Cătălin-Alin CERNĂTESCU

Academic Year:
2023/2024

Field of Study:
Musicology

Research Program:
NEC Odobleja

Affiliation:
National University of Music Bucharest
Secondary School 79, Bucharest

Position:
Researcher in Byzantine Musicology
Music Teacher

Country:
Romania

Research project: Censorship and Control in Romanian Music: Byzantine Musicology during the Communist Regime

My research proposal aims to trace and reveal the forms of censorship and control in Byzantine musicology during the communist regime, based on documents found in the archives of the Union of Romanian Composers and Musicologists. On investigating the phenomenon, I will seek to capture the manner in which the domain was forced to adhere to the cultural directions prescribed by the Party and to advocate for the mainstreaming themes, such as nationalism, exceptionalism and bimillennialism.