1950
Vasile lovu was
born on July 24, in the village of Bardar, Ialoveni district of the Moldovan
SSR (a.k.a. the town of Bărdaru, Lăpuşna County, Romania – prior to the Soviet occupation of Bassarabia in 1940), the fourth
child of Gavril and Maria lovu. His mother introduced Vasile to folk songs,
which encouraged the future pan flutist’s musical development.
1956 – 1960
Completes four
elementary grades at the school in his native village. Being attracted to the
world of sounds, the first instrument he plays as a child at village
celebrations is the harmonica.
1960 – 1967
Is one of the
gifted rural children selected to attend an elite school from the Soviet art
education system when, at the age of 10, passes the admission exams at the
Special Music School of the Chişinău Conservatory, which he graduates with
honors in the flute class of professor Efim Tcaci.
1967 – 1969
Is admitted at the
Art Institute „Gavriil Musicescu”, the Culture School (at the time named School
of Cultural Enlightment), although he entered the admission exams for the
Instrumental School (1967). Nevertheless, studies the classic flute with
professors Filip Eftodienco and Alexei Bivol, as well as general music subjects
(theory and history of music, harmony, solmization) and aspects related to the
folk orchestra (instrumental components, orchestration, conducting).
At the urge of
Dumitru Blajinu, artistic director of the „Veselia” Song and Dance Ensemble of
the „Kişinevstroi” Company, the flute student switches to the pan flute, a
lesser known instrument at the time in Bassarabia; his first performance as a
pan flutist occurs as part of the above ensemble (1967-1969).
Is invited by the „Moldoveneasca”
Folk Orchestra of the Chişinău Central District to participate in several
performances abroad, in Czechoslovakia, organized by the Association for
Friendship with Foreign Countries (1968).
1969 – 1971
The „Telefilm
Chişinău” studio launches the movie „Orchestra Folclor”, followed by “Songs and
Dances for the Pan flute”, which introduce the debuting pan flutist Vasile Iovu
(1969, 1970).
Joins as a pan
flutist the newly established „Folclor” folk orchestra of the State Committee
for Radio and Television, at first as a contractor (1969) and then full time
(1970). The orchestra is conductei! by the same Dumitru Blajinu.
At the same time,
collaborates with the „Mărţişor” Folk Orchestra of the Youth Club conducted by
Serghei Ciuhrii; travels to Bulgaria for several concerts (1970).
In 1971 travels to
Vilnius to meet the internationally renowned pan flute maestro Gheorghe Zamfir,
who offers Vasile Iovu his first professional pan flute lesson.
Graduates the Art
Institute „Gavriil Musicescu” with the degree „senior cultural institution
associate; folk orchestra conductor” (1971).
1971 – 1973
The fresh graduate
and member of the „Folclor” Radiotelevision Orchestra enrolls in the Soviet
Army as a flutist and pan flutist in the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Odessa
Military District.
In 1972 returns to
the „Folclor” Orchestra, which in addition to his pan flute, included at the
time seven violinists, two dulcimer players, two accordionists, two
clarinetists and a cello player. In this formation, the orchestra conducted by
Dumitru Blajinu adopts a repertoire and performance style which promotes
authentic folklore. Records for the Radio-Television his first works with the
pan flute as a solo: Sârba lui Iovu, Melodie de dragoste, Joc bătrânesc and
others.
First
participation and first laureate distinction at the National Competition for
folk musicians (1973).
1973 – 1974
Becomes known in
the Soviet concert space by participating in the Soviet Union Folk Musicians
Competition, where he wins second place (in Voronej, 1973) and at the 5th edition
of the Sovient Union Pop Artists Competition in Moscow (1974), where he wins
first place. (At the same competition, the future Russian pop star Alia
Pugaceva also wins first place.)
Supported and
encouraged by the artistic director of the „Folclor” Orchestra, Dumitru
Blajinu, Iovu signs his first folk-style works and arrangements for the pan
flute and folk orchestra (Dragă mi-i de codru verde, Cânt de dragul tău, Hora
din Grozeşti, Sârba lui Iovu and others).
Continues to learn
from maestros Gheorghe Zamfir’s experience, who gives him his second lesson,
this time in Moscow, on the occasion of the Romanian artists tour in the USSR
(1973).
As part of the „folk
instruments” department of the Art Institute „Gavriil Musicescu”, opens the
first pan flute class, with Iovu as founder and first professor (1973).
Marries Margareta
Pânzaru, graduate of the Art Institute „Gavriil Musicescu”, subsequently
director at the State Television Committee; their marriage lasts nine years.
1975
Undertakes his
first tour in the West, to Holland, where he plays in several concerts with the
“Mioriţa” Folk Orchestra (a sporadic collaboration); maintains his pan flutist
position with the „Folclor” Orchestra.
His third meeting
with Gheorghe Zamfir takes place during his first private trip to Romania, this
time in Bucharest; the „Maşter of the Pan Flute” presents his Bassarabian
colleague with the „Pan Flutc Treatise”, edited by Gh. Zamfir in Paris, and
another lesson in the „pan flute art” generously offered to the artist from the
left bank: the Prut river.
Doina, his only
child is born, who will later follow her mother’s path and become a TV
director.
1976 – 1980
Meets Gheorghe
Zamfir again, on the occasion of Zamfir’s tour in Moscow, and asks his idol for
another maşter class (1976).
Plays the solo
part for the pan flute in the Symphonic Poem „Pe un picior de plai” by Tudor
Chiriac, recorded by the National Radiotelevision Orchestra and directed by
Gheorghe Mustea (1977); with the same soloist, the work is performed by the
Symphonic Orchestra of the Moscow State Philharmonic conducted by Jansug
Kachidze, in the Great Hall of the „P.I. Tchaikovski” Conservatory (1979), and
again in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, by the Moscow State Symphony, conducted by
Vladimir Fedoseyev (1980).
Along with the
Song and Dance Ensemble „Moldoveneasca”, participates at the World Festival of Youth
and Students in Havana, XIth edition, and wins the gold medal in the „folk
instruments” section (1978).
The Studio „Telefilm-Chişinău”
produces the TV movies „Musical Pictures” and „Vasile Iovu Performs” (1978).
Still part of the „Folclor”
Orchestra, his list of folk-style works gr longer and includes arrangements and
orchestrations for various wind instruments (pipes, ocarina); these works also
win first prizes in competitions organized by the Ministry of Culture (these
include: Doină şi Horă pentru caval, Hang şi Bătută pentru orchestră and
others).
At the invitation
of the Folk Ensemble of the Youth Center „Iuri Gagarin”, participates in several
concerts in the German Democratic Republic and Federal Republic of Germany. Participates with
an instrumental band at the World Expo in Brisbane, Australia (1988), culture
section.
Travels for the
first time to the United States, where he performs with Simion Duja (clarinet)
and Petre Neamţu (accordion) in several concerts organized by the Committee of
the Soviet Youth Organizations in Atlanta, New York, Washington, and New Jersey
(1979).
1980 – 1984
Joins other
professionals of the genre, such as Simion Duja (clarinet), Ion Carai (trumpet),
Ion Neniţă (accordion), Efim Zubriţchi (violin), Iacob Lungu (base), as part of
the Folk Orchestra „Mioriţa”, and tours France (1980), Japan (1983), Great
Britain (1984); these tours are monitored by the Association for Friendship
with Foreign Countries.
The artist’s
notoriety grows, and is captured by the movie „Maestro”, produced by the „Telefilm-Chişinău”
Studio, after being awarded the title of Honorary Artist by the authorities.
At the Winter
Olympics in Lake Placid, USA, the pairs figure skating dance by Irina Rodnina
şi Alexandr Zaiţev is accompanied by the Sârba din Iablona performed by Vasile
Iovu and the „Folclor” Orchestra.
Continues to sign
arrangements, orchestrations and original works included in the repertoirs of
folk singers Nicolae Sulac, Nicolae Glib, Valentina Cojocarii, Teodor Negară,
Angela Padurarau, Veronica Mihai, of instrumentalists Serghei Cuciuc, Ion
Carai, Leonid Moşanu. Performs in a memorable concert with Valentina Cojocarii,
soloist of the „Folclor” Orchestra, on the National Palace stage.
At the
International Folk Festival in Great Britain, Vasile Iovus pan flute solo,
accompanied by the „Mioriţa” Folk Orchestra, takes center stage with the folk
masterpiece Ciocârlia and wins First Place in competition against ensembles
from 30 countries (1982).
The artist’s
mother, Maria, dies (1981). The Organ Hall concert, together with the organist
Anna Strezeva, inaugurates the pan fluteorgan communion; his Doina and
Pastorala works, along with În amintirea mamei (In Memory of Mother), recast
the capabilities of his instrument in a different dimension relative to the
organ (1982).
The performing and
studio life as part of the „Folclor” Orchestra is completed by his teaching
life; his first graduates (Nelu Laiu, Constantin Moscovici, Gheorghe Danilescu,
Vasile Bejenaru among them) benefit from the first edition of the “Pan Flute
Method”, signed by the university lecturer Vasile Iovu (1982).
The composer
Anatol Chiriac requests his participation for the recording of several of his
orchestral works (Silvia, Plai, Dispoziţie) in Moscow, with the Symphonic
Orchestra of the record Company „Melodia”, conducted by Boris Frumkin (1983).
1984 – 1986
The leadership of
the „Folclor” Orchestra, where the wind section is dominated by Vasile Iovu’s
pan flute, is transferred, by competition, to Petre Neamţu, who brings a
different style, while keeping the authentic folk repertoire, including the
doinaş, ballads and suites of songs for various instruments, orchestrated by
the pan flute maestro.
Continues to
participate in festivals (Tashkent, Soviet Folk Festival), while the tours
organized through the Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries together
with colleagues from the „Folclor” Orchestra take him to more exotic
destinations: Philippines (1984), India, Sri-Lanka (1985), Nepal (1986).
The Cantata Patria
mea by Anatol Chiriac, for choir and orchestra, with Maria Bieşu – vocals,
Grigore Vieru – reciter and Vasile Iovu – pan flute, is recorded in Moscow with
the Symphony Orchestra of the „Mosfilm” Studio conducted by Constantin Cremeţ
(1985).
Facilitated by the
same Association, returns on tour to the United States, where he plays in
Washington, New York, Minneapolis and Massachusetts, accompanied this time by
the folk orchestra of the Arts Institute „Gavriil Musicescu” conducted by
Vasile Crăciun (1986).
The Leningrad
State Symphony conducted by Iuri Botnari presents the Symphonic Poem „Pe un picior
de plai” by Tudor Chiriac, with Vasile Iovu as the pan flute soloist (1985-1986
season).
The only record
label in the USSR, „Melodia”, releases the titan record „Vasile Iovu plays”,
which includes folk-style music composed and orchestrated by Vasile Iovu, who
also plays as a soloist accompanied by the „Folclor” and “Mioriţa” Folk
Orchestras, conducted by Dumitru Blajinu, Ion Dascăl şi Vasile Goia.
1986 – 1990
Participates in
contemporary music concerts, which showcase the music of composer Eugen Doga,
organized in the Russian cultural metropolises, Moscow and Leningrad, and
accompanied by the State Symphony conducted by Anatoli Badhen.
Records with Eugen
Doga several film scores for movies produced at the „Moldova Film” and „Mosfilm”
studios in Chişinău and Moscow.
The pan
flute-organ duet presents a new program, a combination of classical music and
Romanian doinaş and ballads, which opens at the Chişinău Organ Hali before
Vasile Iovu and Anna Strezeva take their tour to France (1987).
Written especially
for Vasile Iovu, the „Vivaldiana” Concert for pan flute and chamber orchestra
by Boris Dubosarschi is recorded for the National Radiotelevision, conducted by
Alexandru Samoilă (1985). The first public performance of the Concert takes
place on the stage of the National Philharmonic, during the Congress of
Composers Union from Moldova (1987).
Former student and
his professor, Vasile Iovu and Gheorghe Zamfir, this time two pan flute
masters, perform together classical hits at the Cathedral Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre
in Paris, accompanied by the organ player Anna Strezeva. The meeting of the two
pan flutists, one in ascension, the other reaping the laurels of glory, is made
possible during the tour of the Chişinău musicians to France and leads to the
fifth and last pan flute lesson, of which Vasile Iovu takes advantage at the
Paris residence of the „Maşter of the Pan Flute”. Continues his tour with Anna
Strezeva to several French cities: Toulouse, Bollene, Argenteuil, Nanterre
(1987).
Folk-style music
signed by Vasile Iovu takes the most diverse shapes and genres, from the song
of longing to massive scores for folk orchestras (Musical tableau One Saturday
Night, in three parts); his music is constantly recorded with „Folclor”
Orchestra conducted by Petre Neamţu.
The fourth movie
about the pan flutist is “The swing in the valley”, produced by “Telefilm
Chişinău” (1988); authorities award him the honorary title of „naţional artist”.
The albums „In
memory of mother” and „Prut’s Tears” are released by the „Melodia” record labei
in Moscow and the „Eurostar” label in Bucharest (1989).
His teaching and
performing activity arouses the interest of the department for folk instruments
of the Art Institute in Vilnius, Lithuania, where he is invited for an exchange
of experience together with his colleague, clarinetist Simion Duja; while
there, witnesses mass protests, with hundreds of thousands of people, which
ultimately extend to other Soviet republics and lead to the dissolution of the
USSR a year later.
Gheorghe Zamfir
performs in his first concert on the stage of the National Palace in Chişinău,
with Bassarabia’s first pan Autist, Vasile Iovu, also participating (1990).
1991
Marries Maria
Strătilă, soloist in an amateur folk music band from Şoldăneşti, and later,
able manager of a food company, “La Maria” (cafe-brasserie and restaurant), a
family private property.
After the network
of associations for friendship with foreign countries and their mission to
spread the “Soviet way of life” through Soviet artists ends with the fall of
the Soviet Union, the first getaway is to Paris: Vasile Iovu and three other
professional musicians from Chişinău are hired for several months with the „Bateaux
mouches” excursion boats on the river Seine to entertain visitors of the French
capital with cafe-concert music and Romanian folk hits. Performs in a concert
at the “Etoile” Hotel for the Royal Family, with King Michael of Romania and
Princess Margareta in attendance; is accompanied by the same Chişinău
musicians; Gheorghe Zamfir and other Romanian expatriate artists also perform.
The artist’s
father, Gavril Iovu, dies.
1992
With the access to
Western stages being now open, establishes the Chamber Ensemble „Vasile Iovu”,
and undertakes long tours to Germany, Austria, Switzerland and France.
Consisting of two violins, a clarinet, a dulcimer, a base and two pan flutes,
one of them belonging to the soloist Vasile Iovu, the ensemble especially shows
off the pan flute, which does double duty as both classical and folk
instrument. As a sign of his artistic stature, first Muscovite managers, then
those from the German Agency „Althoff”, who specialize in the former USSR
space, organize tours for the „Vasile Iovii” Ensemble to the most prestigious
concert halls, such as the Berlin Philharmonic, „Mozart” Hali in Mannheim, „Beethoven”
Hali in Bonn, Congress Centre in Strasbourg, and Votive Church in Vienna.
1992 – 1995
A performance on
the stage of the National Palace with the pan flute Gheorghe Zamfir – Vasile
Iovu, accompanied by the „Lăutarii” Folk Orchestra conducted by Nicolae Botgros
(1992) is followed by the Celebration of the Romanian Pan flute, initiated by
Vasile Iovu and animated by his invitees, pan flute artists from both sides of
the river Prut (1994).
The „Folclor”
Orhestra, with Vasile Iovu as the soloist pan flute, is invited to accompany
participants at the festival-competition „Maria Tănase” in Craiova and „Crizantema
de aur” in Târgovişte (over eight years beginning in 1992).
The „Vasile Iovu”
Ensemble continues to tour, year after year, Austria and Germany, where they
record, in Cologne, several CDs with 15 other members of the „Folclor”
Orchestra.
1995 – 2000
Gives a memorable
performance, with Gheorghe Zamfir, on the stage of the National Palace (1995),
as well as in premiere shows in Chişinău, at the Organ Hall, with the „Vasile
Iovu” Ensemble, showcasing a program presented during their European tours
(1996). The authorities award him the title of „Civic Excellence” (1996).
The Ensemble’s
tours in Austria, Germany and Switzerland every time include a different
program (Mozart, Bach, Chopin, Schubert, Tchaikovsky; series of folk tunes for
each instrument of the ensemble, especially for the pan flute); these concerts
grow to educate, over time, a stable audience of Pan’s flute’s admirers.
Loyal to their
friendship lasting more than four decades, Gheorghe Zamfir and Vasile Iovu meet
again on the stage of the prestigious International Golden Stag Festival in
Braşov (1998), then on the sta^:-of the National Palace in Chişinău,
accompanied by the “Creator Folk Orchestra, founded by the businessman Iurie
Borş (1999). The two Romanian emblematic pan flutes are joined by the pan flute
ot Igor Podgoreanu, a former student of prof. Vasile Iovu.
Records and edits
in Austria three CDs with the most representative concerts of the „Vasile Iovu”
Ensemble (both classical and folk music); these CDs synthesize the pan flutes
travels and his artistic approach in the Western world (2000).
A new horizon
opens, China, which he visits as part of a group of artists from Moldova; his
pan flute is selected to represent the national-universal traits of his
cultural space.
The National Chamber
Orchestra and the „Lăutarii” Folk Orchestra accompany Vasile Iovu’s pan flute
at the World Expo in Hanover, Germany, the culture section.
On his 50th
birthday, Vasile Iovu is awarded the National Prize of Republic of Moldova and
the Order of the Republic, and gives an anniversary performance at the Organ
Hali together with the „Folclor” Orchestra, „Vasile Iovu” Ensemble and Anna
Strezeva’s organ.
The National
Television dedicates several shows which expore his cachet with concert-going
audiences („Pe un picior de plai se cântă la nai”, „Vasile Iovu, pan flute poet”,
„Stars in recital”, „Vasile Iovu performs”, „Encore” and others).
2001 – 2005
The pan flute
university professor (since 2001) at the Academy of Music, Theater, and Fine
Arts in Chişinău is invited to hold maşter classes at the International Pan
Flute Conference in Zürich, Switzerland, where Pans flute has been studied for
10 years.
Participates in
the Celebration of Romanian Christianity, 7th edition, organized by the St.
Virginia Foundation at the „New Jerusalem” Monastery in Pucioasa, Dâmboviţa
County (2003).
Juries various
competitions in Chişinău, Bucharest and Braşov, including as jury president of
several naţional and internaţional folk instrument competitions, where high
school and music college students participate (in Chişinău, competitions „Barbu
Lăutaru” and „ Eugen Coca”).
Releases three new
CDs, „Ave Maria” (2002), „Meditaţie” (2002), „Legenda Basarabiei” (2003), which
include recordings of classical, pop and folk music, as well as own folk-style
compositions, with Vasile Iovu’s pan flute as the soloist. In addition, „Love
is like a flower” is the first and last CD of spouses Maria and Vasile Iovu,
recorded with the „Folclor” Orchestra conducted by Petre Neamţu (2004).
With new members,
but with the same leader, the „Vasile Iovu” Ensemble continues its annual tours to
Austria, Germany and Switzerland. At the same time, in Chişinău, where the
political climate becomes hostile to the naţional and European spirit, of which
Vasile Iovu is a representative, the leadership of the Moldova Radiotelevision
terminates his soloist position at the „Folclor” Orchestra (2004).
Nevertheless, he
continues to teach pan flute at the Academy of Music, Theater, and Fine Arts in
Chişinău, and to tour Europe with constant success, as recorded by various
media, including the German media, who caii Vasile Iovu’s performances as
genuine “Festival der Panflote” - “Pan Flute Celebration”.
Vasile Iovu’s pan
flute students end up on the podium of the International Golden Stag Festival
in Braşov, where 33 pan flutists from the left bank of the river Prut
participate, accompanied by the “Lăutarii” Folk Orchestra from Chişinău
conducted by Nicolae Botgros (2004).
The Ukrainian
harpsichordist Natalia Sviridenko and the Bassarabian pan flutist Vasile Iovu
release, in Kiev, a program of classical music, marking the debut of the
harpsichord-pan flute duet (2005).
In Chişinău,
participates in many cultural events, including, together with Gheorghe Zamfir,
the tribute concert to Grigore Vieru at the National Palace to celebrate the
poet’s 70th birthday (2005).
2006 – 2010
Rejoins the „Folclor” Orchestra, which ceases to be part of the
Moldovan Radiotelevision and is reorganized as an ensemble under the direction
of Petre Neamţu as part of the National Philharmonic „Serghei Lunchevici” in Chişinau (2006).
Fifty pan flutists
from both sides of the river Prut, including alumi and students of Vasile
Iovu’s classes, participate in the folk music concert on the Romanian
television channel TVR 1, dedicated to the integration of Romania into the
European Union. The concert is led by the „Lăutarii” Folk Orchestra conducted by Nicolae Botgros
(December 2006).
The „Vasile Iovu” Ensemble continues to expand its tours to
Italy with the assistance of the Vatican cultural attache: Rome, Venice,
Florence as well as many cities in Sicily and Sardinia, which are added to the
successful record of „territories” conquered by Vasile Iovu’s pan flute.
Plays in Iaşi, in
Dacofonia no. 1 by Tudor Chiriac, together with the Symphonic Orchestra of the
Iaşi Philharmonic conducted by Romeo Râmbu (2008).
Continues to play
in Chişinau either together with the Chamber Orchestra of the Organ Hali in
classical music concerts, or together with the „Folclor” Orchestra, which accompanied his entire
artist:: career. Publishes the second edition of the „Pan Flute Method” in 2008, a revised and supplemented
manual which represents a synthesis of his performing and teaching experience
accumula:e d over three decades.
His wife, Maria,
dies untimely (2008) and, a year later, the artist dedicates to her a
performance of the grieving pan flute, „A love broken by fate”, which merges a personal
expression of sorrow with the lyrical beauty of music into a single dimension,
that of immortal, albeit lost love.
Vasile Iovu’s pan
flute recitals accompany Vasile Şoimaru, the author of the books „Communists’ Downfall”, “Don River Bend” and the album „Romanians around Romania” (in two volumes), on the
occasion of their launch in the counties of Iaşi and Neamţ, in Sighetul
Marmaţiei and in the Transcarpatia region of Ukraine, inhabited by Romanians
(2009, 2010).
Accompanied by the
„Ciprian Porumbescu” Ensemble from Suceava,
participates in the cultural events dedicated to the „650th anniversary of Moldova’s dismounting” (2009).
The Chişinău Organ
Hali resumes performances of the pan fluteharpsichord duet, launched in Kiev by
Natalia Sviridenko and Vasile Iovu.
Launches the CD „Dacian Echo” and re-launches the CD with the
recordings of the late Maria Strătilă-Iovu, which are supplemented with new
pieces and with a new title, “My Sacred Everything”.
2011 - 2015
Is the guest of
honor on the occasion of Gheorghe Zamfir s 70th birthday anniversary, and the
two maestros peform together again, accompanied by the „Ciocârlia” Folk Orchestra from Bucharest (2011).
The Chişinău
cityhall awards him the title of „Honorary Citizen”, which allows him to take adcantage
of certain social Services (2012).
Five years after
the death of his wife Maria, marries Natalia Postoroncă, also widowed from a
prior marriage (2013).
Releases three new
albums, „Ave Maria”, „Clasic” and „Divertisment”, which represent a selection from the
repertoire of the „Vasile Iovu” Ensemble, predominantly with a solo pan flute.
Together with the „Folclor” Orchestra, participates in the three shows
titled „Christians in Europe” in Cahul, Cimişlia and Orhei,
organized with the support of the Romanian government and dedicated to the 300th
anniversary of the death of the Brâncoveanu saints, as well as the 300th
anniversary of Dimitrie Cantemir’s acceptance in the Royal Prussian Academy in
Berlin.
Vasile Iovu’s pan
flute and Vasile Şoimaru s books dedicated to Romanians everywhere continue
their pilgrimage in Bacău, Paşcani, Piteşti, Braşov, Alba Iulia and again in
the Transcarpatia regior. irci Cernăuţi in Ukraine. The book tours are
accompanied by par flute recitals meant to keep alive the sense of naţional dignity
and identity (2011, 2012, 2013).
As part of the
Music Festival „Mărţişor”, performs several concerts in Karaganda (with a recorded
orchestral accompaniment), at the invitation of the „Dacia” Cultural Society of Romanians in Kazakhstan
(2013).
The „Vasile Iovu” Ensemble establishes the first cultural
contac: between Moldova and Qatar, and performs its first concert in : e
capital Doha where the Qatari audience has a chance to listen : r first time
Romanian folk music and Vasile Iovu’s pan flute.
Vasile Iovu and
the „Lăutarii” Folk Orchestra conducted by Nic Botgros
perform at the Palace Hali in Bucharest in the extraordinar show „Born in Romanian” organized by Romania’s government
and the Bucharest city hali on the occasion of St Andrews Celebration and the
Day of Romanians Across the World, which also commemorated the poet Grigore
Vieru’s 80th birthday (November 2014).
The archives of
the National Radiotelevision preserve approximately 500 works by the composer,
arrangements for vocals and instrumentals, as well as recordings of Vasile Iovu
playing the par. flute, pipes and ocarina.
Receives the „Cultural Merit” Award and the Officer rank of Romania
(2015).
The source of information: the book writtne by Rodica Iuncu, Păstorul solitar sau Naiul lui Vasile Iovu, edited in Chișinău, in 2015 year.
