In Memoriam: Eugen Doga – Motivgruppe Musik

On June 3, 2025, the Moldovan-Russian, composer Eugen Doga died in Chișinău at the age of 88.
Eugen Doga was born on March 1, 1937, in Mocra (Moldavian Soviet Republic). After seven years of schooling, Eugen Doga went to Chișinău to enroll at the conservatory, which he had heard about on his homemade radio. Despite having no prior training, he was accepted to the “Ștefan Neaga” Conservatory and studied cello from 1951 to 1955. Since paralysis of his left hand prevented him from

pursuing a career as a solo cellist, he continued his studies at the Gavriil Musicescu Art Institute for five years, specializing in composition. After graduating from the conservatory, he was a member of the orchestra of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1957 to 1962, taught at the Stefan Neaga Music Academy in Chisinau from 1962 to 1967, and worked in the Ministry of Culture of the Republic

of Moldova from 1967 to 1972. From 1972 onward, he gave concerts throughout the Soviet Union and, after the collapse of the USSR, also delighted large international audiences.
Eugen Doga composed an opera, ballets, a symphony, string quartets, cantatas, choruses, songs, and romances, as well as numerous waltzes. He also composed music for more than 200 films.

The video shows Eugen Doga playing the piano during a performance of his waltz “Gramophon” with the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Ilarion Ionescu on June 21, 2014, at the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest.