The present Lyceum (once a simple 10-year school) was established in October 1940 as a specialized secondary school next to the Conservatory (later – “G. Musicescu”), under the Ministry of Culture of the Republic. The school was directed by F. Lujanski, about 132 teachers worked there, among them E. ZAC, I. Soroker, N. Popel, M. Zeltser. In addition to general subjects, the piano, wind instruments, stringed instruments, folk instruments, music theory were studied; in the 1960s the choreography section was added. Initially the school was located in a building in the centre of Chisinau, on Kiev Street (today this building is no longer there, on its place was built the City Polyclinic N 1). The second building – on Armeană Street. The next building was located on Shciusev Street, at the intersection with Komsomol Street. From 1964 the school got a specially built building – on the present…

Already the first classes gave our musical culture such personalities as V. Misso (Achimova) (1948), B. Savici (1949), A. Mahonin….

In the following years, the school was run respectively by Borș, Stratulat, D. Gherșveld, N. Iordatii, V. Timirgaz, Gh. Caplin, Gh. Neaga, V. Govorov, V. Bagrin. The last 15 years – with the inauguration of the current high school – Mrs. G. Buinovschi, Master of Arts, distinguished teacher and man of culture from Moldova, is at the helm.

Since 1960 the Music School has been named after the remarkable composer Eugeniu Coca, and since 1990, after reorganization – after our famous compatriot Ciprian Porumbescu.

Out of about 1200 graduates, many have continued their studies in the most prestigious musical institutions in Europe, USA, Africa, Asia.