbniţa District (then in
Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic * ro, Proletari din toate țările, uniți-vă! (Moldovan Cyrillic: ) * uk, Пролетарі всіх країн, єднайтеся! * russian: Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! , title_leader = First Secr ...
), in a Moldovan-Romanian family. The childhood of the composer coincided with a period of historical cataclysms – the war, repressions, hunger, poverty, exhausting hard work (the composer's memories of his childhood). After finishing seven years at school, Eugen Doga with his friends went to Chișinău (barefoot and without money, as he recalled later) to enroll in the School of Music of which he learned about when listening to a homemade radio. He was admitted to the music school, despite having no prior training. Thanks to his natural talent and hard work, Eugen Doga managed to quickly catch up, mastered musical notation and learned to play cello. He still has the fondest memories of his cello teacher Pablo Giovanni Baccini, who with his personal example greatly influenced the future destiny of the composer. "My second teacher, an old man by the name of Pavel Ivanovich Bachinin, became my salvation. I always think of him with joy. He scheduled my first lesson at 6 o'clock in the morning. I came in – he was already sitting there playing the piano. I liked him a lot – intelligent, very musical, and tactful. He worked with me every morning from 6:00 to 8:30, before lectures, for two and a half years. He taught me not only to play the cello, but simply to be a decent human being. He never said the word 'must', never used the imperative mood. However, through his own example, his attitude, he had taught me a lot,"- says Eugen Doga. In 1951–1955 he studied at the Music School in Chișinău, specializing in cello, and then at the Conservatory where one of his classmates was a future opera star Maria Bieşu. She made her debut with his song "White flower garden" (''Floare de dalbă liadă'') on the Moldovan television. Paralysis of the left hand prevented a career of a musician – this was due to the fact that he used to live in a basement. Doga studied for another 5 years at the Art Institute "Gavriil Musicescu", in the class of Professor S. Lobel specializing in composition. 1 January 1957 for the first time in his work, "New Year song" (''Cântec de anul nou'') was performed on the Moldovan radio children's choir and orchestra under the baton Shiko Aranova. In 1963, he wrote his first string quartet. After graduating from the Conservatory in Chişinău, he performed as cellist in the Orchestra of the State Committee of the
Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic The Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic ( ro, Republica Sovietică Socialistă Moldovenească, Moldovan Cyrillic: ) was one of the 15 republics of the Soviet Union which existed from 1940 to 1991. The republic was formed on 2 August 1940 ...
for television and radio (1957–1962), taught at the Music College "Stefan Neaga" from Chişinău (1962–1967), and worked from 1967 to 1972 at the repertory-editorial Board of the Ministry of Culture of Moldova.Академику и композитору Евгению Дога 1 марта исполняется 70 лет.
Point.md
He made his compositional debut in 1963, with a
string quartet The term string quartet can refer to either a type of musical composition or a group of four people who play them. Many composers from the mid-18th century onwards wrote string quartets. The associated musical ensemble consists of two violinists ...
, later becoming the author of many musical compositions, theater scores and film soundtracks.


Concert activity

Since 1972 with his concerts he has traveled all over the territory of the former Soviet Union, also some foreign countries. "The image of the person is defined by his deeds that ultimately benefit people and society. And the concerts that I give in Chișinău, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kursk or Bucharest, are aimed at precisely this idea of bringing people together, preserving the ideals that make people kinder, more tolerant, that make flowers bloom, and the sun shine brighter,"- says Eugen Doga. Eugen Doga's concerts took place in the biggest concert halls. They "gathered huge audiences", and they still do so today. "...There were so many offenses because of Eugen Doga's concerts; people just did not want to talk to me. They told me: "I have been asking you for three years, and you can't arrange Eugen Doga's concert." And I really couldn't, because he was very busy. In Leningrad there was a concert orchestra conducted by Anatoly Badhen, a wonderful orchestra, unequaled in the Soviet Union, which played high-quality music. This orchestra for many years gave a lot of concerts with Eugen Doga's music everywhere, throughout the Soviet Union" – Mikhail Murzak. Philharmonic Director of Chișinău (1972–1988 years). His music was performed by the Choir of TV and radio Moldova, the Russian state Symphony orchestra of cinematography, Academic Choir "Doina", The George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra, the Moscow chamber orchestra "The seasons", Leningrad Concert Orchestra, Academic Grand choir "Masters of choral singing", Orchestra of the Moldavian Philharmonic "Sergei Lonkevich", Moscow city Symphony orchestra "Russian Philharmonic", The national Symphony orchestra of the public company "Teleradio-Moldova", the Presidential orchestra of the Republic of Moldova, Children's choir "Liya Ciocarlia", Large children's choir of the USSR Gosteleradio, Orchestra of the Romanian National Opera Iasi and other groups.


Public activities

Equally important for Eugen Doga during his whole life was his public work. In 1987–1991 he was a member of the Committee on Lenin and State Prizes of the USSR. For two convocations he was in the Supreme Soviet of Moldavia, for two more – in the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. As of 2001 he is the permanent chairman of the jury of the All-Russian Movement "Gifted Children of Russia", chairman of the jury of the contest of family Theatre. From 1997 to 2002 he has worked with preschool children in a house where he lives. Member of the International Academy of the Arts, Member of the Academy of film art "NIKA", Full member of the Russian Academy of science and culture; Member of the International Academy of Arts and culture. Throughout the creative activities of Eugen Doga conducts awareness-raising concerts, charity concerts, lectures to students. He is constantly in numerous juries of various music and cinematic competitions and festivals across Russia and abroad: Festival "Spirit of fire", Kremlin Cadet ball, Berdyanskiy International Film Festival, Education International Festival in Iasi (''Festivalului Internaţional al Educaţiei''), International Film Forum "Gold Knight", The all-Russian children's charity ball books heroes" and so on. Doga declared that he supports
Unification of Romania and Moldova The unification of Moldova and Romania is a popular concept in the two countries that began in the late 1980s, during the Revolutions of 1989. The Romanian Revolution in 1989 and the independence of Moldova in 1991 further contributed to the ...
. He is an Orthdox Christian, belonging to the
Metropolis of Bessarabia The Metropolis of Bessarabia ( ro, Mitropolia Basarabiei), also referred to as the Bessarabian Orthodox Church, is an autonomous Eastern Orthodox Metropolitan bishopric of the Romanian Orthodox Church, situated in Moldova. Its canonical jurisd ...
.


Family

"Family is the home port, which any ship is seeking for, wherever it is. Even despite long distances. Our, artists', distances are incommensurable, but I am glad to have my wife, daughter and grandson waiting for me". Eugen Doga In 1962 Eugen Doga was married to a graduate of the Moscow technological Institute of Natalia. They have a daughter, Viorica (television director) and grandson, Dominic (student). * Father – Dmitry Fedorovich Doga (1906). * Mother – Elizabeth Nikiforovna Doga (1915). * Wife – Natalia Pavlovna Doga (1939), engineer. * Daughter – Viorica Doga (1966). * Grandson – Dominique Doga


Today

Currently Eugen Doga lives with his family in Chișinău, as well as in Moscow. He continues to perform live, still participates in various festivals. In 2012, the anniversary concert in the Great Hall of the
Moscow Conservatory The Moscow Conservatory, also officially Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (russian: Московская государственная консерватория им. П. И. Чайковского, link=no) is a musical educational inst ...
, Concert Hall Ateneul Roman in Bucharest, at the National Palace in Chișinău, in 2013 – in
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
, 2014 – performances in Tomsk, Stavropol, in Iasi, in the park Arts Titan in Bucharest and others. In 2014, his waltz "Gramophone" was performed in the hall Ateneum Roman at the annual awarding of the Romanian Academy for outstanding achievements in the field of culture, science and education, along with works by
Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his ra ...
, Enescu,
Strauss Strauss, Strauß or Straus is a common Germanic surname. Outside Germany and Austria ''Strauß'' is always spelled ''Strauss'' (the letter " ß" is not used in the German-speaking part of Switzerland). In classical music, "Strauss" usually re ...
and
Borodin Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin ( rus, link=no, Александр Порфирьевич Бородин, Aleksandr Porfir’yevich Borodin , p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr pɐrˈfʲi rʲjɪvʲɪtɕ bərɐˈdʲin, a=RU-Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin.ogg, ...
. He continues to social activities – spent with like-minded charity concerts at Children's Hospital and the hospital, in Tiraspol, participates in festivals. Two Waltzes Eugen Doga are in the top 200 best classical works of all time. In 2012 Eugen Doga established the International Fund "Dominanta". The Fund is designed to facilitate the implementation of the composer's creative and spiritual principles – cooperation in the field of musical art, cinema. On January 18, 2014 the salon "Eugen Doga" opened its doors. This is the implementation of long – standing ambition to create a Music room, which will bring together like-minded people. The main aim of the Salon is the convergence of the society in a fragmented world today with the help of art and communication. The documentary film "Eugen Doga" took the big prize at the International Festival of Independent Film "HERCULES.ro"in Romania.


Creation


Film music

In 1967, Eugen Doga began writing music for cinema and it became a regular engagement for many years. "The first movie with my music came out in 1968, the last – in 2011. Cinema is a whole separate life, my most important and favorite genre. In cinema music I was able to express all of my stylistic aspirations; I got to work with great orchestras, musicians, and movie directors from around the world" – says Eugen Doga. Eugen Doga's debut as a movie composer was in 1967 in the movie directed by George Voda "We need a gatekeeper for anime" based on the fairytale "Ivan Turbinca" by Ion Creanga – a fantastic story about amazing adventures of a soldier from the royal army, who was invited to serve as a guard of the gates to paradise. He continues to write music for movies. Not a single composer before Eugen Doga has worked so intensively and fruitfully in this studio. From 1960s to 1970s he wrote music for almost half of the movies produced by the studio "Moldova-Film." There was a running joke in the studio that it should be renamed into "MolDoga Film".


Film music. Emil Loteanu

In 1970 , Eugen Doga began his creative collaboration with director Emil Loteanu, starting with the movie "Lautarii" (1973, 13, 8 million viewers)) about folk musicians of Moldova, whose music he used to listen to as a child. Eugen Doga grew up in a region where, according to him, there were "great folk traditions," where his maternal ancestors lived (the composer kept the book of the genealogic tree of his mother's family going back 300 years). Based on that folklore, he wrote the music for the movie which created a furor and brought the authors a Silver shell at the International Film Festival in San Sebastian. After that a tight creative collaboration between the composer and the famous Moldovan director. In the end of 1971 on the poem by Gh. Vodă Doga wrote the song "My white city", which became a musical symbol of the capital of the republic, and which is performed hourly by the chimes at the turret of the City Hall of Chișinău. A future pop star Sofia Rotaru debuted with this song, and the song became one of the most popular around the whole of the former Soviet Union. In 1976, already at Mosfilm, Eugen Doga together with Loteanu created the movie " Queen of the Gypsies"(1976, Soviet leader rolled in 1976, 65 million viewers, copies have been sold in 120 countries.) – a romantic legend about a dramatic love of two young and proud gypsies. This picture won the Grand Prix – the "Golden shell" at the International Film Festival in San Sebastian. In order to create the music for this movie, Eugen Doga studied gypsy folklore around the whole of the Soviet Union. In 1978, for a film adaptation of the novel by
Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; 29 January 1860 Old Style date 17 January. – 15 July 1904 Old Style date 2 July.) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who is considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career ...
"Drama at the hunt," Loteanu again engaged Eugen Doga. The movie is called ''
A Hunting Accident ''A Hunting Accident'' (russian: Мой ласковый и нежный зверь, Moy laskovyy i nezhnyy zver, My Affectionate and Tender Beast) is a 1978 Soviet romantic drama directed by Emil Loteanu. It was entered into the 1978 Cannes Film ...
'' (1978, 26 million. viewers) A famous waltz from the movie became wildly popular; it has become a cult, many newlyweds use it for their first dance and you can often hear it on the radio and TV. "I felt that popularity as well: I will never forget a huge line at the music store on the Garden Ring Road, where they were selling music records with soundtrack to the movie ''A Hunting Accident'', recalls the composer. This waltz is now performed around the world. It was performed during the mass gymnastic composition (2000 athletes) at the opening of the Olympic Games in 1980; it was also used in the scene of the first ball of Natasha Postova at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi. Ronald Reagan called it "the waltz of the century" when he visited Moscow. Today this tune is performed every day not only in sounds not only in Marriage Registrations Hall, but also on subway, and on the streets; it is often by choreographers for staging of ballet and dance routines, and by athletes. This waltz is considered the most well-known movie waltz. In 1983, Eugen Doga wrote the music for the famous movie by Loteanu "''
Anna Pavlova Anna Pavlovna Pavlova ( , rus, Анна Павловна Павлова ), born Anna Matveyevna Pavlova ( rus, Анна Матвеевна Павлова; – 23 January 1931), was a Russian prima ballerina of the late 19th and the early 20th ...
''" about the legendary ballerina
Anna Pavlova Anna Pavlovna Pavlova ( , rus, Анна Павловна Павлова ), born Anna Matveyevna Pavlova ( rus, Анна Матвеевна Павлова; – 23 January 1931), was a Russian prima ballerina of the late 19th and the early 20th ...
.


Film music. Continued

''"To his music in the Soviet cinema people kept silent, cried, got married, went to heaven" – the NTV channel'' Eugen Doga found success not only in films by Loteanu. In 1981 the movie-fairytale that immediately became a classic, "Maria Mirabella" came out. In 1982, at the International Film Festival in Giffoni (Italy) it won the first prize in the category of animated films. In the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s Eugen Doga continued to write a lot of music for cinema. Music in movies not only enhances the emotional coloring of the action, but it continues to live for years after the movie is released, and is performed in concerts as well. Dozens of movies shot in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev and other cities will have in their credits the name of Eugen Doga. In Palermo and in San Sebastian, in Bucharest and in Moscow jury always together with the talent of directors recognized the contribution by the composer – "rare, poetic music, and its full integration with the storyline." For the music written for movies the composer has been awarded a number of prizes and awards. He composed music for many films, including Soviet productions ''Maria, Mirabella ария, Мирабела' (1981) and ''My Sweet and Tender Beast ой ласковый и нежный зверь' (1978), which is known under its international title ''
A Hunting Accident ''A Hunting Accident'' (russian: Мой ласковый и нежный зверь, Moy laskovyy i nezhnyy zver, My Affectionate and Tender Beast) is a 1978 Soviet romantic drama directed by Emil Loteanu. It was entered into the 1978 Cannes Film ...
''. Doga's waltz from the film ''My Sweet and Tender Beast'' was used twice in the Olympic Games opening ceremonies: in the
1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...
in Moscow and in the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi where it was performed in the famous scene in Tolstoy's ''
War and Peace ''War and Peace'' (russian: Война и мир, translit=Voyna i mir; pre-reform Russian: ; ) is a literary work by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy that mixes fictional narrative with chapters on history and philosophy. It was first published ...
'' of Natasha's first formal Ball in St. Petersburg. In the latter case, the waltz was performed in an unauthorized arrangement. The composer expressed his outrage in his Facebook post where he wrote: " I lost my face with this "arrangement" ". The other Doga's celebrated waltz is ''Gramophone (Граммофон)'', composed in 1992, for the nonsuccessful Belarusian crime film ''Without Evidence (Без улик)''.


Academic music

Throughout his creative career Eugen Doga wrote music in academic genres. These were large scale forms, romance songs and so on. His creative talent is characterized by free use of different genres and styles. Eugen Doga believes that a professional composer must be able to write in any genre of music. The main thing in music Eugen Doga considers the melody. He has written a symphony (1969), ballets "Luceafarul" (1983) and "Venancia" (1989), the opera "Dialogues of Love" (2014), six string quartets, cantatas "White Rainbow" (verses E.Loteanu), "Spring of mankind" (verses A. Strimbeanu), "The Human Voice" (lyrics by R. Rozhdestvensky), "The Heart of the Century" (verses I. Podilians), several cantatas with soloists, chorus and Symphony Orchestra, including the cantata for children's performance ("Lia-ciocarlia", "Bună dimineaţa" (Good morning), "Vine-vine primăvara" (goes, comes spring), two requiem (1969 – without a word, 1994 at the poems by Pushkin), two symphonic overtures, requiem, 10 choirs and capella verses E. Beech two choruses and capella verses M. Eminescu, 70 waltzes, as well as many pieces for violin, cello, flute, accordion, piano. In the first round of creative interests include M. Eminescu, V. Micle, G. Vieru. Of Russian classics: Poets of the Silver Age, the names V.Bryusov, K. Balmont,
Marina Tsvetaeva Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (russian: Марина Ивановна Цветаева, p=mɐˈrʲinə ɪˈvanəvnə tsvʲɪˈtaɪvə; 31 August 1941) was a Russian poet. Her work is considered among some of the greatest in twentieth century Russia ...
, A. Koltsov, S. Yesenin, Vl. Lazarev, A.Dementiev and others.


Ballets

In the early 1970s, Eugen Doga began writing a ballet based on the poem Luceafărul – the greatest work by the classic of Romanian literature Mihai Eminescu. However, he was only able to continue after a long period of time. "Only ten years later Luceafărul relented and graced my music sheets, creating a world that drew me in so strongly, drew me in so much that I felt like in a short period of time I had lived a whole eternity," – said the composer. In 1983 the ballet was written in 2 and a half months – 500 pages of a complicated musical score. The ballet "Lucheaferul" premiered on June 6, 1983 at the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet and it was performed on that stage for several years. In 1984 for the ballet "Lucheaferul" Eugen Doga was awarded the
State Prize of the USSR The USSR State Prize (russian: links=no, Государственная премия СССР, Gosudarstvennaya premiya SSSR) was the Soviet Union's state honor. It was established on 9 September 1966. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, t ...
. The ballet was also performed in Moscow at the Bolshoi Theater, at the Kremlin Palace of Congresses, and was filmed by the Leningrad TV. Several performances took place in St. Petersburg, Minsk, Kiev and Odessa. It was staged for the second time in 2007 at the National Opera and Ballet Theatre of Moldova. It was also presented to the public in the open air in front of the Central cathedral in the park in Chișinău in 2009. The music from the ballet was often performed in various concerts – in Ateneu Roman in 2007, in 2012 in Bucharest, in the Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow in 2012. This ballet has become one of the pinnacles of the composer's creative career. A fantastic storyline of a fairy tale by Eminescu was first expressed in the language of music. A dream of love, a collapse of romantic illusions, cosmic infinity of the stellar world and earthly reality are all outlined with completed musical images in continuous symphonic development using the combination of traditional techniques of Western European and Russian theater classics and national character of musical images.БАЛЕТ — КАНТАТА ВО СЛАВУ МИХАЯ ЭМИНЕСКУ
Драматургические, жанровые и стилистические особенности балета «Лучафэрул» Евгения Доги. Сергей ПОЖАР. Akademos. Akademos 36 — nr.1 (6), martie 2007
"For example, where did the musical images in my ballet come from? They come from somewhere in the Carpathians and even further out,"- says Eugen Doga. And images of his next ballet "Venancia" came from the other hemisphere. Eugen Doga visited
Nicaragua Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the cou ...
,
Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
,
Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...
,
Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
where he studied unique folklore of
Latin America Latin America or * french: Amérique Latine, link=no * ht, Amerik Latin, link=no * pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived f ...
n countries and collected material for a ballet. The music of these countries combines the origins of the European music with the ancient folklore of the Indians. It presents an incredible diversity of styles, sophisticated rhythms and melodies. Due to the collapse of the Soviet Union, the ballet was not staged. The storyline of the ballet – romance, love, fight for freedom. The premiere of a concert version of the ballet took place in 2007 in Chișinău (Moldova) performed by the orchestra, chorus and soloists of the Moldavian Philharmonic. In 2008, the music to the ballet was performed in Bucharest, and in 2012 – in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire. Currently, he is working on another ballet, "Queen Margot", but it is not finished yet.


Opera "Dialogues of Love"

In 1972 Eugen Doga for the first time wrote two works for chorus on the poems by a genius of Romanian literature Mihai Eminescu. In the creative work of Eugen Doga, the poetry by
Mihai Eminescu Mihai Eminescu (; born Mihail Eminovici; 15 January 1850 – 15 June 1889) was a Romanian Romantic poet from Moldavia, novelist, and journalist, generally regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian poet. Eminescu was an active memb ...
and his lover, poet
Veronica Micle Veronica Micle (born Ana Câmpeanu; 22 April 1850 – 3 August 1889) was an Imperial Austrian-born Romanian poet, whose work was influenced by Romanticism. She is best known for her love affair with the poet Mihai Eminescu, one of the most im ...
occupied a very important place. In 1983 he created ballet based on a fantastic story of the poem by Mihai Eminescu. In 1996 the composer was presented with a collection of poems "''Dor nemângâiat''" by Veronica Micle. Eugen Doga wrote more than 40 romance songs on poems of Mihai Eminescu and Veronica Micle. Since he got so inspired by the dramatic love story of these two poets, he wrote an opera about it (first aria written for the opera "Do not cry" ''Nu plînge''. Liric by Veronica Micle).


Music for stage plays and radio plays

Eugen Doga wrote music also for animated films, for a series of films from multi-episode TV show for the Central TV channel ''This Fantastical World''. The work was based on materials of Russian and Western science fiction writers. The characters participated in adventures to distant planets, and the composer was supposed to create music that would transport the viewers to those imaginary distant worlds. Songs were used for the verses R. Bradbury, N. Hikmet, А. Tolstoy, M. Voloshin. Leading gear was pilot-cosmonaut
Georgy Grechko Georgy Mikhaylovich Grechko (russian: Георгий Михайлович Гречко; 25 May 1931 – 8 April 2017) was a Soviet cosmonaut. He flew to space on three missions, each bound for rendezvous with a different Salyut space station.
.


Prizes and awards

*Member of the Union of Composers of Moldova (1961) and the USSR (1974). *Member of the Union of Cinematographers of the USSR (1975). *Honored Artist of the Moldavian SSR (1974). *Laureate of the State Prize of the Moldavian SSR (1980). *People's Artist of Moldova (1984). *Laureate of the
USSR State Prize The USSR State Prize (russian: links=no, Государственная премия СССР, Gosudarstvennaya premiya SSSR) was the Soviet Union's state honor. It was established on 9 September 1966. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, t ...
for the music for the "Luceafărul" ballet and music for motion pictures (1984). *
People's Artist of the USSR People's Artist of the USSR ( rus, Народный артист СССР, Narodny artist SSSR), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union. Nomenclature and significan ...
(1987). *Member of
Academy of Sciences of Moldova The Academy of Sciences of Moldova ( ro, Academia de Științe a Moldovei), established in 1961, is the main scientific organization of Moldova and coordinates research in all areas of science and technology. Ion Tighineanu has been the head of t ...
(1992) *Officer of the
Order of the Republic (Moldova) The Order of the Republic ( ro, Ordinul Republicii) is Moldova's highest Order (decoration), order. It is awarded by the President of Moldova for exceptional merits in all fields which benefit Moldova and humanity as a whole. The order was establi ...
– 1997. *Officer of the
Order of the Star of Romania The Order of the Star of Romania (Romanian: ''Ordinul Steaua României'') is Romania's highest civil Order and second highest State decoration after the defunct Order of Michael the Brave. It is awarded by the President of Romania. It has five r ...
(2000). *Recipient of the gold medal "Person-2000" (USA). *Recipient of the jubilee medal and a diploma in honor of the 150th birth anniversary of Mihai Eminescu "For prominent contribution to the propaganda of the poet's creative work" (2000). *Recipient of the "Ovation" prize (2001), "Ovation" (2007). *He was awarded the
Order of the Star of Romania The Order of the Star of Romania (Romanian: ''Ordinul Steaua României'') is Romania's highest civil Order and second highest State decoration after the defunct Order of Michael the Brave. It is awarded by the President of Romania. It has five r ...
– Commander's grade (2004). *Beanie Master International festival of arts "Master Class" (2004). *He was awarded the Order "For Services to the Fatherland", IV grade (January 10, 2008) – for prominent contribution to the development of music and many years of creative work. *He was awarded the Order of the Republic of Moldova (2007). *Recipient of the "Danaker" Order, the Republic of Kyrgyzstan (2007). *Award "Commonwealth" (2007). *Award "Beacons Of The Motherland" (2007). *The order of the Ruby cross "Sacred power" (2007). *He is an honorary citizen of Chișinău. *A music school was named after him "Eugen Doga". *In Moldova, the year 2007 (when the composer celebrated his 70th birthday) was declared the Year of Eugen Doga. *Chișinău's main pedestrianised thoroughfare has been named Eugen Doga Street in his honour. *The World Intellectual Property Organization (Geneva) in recognition of his outstanding achievements in music awarded him with a special certificate. *Laureate of the State Prize of the Republic of Moldova – 2008. *Order "For the good of the Fatherland", Russia, 2008. *Eugen Doga was awarded the "
Order of Faithful Service The National Order of Faithful Service ( ro, Ordinul Național "Serviciul Credincios") is the second highest national order of Romania, with the Order of the Star of Romania being the highest national order. Originally it was established as the ...
" of Romania, 2014. *The minor planet 10504 Doga (1987 UF5), discovered by
Lyudmila Zhuravlyova Lyudmila Vasilyevna Zhuravleva (russian: Людмила Васильевна Журавлёва, uk, Людмила Василівна Журавльова, Ljudmyla Vasylivna Žuravljova; born 22 May 1946) is a Soviet, Russian and Ukrainian ast ...
was named after Eugen Doga. *The "Golden Knight" prize for the music for "Ash Waltz" motion picture (2011) *The year 2017, when the composer celebrated his 80th anniversary, was declared the Year of Eugen Doga in Moldova.


Books and movies about Eugen Doga

;Books *"Eugen Doga" – Efim Weaver. Chișinău, 1980 (on the mold. askalice) *"In the constellation of talent" Efim Weaver. (about the composer; ibid., 1979, No. 4) *"The world of sounds Eugen Doga" Efim Weaver. (Aurora, RAF, 1979, No. 15)
"In the mirror moments". Elena Shatokhina
Publishing house "Timpul" (1989 Gros.) *Eugen Doga: Compozitor, academician /Acad. de Şt. a Moldovei ; coord. : GheorgheDuca. – Ch. : Î.E.P. "Ştiinţa". – (Col."Academica”).Vol. 3. – 2007. *"Eugen doga – familiar and unknown." E. Kleinich. Isdataat. Composer, 1999. – 227 C. Are photos from the family archive of E. Doga. *"Do În major / Eugen Doga"; Larisa Turea, ABC Centrală. graf.: V. Cutureanu, D. Mazepa. – Ch.: .n. 2007. – 63 p. *"Non-musical fields or Vortex spiral of time". This book contains autobiographical notes, his essays, interviews, correspondence with fans, friends, neighbors and relatives. Publisher: Favorite Russia, 2008 *"Meditaţie pe portativ", Victor Crăciun, Eugen Doga, Ducureşti. *"Eugen DOGA: Muzica este prima şi ultima mea iubire" Luminiţa Dumbrăveanu, (editura Prut International, 296 pagini, Chişinău). 7 mai 2013.(Romanian) "Eugen Doga: Music is my first and last love". ;Movies *Eugen Doga. Emil Loteanu, 1983 (Russian) *Poets Of Europe. Yuri Vondrak, 2000. (Russian) *St. Petersburg vacation. 2007. (Russian) * Eterna. Teleradio Moldova. 2007. (Romanian) * White city. ITRC "Mir", 2010. (Russian) *The score of my life. Viorica Doga. 2012. (Romanian) *Filmul "Eugen Doga". Serialul de filme documentare / enciclopedice "100 romani celebri nascuti in Moldova". Studioul "Flacăra Film", Luminiţa Dumbrăveanumai, 2013. (Romanian, English subtitles)


References


External links


Official website of Eugen Doga
*
Website "Let me introduce – Eugen Doga"

"Eugen Doga – Bibliografie"
*Academy of Sciences of Moldova
Eugen Doga
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Doga, Eugen 1937 births Living people Russian composers Moldovan composers Male composers Moldovan musicians Soviet film score composers Male film score composers Academicians of the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences "Nika" Titular members of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova People from Rîbnița District Commanders of the Order of the Star of Romania Recipients of the National Order of Faithful Service Romanian people of Moldovan descent 20th-century Russian male musicians Romanian composers Romanian musicians Moldovan conductors (music) Members of the Romanian Orthodox Church Moldovan expatriates in Russia Russian people of Moldovan descent Russian people of Romanian descent