Performer Valentina Cojocaru: aspects of heritage creation in the Folclor orchestra

Abstract

In the study „Performer Valentina Cojocaru: aspects of heritage creation in the Folklor Orchestra” the author proposes a new interpretation of the meaning of ideational and pragmatic structures, represented by genres and styles included in the repertoire of neo-traditional music from the Soviet era of Moldovan SSR. The study focuses on issues concerning the context of the emergence and assertion of neotraditional art in the 1960s and 1980s as a branch of popular culture and mass culture, closely connected to the political agenda of the Soviet government. The path and stages of the artist's professional evolution are highlighted. Valentina Cojocaru's repertoire delimits two strategic aesthetic directions: one focused on the traditional folk ethos, the other – on the values of the new communist vision of the world. The main genera, styles and thematic species are discussed and exemplified.