01 The story
Moldova National Youth Orchestra
In just a few years, the Moldova National Youth Orchestra (MNYO) has become a national brand for Moldova. Founded in Chișinău in 2011, it joined the European Federation of National Youth Orchestras only two years later, in 2013.
The orchestra has performed at many festivals, including “Vară Magică” (Magic Summer), the Festival of Youth Orchestras (2015, Kassel, Germany), the Classical Music Festival (2016, Kyiv, Ukraine) and Young Euro Classic (2017, Konzerthaus Berlin, Germany).
2011
founded in Chișinău
2013
member of the European Federation of National Youth Orchestras
15+
years of music
450+
projects in Moldova, Romania, Germany and Ukraine
50+
rural venues with La La Play
300+
children in Voices Moldova
02 Mission
This orchestra exists to bring musicians together: those just starting out and those at other stages of their careers, playing side by side. Along the way it has built an innovative model of music education that combines the very best of the classical tradition with modern music.
03 Our journey
From Chișinău to Berlin
2011
The beginning
The Moldova National Youth Orchestra is founded in Chișinău.
2013
Part of the European family
Just two years later, the orchestra joins the European Federation of National Youth Orchestras. Rock Simfonic starts the same year.
2014
Pop Simfonic
Pop Simfonic begins, one of the projects that still define the orchestra today.
2015
Kassel, Germany
The orchestra plays at the Festival of Youth Orchestras.
2016
Kyiv, Ukraine
Next comes the Classical Music Festival.
2017
Berlin and La La Play
A concert at Young Euro Classic, in the Berlin Konzerthaus. The same year La La Play begins, taking concerts to more than 50 rural venues.
Today
More than 450 projects
More than 15 years on: over 450 projects in Moldova, Romania, Germany and Ukraine.
04 Projects
The projects that define us
Of everything this vibrant, remarkably active orchestra has done, these projects best reflect the values of the musicians who created it: Rock Simfonic (2013 to present), Pop Simfonic (2014 to present), La La Play (2017 to present, with concerts in more than 50 rural venues) and Voices Moldova (a social inclusion project through music that has brought together more than 300 children from across the country).
Pop Simfonic
Songs everyone knows, the full sound of an orchestra and the energy of a generation taking the stage.
Voices Moldova
A social inclusion project through music that has brought together more than 300 children from all over the country.
05 The conductor
Conductor
Andriano Marian
Born in Chișinău, Republic of Moldova, Andriano Marian studied orchestral conducting in Romania. He trained first with maestro Petre Sbârcea at the “Gheorghe Dima” Music Academy in Cluj, then completed a master’s degree in the same discipline with maestro Horia Andreescu in Bucharest.
As a conductor he is drawn to experimental genres and styles. He has led orchestras in the leading concert halls of Chișinău, Bucharest and Berlin, working with musicians such as Valentina Nafornița, Ilian Gârneț and Elena Mîndru, to name just a few.
A central part of his artistic life is leading the Moldova National Youth Orchestra, with which he has carried out more than 450 projects in Moldova, Romania, Germany and Ukraine over more than 15 years.
“We started from the belief that music can bring people together and open doors for young artists. Today, Moldovan Youth Orchestra is more than an orchestra. It is a community, a story of passion, courage and the power of dreaming together.”
Andriano Marian, conductor
06 People
Key people
Andriano Marian
Conductor
Dana Grecu
Orchestra manager
Ionuț Ciocanu
Concertmaster
07 Moments