National Philharmonic Sergei Lunkevich - the center of cultural life of Moldova, the largest concert organization working in Chisinau.

History of the National Philharmonic Hall dates back to 1940, when in order to promote musical creativity in Chisinau was created Moldavian State Philharmonic Society, which worked on the basis of diverse groups - symphonic, pop music, dance ensembles. The most famous among them are the Academic Choir "Doina" Ensemble "Plai" Folk Dance Ensemble "Joc" and others. At the time, the Philharmonic began his artistic career musicians, earned him worldwide fame - Timothy Gurtovoiy Boris Milutin, Dmitri Goya, Sergei Lunkevich.

In 1960 the building was carried out large-scale reconstruction Philharmonic under the direction of architect V. Wojciechowski, as a result of which converts not only the interior but also the exterior - the main entrance adorned with six columns of the portico, which gives the building a kind of monumentality and solemnity. There have also been updated Big and Small concert halls, reconstructed organ hall.

During this period, teams Philharmonic constantly touring both in Moldova and the countries abroad. Under the auspices of the Philharmonic Society organized a tour of foreign artistic groups have been active scientific and educational work. The number of concerts in the year up to four thousand.

In 2003, the Moldavian Philharmonic is named Sergei Lunkevich.

To date, the Philharmonic has an active concert and educational activities - organized numerous concerts of academic, jazz, pop and folk music with the participation of Moldovan and foreign artists, collectives, annual festivals, such as "Days of new music," "Piano Nights "International Festival« Beethovenissimo »and others.