A number of activities to commemorate poet Grigore Vieru will be carried out in the country during a week, between February 12 and 21, on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the bard’s birth, IPN reports.
According to the program of the Ministry of Culture, on February 12, the National Children’s Library “Ion Creanga” will stage a meeting entitled “Grigore Vieru – Exceptional Man and Great Poet”. On February 13, the National Museum of Literature “M. Kogalniceanu” will mount an exhibition and a scientific symposium.
On the poet’s day - February 14, flowers will be laid at the poet’s bust on the Classical Writers’ Alley in the Public Garden “Stephan the Great” and at the Central Cemetery situated on Armeneasca St in Chisinau, where the bard is buried. The National Theater “Mihai Eminescu” will hold a musical-literary evening dedicated to the poet, while the National Philharmonic “Serghei Lunkevich” will host a performance of music and poetry that will involve Romanian singer Fuego.
On February 15, the National Puppet Theater “Licurici” will present the children’s play “Dew Planet” by Grigore Vieru, while the National Library “Ion Creanga” will stage a colloquium for children, parents and grandparents. The Organ Hall will mount a cantata performance by Eugen Mamot, based on the poems of Grigore Vieru. The Chisinau General Division of Education, Youth and Sport will hold the Laureate Gala of the municipal contest “Grigore Vieru – the nation’s poet” at “Ginta Latina” Theater in Chisinau.
On February 19, the National Museum of Ethnography and Natural History will stage a musical-literary performance based on Grigore Vieru’s verses, while the National Library will present the book “Sunday Man” and will stage a recital of poems and songs on the bard’s poems.
On February 20, the National Museum of Arts of Moldova will open an exhibition of Grigore Vieru’s poems in the works of the participants in the Children’s Creation Workshop. The activities close on February 21 with a musical-literary performance in memoriam Grigore Vieru at the National Palace “Nicolae Sulac”.
