PÎSLARI, Snejana

Prof. Pîslari studied composition with Pavel Rivilis at the Academia de Muzică, Teatru și Arte Plastice in Chișinău from 1991–96, then studied composition with him at the Universitatea de Stat a Artelor in Chișinău from 1996–99 and there earned her master's degree. She later studied musicology with Tatiana Berezovicova at the Academia de Muzică, Teatru și Arte Plastice from 2009–13 and there earned her doctorate in arts studies and culturology in 2019.

Among her honours are various prizes in the competition of the Uniunea Compozitorilor și Muzicologilor din Republica Moldova in Chișinău (for her work as a composer, 2000–10, 2011–15, 2017–18, 2020, 2022–23; for her work as a musicologist, 2019) and the medal Maestru în Artă from the president of Moldova (2023). Her music has been performed in Belarus, Germany, Moldova, Romania, Russia, and Spain.