Master Eugen Doga, who is a citizen of honor of the municipality of Chisinau, commended mayor general Ion Ceban, saying the city now looks much more pleasantly. The composer expressed his hope that the changes started in the capital city will be extended to cover Moldova’s villages. The master spoke about his book entitled “My life as it was meant to be”, saying the volume is about his evolution in music, his successes and failures during his 84 years of life, IPN reports.
Eugen Doga avoided pronouncing on the sociopolitical situation in Moldova, but said he is delighted to see how Chisinau changed as it now looks more like a European capital.
“I’m a citizen of honor of Chisinau and will speak about the city. It changed essentially. What beautiful things we can sew now. I went for a walk through the city and marched along Grigore Vieru Blvd. I saw the carpet on the sidewalk. It is a rare beauty, not to mention the lights that were placed not necessarily to shine, but rather to bring the joy of holidays. I feel there are people who love this city and I like this. I do not have a car and do not go outside the city, but I would like these changes to cover also the villages, where our roots come from,” Eugen Doga stated in the program “Prime Time” on PrimeTV channel.
The composer also spoke about his autobiographical book entitled “My life as it was meant to be”. The volume, which is to be presented today at the Academy of Sciences, depicts the master’s life without any touch-up. Eugen Doga said his continues to focus on music.
“For nine years, I have worked on this suite based on Mihai Eminescu’s poems. The suite consists of 87 vocal-symphonic works, including arias and romantic songs on the verses of Mihai Eminescu and Veronica Micle. I feel well inside their world. I consider her genial too. Micle wrote less, but as valuable. I travelled more in Russia, Romania, partially in China, the U.S., Canada. If the state had supported me. If the state had supported an artist, not those jugs with wine, this would have been much more valuable and prestigious for the country,” stated academician Eugen Doga.
Eugen Doga’s autobiographical book was printed this year at Cartier Publishing House in a print run of 2,000 copies.
