Composer’s works of Nicolay Chiolak

Abstract

This article is devoted to N. Chiolak who is one of the most famous contemporary musicians of the Republic of Moldova. He is a vivid example of the successful and talented combination of a conductor, a composer and a pedagogue (Balaban 2014, 7). N. Chiolak has been the Chair Head of the Ismail Pedagogical Institute, the Chair Head at the Academy of Music, Theatre and Fine Arts for 15 years and a pedagogue at the Academy for 44 years. The article describes N. Chiolak’s becoming a composer. He is the author of the Church music, the secular works for variously structured choirs, the music for voice, piano, organ, cello, etc.