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STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
FACULTY OF COMPOSITION, MUSICOLOGY
AND MUSIC PEDAGOGY
DOCTORAL SCHOOL
BACHELOR DEGREE
MASTER DEGREE
DOCTORATE DEGREE
RESEARCH
LIFELONG LEARNING (LLL)
INTERNATIONAL
TEACHER’S TRAINING UNIT
ALUMNI CLUB
FACILITIES
PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES
FESTIVALS & COMPETITIONS
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UNIVERSITY’S
MANAGEMENT
2012-2016
ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL
Rector
Prof. Dan Dediu, PhD
Vice-Rectors
WELCOME
In a shifting world, while media and market conquer and tune the whole human existence, university represents the place where autonomous original
thinking and feeling, conceived as cardinal values of the mankind, are still preserved, commented, shared and encouraged.
While the mass culture became the official culture of the media, the tradition of elaborate culture and the vernacular culture continue to represent
the field of educational and research activities inside the university. In this respect, besides the concerns of involvement in the actual society and of
openness to the labor market, the crucial point of a university’s policy is to protect the landmarks of its uniqueness: reflection, study, practice,
respect, dialogue.
Therefore, keeping the right balance between old and new represents the constant vision of the National University of Music Bucharest, nurtured in
its 150 years of history, as a result of a deep meditation regarding the social and economical changes of the present and the future challenges of the
musical phenomenon.
Dan Dediu
Rector of the National University of Music Bucharest
Faculty of Musical Performance
Dean: Prof. Bianca Manoleanu, PhD
Faculty of Composition, Musicology and
Musical Pedagogy
Dean: Prof. Smaranda Murgan, PhD
Administrative General Director
SENATE
President
Vice-President
Chief Secretary
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF
MUSIC BUCHAREST
National University of Music Bucharest is a Romanian professional institution of higher education, research and music creation, founded in
1864. Its cardinal values are summarized in a form of a Credo:
CREDO
1. Concerning the value and importance of music
…in building an actual, multi-cultural and European integrated society, as the most representative example of efficiency
in the non-verbal communication.
2. Concerning the necessity of the 1-to-1 tuition
…as the basis of a qualitative music higher education.
3. Concerning the creative integration
…of all the levels of music education, from childhood to adulthood, including the lifelong learning process.
4. Concerning the collaborative benefits of music
…that the exchange of ideas, dialogue and critical reflection bring in educating, learning and promoting own values.
MISSION
The mission of National University of Music Bucharest can be defined through its four functions: preservation, orientation, filtration and training.
1. Preservation represents the permanent goal in offering a core of values and good practices,
continuously updated.
2. Orientation consists in encouraging a personal option and vision, as a result of a previous
and profound knowledge of music.
3. Filtration clarifies the wide and distorted information and gives it a direction while
encouraging the critical and reflexive thinking.
4. Training creates the premises of shaping the taste within the spirit of the musical
tradition and the freedom of innovation.
A PLACE WORTH
STUDYING AT
National University of Music Bucharest (UNMB) provides a unique combination of tradition and innovation, research and education, oriented upon the
professional standards and dynamics of the present. Due to the excellent teaching staff and researchers (more than 150), numerous students (more
than 1000) and alumni, worldwide appreciated and awarded, the educational offer and the research environment represent the main strong points of
the university.
National University of Music Bucharest ground its strategic development objectives in 150 years of tradition of higher music education and is
committed to be an active part in constructing the European area of the field. UNMB is an active member of European Association of Conservatoires
(AEC) and was assessed and advised by AEC (2010) and the European Universities Association (EUA, 2013). The Romanian Agency for Quality
Assurance in Higher Education (ARACIS) awarded UNMB a broad confidence rating for 2010-2015, as a result of the institutional and study
programs evaluation process.
LOCATION & TRANSPORT
National University of Music Bucharest is located in the downtown of the city, at approximately 35-40 minutes driving distance
from the
International Airport Otopeni and at about 15 minutes driving distance from the main railway station in
Bucharest, Gara de Nord. In the UNMB’s neighborhood (5-10 minutes walking distance) one can find the most important
musical and cultural institutions: Romanian Athenaeum (“George Enescu” Philharmonic Orchestra), Romanian Radio Society,
Palace Hall, National Opera House, Museum of Fine Arts, "George Enescu" Museum, Union of Composers and
oldest public garden in Bucharest, is located just near the university.
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STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSITY
National University of Music Bucharest has two faculties focused on higher music education process:
Faculty of Musical Performance (all classical instruments and singing)
Faculty of Composition, Musicology and Music Pedagogy (Composition, Musicology, Music pedagogy, Orchestral and choir conducting,
Jazz-pop music and sacred music)
The research and advanced research are organized within the frame of a Doctoral School, a Post-Doctoral Institute and a Research, Innovation and
Information Unit.
STRUCTURE OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR
The academic year is divided in two semesters of 14 weeks each:
- winter semester: 1st of October-1st week of February (including the evaluation session)
- summer semester: 3rd week of February-1st week of July (including the evaluation session)
Language of tuition: Romanian
ADMISSION CONDITIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
In order to study at the National University of Music Bucharest, please check for all the necessary information on the website of Ministry of Education:
www.edu.ro (International Relations/Study in Romania).
The information about study conditions is available on the website www.unmb.ro
ROLE
STRUCTURE
DEPARTMENTS
EDUCATION
Faculty of Musical
Performance
Dep. 1
Dep. 2
Dep. 3
ADVANCED RESEARCH
Faculty of Composition,
Musicology
and Music Pedagogy
Dep. 1
Dep. 2
Dep. 3
STUDY PROGRAMS
1ST CYCLE
Bachelor 4 years
(2 study-prg.)
Bachelor 3 and 4 years
(5 study-prg.)
STUDY PROGRAMS
2ND CYCLE
Master 2 years
(1 study-prg.)
Master 2 years
(6 study-prg.)
STUDY PROGRAMS
3RD CYCLE
Doctoral School
Scientific research
and artistic creation
PhD in Music
(1 study-prg.)
scientific
professional
Post-doctoral
Institute MIDAS
and Research,
Innovation
and
Information Unit
Doctoral
advanced
research
FACULTY OF MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
Dean: Prof. Bianca Manoleanu, PhD
The faculty offers a broad spectrum of opportunities in order to acquire specific competencies within an organized frame: 1-to-1 tuition with its best
teachers, wide and diverse repertoires, technical skills, enhancing of the personal vision and critical thinking, general culture requirements. As well, the
study programs proposed by the faculty and its departments emphasize the need for a well-balanced curriculum, the intense personality-oriented
shaping process (including master-classes, workshops, auditions, castings, festivals, competitions) being wisely counter-balanced by the teamwork
under different forms: chamber music ensembles, orchestras, scientific research activities.
Contact:
I.DEPARTMENT FOR ORCHESTRA INSTRUMENTS
The department offers musical tuition in four directions: string instruments (violin, viola, cello, double bass, harp, guitar), winds (flute, oboe,
clarinet, saxophone, bassoon, pan-flute), brass (French horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba) and percussion. The department coordinates three
symphonic orchestras (Universitaria Orchestra, Concerto Orchestra and Academica Orchestra),
Ensemble and the percussion
ensemble Game.
II.DEPARTMENT FOR SINGING
The department trains at the highest professional level lyric artists able to perform the complex repertoire of opera and vocal chamber music. Its
quality standards and educational offer are confirmed by important prizes won by the students at the international singing competitions.
Periodically, the department organizes public events by staging full-length operas with students in the Opera Studio of the university.
III.DEPARTMENT FOR KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS
AND CHAMBER MUSIC
Head of department: Assoc. Prof. Vlad Dimulescu, PhD
The department’s offer contains three directions: keyboard instruments (piano, organ and harpsichord), instrumental & vocal accompaniment and
chamber music. Systematic training, complex repertoires and refined stylistic requirements define the department’s educational policy. The
students and the alumni of the department are winning famous national and international competitions, individually or in different chamber music
ensembles. The department coordinates the Baroque Orchestra.
FACULTY OF COMPOSITION,
MUSICOLOGY AND MUSIC PEDAGOGY
Dean: Prof. Smaranda Murgan, PhD
Vice-Dean: Lect. Florinela Popa, PhD
The faculty’s most important goal is to provide to its students a systematic theoretical and practical guidance under the supervision of an
internationally trained and acclaimed teaching staff. Oriented upon a clear definition of the specific learning outcomes, the curriculum design of the
study programs organized by the faculty points out the necessity of creative thinking, communication and technology. These guidelines are encapsulated in the teaching content, in the processes of evaluation and are permanently assessed and improved with students’ and teachers’ new ideas.
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I. DEPARTMENT OF COMPOSITION
Head of department: Assoc. Prof. Christian W. Berger, PhD
The tuition offer embraces a wide scope of disciplines, providing individual training for student-composers (classical & jazz/pop) and group courses
& seminars for all the students of the UNMB, in the fields of harmony, melody, polyphony, forms and analysis, orchestration, semiotics, jazz/pop
history & theory. Different projects, master-classes, workshops, concerts, competitions and festivals are organized for the students in this frame,
as well as mentoring sessions in many forms (conferences, discussions, seminars, focus-groups).
II. DEPARTMENT OF MUSICOLOGY AND MUSIC EDUCATION SCIENCES
The department provides individual training for students in musicology and group courses & seminars for all the students of the UNMB, in the
fields of music theory, solfeggio, dictation, music history, score reading, pedagogy, psychology, philosophy, didactics, project management,
intercultural education, modern languages. The department offers a lot of opportunities for young researchers in the field of music theory and
musicology, by organizing different competitions, symposia, concerts, artistic and scientific events, international partnerships, projects. The
department coordinates the online musicological journal
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III.DEPARTMENT OF CONDUCTING
AND COMPLEMENTARY INSTRUMENTS
Head of department: Prof. Mihail Diaconescu, PhD
The department provides individual training for student-conductors (orchestra/choir), individual general piano training, individual choral singing
training and group courses of choral singing for the faculty’s students. The department coordinates the sacred music domain, providing education
and research especially in the Byzantine and Gregorian Chant tradition. Different projects enable the students to conduct different studentensembles (orchestras and choirs) or to share their experience with professional orchestras in the region. The Byzantine choir Psalmodia is also
coordinated by this department.
DOCTORAL SCHOOL
EDUCATION
Within the frame of the Doctoral School is organized the
(PhD), provided in two directions: scientific
(for musicologists) and professional (for performers and composers). Nineteen doctorate-tutors are guiding doctorate
thesis and research in different thematic areas, such as systematical musicology, aesthetics of music, history of music,
ethnomusicology, stylistics, performance theory and practice, composition. Public sessions, conferences, seminars and
focus-groups, as well as a series of own publications sustain the research environment of the Doctoral School.
The study programs of UNMB are organized and accredited on three
levels: Bachelor, Master and Doctorate
BACHELOR STUDY PROGRAMS
4 years full time study, 240 ECTS
Instrumental Performance
Vocal Performance
Composition (classical & jazz/pop)
Musicology
Conducting (orchestra & choir)
3 years full time study, 180 ECTS
Music Pedagogy
Sacred Music
MASTER STUDY PROGRAMS
120 ECTS - 2 years full time study
Instrumental and Vocal Performance
Composition
Musicology
Conducting (orchestra & choir)
Contemporary Music Education and Sacred Music Cultures
Jazz and Pop Music
DOCTORATE STUDY PROGRAM
180 ECTS - 3 years full time study, organized in the frame of Doctoral
School, provides two branches of doctorate tuition:
I.Scientific doctorate (musicology)
II.Professional doctorate (instrumental or vocal performance,
conducting, composition)
Recognized degree: PhD
BACHELOR DEGREE
1A. INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE A
(violin, viola, cello, double bass, harp, guitar, flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, bassoon,
pan-flute, French horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, percussion)
Compulsory core disciplines
Specific: Instrumental Performance, Orchestra Ensemble, Orchestra Studies and
Solos, Chamber Music, Piano Accompaniment
General: Harmony, Counterpoint, History of Music, Music Theory & Solfeggio, Forms
and Analysis, Music Aesthetics, Traditional Music, History of Culture, Modern
Languages, Sports
Optional disciplines
Baroque Music, Contemporary Music, Contemporary Music Languages, Jazz
Improvisation, Philosophy, Artistic Management
1B. INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE B
(piano, organ, harpsichord)
Compulsory core disciplines
Specific: Instrumental Performance, Accompaniment/Basso Continuo, Baroque
Ensemble /Piano for Organ/ Piano for Harpsichord, Chamber Music, Practice
General: Harmony, Counterpoint, History of Music, Music Theory & Solfeggio, Forms
and Analysis, Music Aesthetics, Traditional Music, History of Culture, Moderns
Languages, Sports
Optional disciplines
Baroque music, Contemporary Music, Contemporary Languages, Jazz Improvisation,
Philosophy, Artistic Management
Compulsory core disciplines
Specific: Singing, Lied–oratorio, Opera, Accompaniment (singing, opera,
lied-oratorio), Acting & Movement, Make Up, Lied Literature
General: Harmony, Counterpoint, Forms and Analysis, History of Music, Music
Aesthetics, General Piano, Music Theory & Solfeggio, Didactics, Italian, Modern
Languages, Sports
Optional disciplines
IT & Music, Artistic Management, Musical Dramaturgy, History of Theatre Costume
BACHELOR DEGREE
3A. COMPOSITION A
(classical)
Compulsory core disciplines
Specific: Classic Composition, Creative Strategies in Contemporary
Music, Composition in Modern Music, Computer Music, Electronic Music
General: Melody, Harmony, Polyphony (Counterpoint and fugue), Forms
and Musical Analysis, Theory of Instruments and Orchestration, History
of Music, Music Theory, Solfeggio & Dictation, Traditional Music,
Ethnomusicology, Aesthetics, Stylistics, History of Culture/History of
Pop Culture, Choral Arrangements, Score Reading, Semiotics, Piano,
Modern Languages, Sports
Optional modules
Studio Recording, Film Music
3B. COMPOSITION B
(jazz/pop)
Compulsory core disciplines
Specific: Jazz and Pop-music Composition, Theory of Jazz/Pop, History
of Jazz/Pop, Jazz Ensemble, Improvisation, Multimedia
General: Harmony, Polyphony, Forms and Musical Analysis, Theory of
Instruments and Orchestration, History of Music, Music Theory,
Solfeggio & Dictation, Traditional Music, Ethnomusicology, Aesthetics,
Stylistics, Choral Arrangements, Choral Singing, Semiotics, Piano,
Modern Languages, Sports
Optional modules
Studio Recording, Film Music
4. MUSICOLOGY
Compulsory core disciplines
Specific: Musicology, Ethnomusicology, Paleography, Stylistics, Creative
Strategies in Contemporary Music, Traditional Music, Ethnomusicology,
History of Pop Culture/History of Culture
General: Melody, Harmony, Polyphony (Counterpoint and fugue), Forms
and Musical Analysis, Theory of Instruments and Orchestration, History
of Music, Music Theory, Solfeggio & Dictation, Aesthetics, Choral
Arrangements, Score Reading, Semiotics, Piano, Modern Languages,
Sports
Optional modules
Studio Recording, Film Music
5. CONDUCTING
Compulsory core disciplines
Specific: Orchestra/Choir Conducting (with piano accompaniament),
Creative Strategies in Contemporary Music, Computer Music, Choral
Ensemble, Score Study, Score Interpretation, Choral Singing, Artistic
Practice
General: Melody, Harmony, Polyphony (Counterpoint and fugue), Forms
and Musical Analysis, Theory of Instruments and Orchestration, History
of Music, Music Theory, Solfeggio & Dictation, Traditional Music,
Ethnomusicology, Aesthetics, Stylistics, History of Culture/History of
Pop Culture, Choral Arrangements, Score Reading, Semiotics, Piano,
Modern Languages, Sports
Optional modules
Studio Recording, Film Music
6. MUSIC PEDAGOGY
Compulsory core disciplines
Specific: Music Theory & Solfeggio, Choral Singing, Choral Conducting,
Vocal Ensemble, Theory of Instruments and Orchestration, Artistic
Practice
General: Harmony, Polyphony (Counterpoint and fugue), Forms and
Musical Analysis, Composers and Music Literature, History of Music,
History of Pop Culture/History of Christianity/Modern Languages,
Choral Arrangements, Traditional Music, Ear Training, Music School
Repertoire, Piano, Sports
Optional modules
Studio Recording, Film Music
7. SACRED MUSIC
Compulsory core disciplines
Specific: Sacred Singing, Liturgics, History of Christian Religion,
Byzantine/Gregorian Music Theory, Choral Conducting, Ear Training
General: Music theory & Solfeggio, Harmony, Polyphony (Counterpoint
and fugue), Forms and Musical Analysis, History of Music, Vocal
Ensemble, Music School Repertoire, Ethnomusicology (Gregorian &
Byzantine Music Paleography), Piano/Organ, Modern Languages,
Sports
Optional modules
Studio Recording, Film Music
All the above presented study programs may be enriched by an optional
Pedagogical Module (level I).
MASTER DEGREE
1A. INSTRUMENTAL AND VOCAL
PERFORMANCE A
(violin, viola, cello, double bass, harp, guitar, flute, oboe,
clarinet, saxophone, bassoon, pan-flute, French horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, percussion)
Compulsory core disciplines
Specific: Instrumental Performance, Chamber Music, Image
and Fulfillment in Performance, Orchestra Playing,
Accompaniment, Artistic Practice
General: Semiotics, Trends, Styles and Languages in 20th
Century, Performance – from Theory to Practice, Theory and
Art of Orchestration, Musical Dramaturgy
Optional disciplines
Cultural Projects Management, Dances in Music Genres
1B. INSTRUMENTAL AND VOCAL
PERFORMANCE B
(piano, organ, harpsichord)
Compulsory core disciplines
Specific: Instrumental Performance, Image and Fulfillment in
Performance, Chamber Music, Accompaniment, Artistic Practice
General: Semiotics, Trends, Styles and Languages in 20th
Century, Performance – from Theory to Practice, Theory and
Art of Orchestration, Musical Dramaturgy
Optional disciplines
Cultural Projects Management, Dances in Music Genres
1C. INSTRUMENTAL AND VOCAL
PERFORMANCE C
(canto)
Compulsory core disciplines
Specific: Vocal Performance, Image and Fulfillment in
Performance, Vocal Chamber Music, Accompaniment,
Artistic Practice
General: Semiotics, Trends, Styles and Languages in
20th Century, Performance – from Theory to Practice,
Theory and Art of Orchestration, Musical Dramaturgy
Optional disciplines
Cultural Projects Management, Dances in Music
Genres
2. COMPOSITION
Compulsory core disciplines
Specific: Composition, Techniques and Aesthetic
Concepts after 1950, Extra-European Cultures
and their Influence on the Contemporary
music/Semantics of Music, Electronic Music,
Music & Multimedia, Jazz, Pop, Rock, 20th
Century Rhythm/Byzantine Music/ Contemporary Notation
General: Extended Instrumentation Techniques,
Trends, Styles and Languages in 20th Century,
Hermeneutics and Epistemology in Music,
Musical Narratology, Modern Methods of Music
Analysis, Artistic Projects Management
Optional disciplines
Compared Ethnomusicology,
Music Anthropology
Heterophony,
MASTER DEGREE
3. MUSICOLOGY
Compulsory core disciplines
Specific: Musicology, Music Anthropology, Music & Multimedia,
Aesthetics of Renaissance/Baroque, Mass-media Formats,
Extra-European Cultures and their Influence on the Contemporary
Music, 20th Century Rhythm/ Contemporary Notation
General: Trends, Styles and Languages in 20th Century, Musical
Narratology, Modern Methods of Music Analysis, Semantics of Musical
Performance, Hermeneutics and Epistemology in Music, Artistic
Projects Management
Optional disciplines
Comparative Ethnomusicology, Heterophony, Byzantine Music
4. CONDUCTING
(orchestra & choir)
Compulsory core disciplines
Specific: Conducting, Opera Conducting, Vocal-Symphonic Conducting,
Compared Performances, Modern Orchestral/Choral Repertoire,
Chamber Vocal Ensemble, Practice, Score Piano Reduction
General: Trends, Styles and Languages in 20th Century, Extended
Instrumentation Techniques, Musical Narratology, Modern Methods of
Music Analysis, Semantics of Musical Performance, Artistic Projects
Management
Optional disciplines
Specific of Conducting Media, Non-Conventional Musical Notation
5A. CONTEMPORARY MUSIC EDUCATION AND
SACRED MUSIC CULTURES A
Compulsory core disciplines
Specific: Contemporary Music Education, Choir Conducting (with
accompaniament), Antinomy in Music, Rhythm Organization in Early
20th Century Music, Modern Styles in Choral Music, School Choral
Repertoire
General: Genres and Forms of Choral Music, Trends, Styles and
Languages in 20th Century, Semiotics, Stylistics, Aesthetics, Artistic
Projects Management
Optional disciplines
Music Anthropology, Heterophony, Compared Ethnomusicology
5B. CONTEMPORARY MUSIC EDUCATION AND
SACRED MUSIC CULTURES B
Compulsory core disciplines
Specific: Genres and Forms of Byzantine/Gregorian Music, Core
Concepts of Byzantine/ Gregorian Music, Musical Byzantine/
Gregorian Stylistics, Byzantine/ Gregorian Notation, Church Singing/
Organ Improvisation, Sacred Choir Conducting, Vocal Chamber
Ensemble, Modern Styles in Choral music, School Choral Repertoire
General: Genres and Forms of Choral Music, Trends, Styles and
Languages in 20th Century, Semiotics, Stylistics, Aesthetics, Artistic
Projects Management
Optional disciplines
Music Anthropology, Heterophony, Compared Ethnomusicology
6. JAZZ AND POP MUSIC
Compulsory core disciplines
Specific: Jazz/Pop Composition, Techniques & Styles in Jazz, Pop and
Rock Music, Jazz Improvisation after 1950, Electronic Music, Music &
Multimedia, Contemporary Notation
General: Aesthetics, Trends, Styles and Languages in 20th Century,
Extended Instrumentation Techniques, Artistic Projects Management
Optional disciplines
Modern Methods of Music Analysis, Semantics of Musical
Performance
All the above presented study programs may be enriched by an
optional Pedagogical Module (level II).
DOCTORATE DEGREE
DOCTORATE IN MUSIC
The three years program is divided into two modules: the Advanced Studies Module (first year) and the Research Program Module (second and third
year). The curriculum design of the Advanced Studies includes conferences within three thematic areas: Cognitive models in music advanced research,
Meaning and context in music creation and research, Musical cultures and mentalities. The Research Program’s goal is the doctoral thesis, elaborated
under the guidance of the doctoral tutor after fulfilling different scientific, artistic and methodological procedures.
More information:
RESEARCH
Research, Innovation and Information Unit of the National University of Music Bucharest coordinates four research centers, which promote and
implement the artistic and scientific research activities (projects, conferences, lectures, events, seminars and publishing).
Contact:
1. Research and Artistic Activities Center (CCSAA) is rated as a national Center of Excellence for managing scientific and artistic projects, composition
and performing competitions, master classes.
Contact:
2. Electroacoustic Music and Multimedia Center (CMeM).
The activity of the center is structured on two directions:
Education: workstations, synthesizers, computers and software (Windows and Apple systems) and MIDI audio accessories are offered to the students
in order to realize their creative projects and experiments (analysis/synthesis of audio, audio processing, mixes, real-time processing and
sound digital interactions).
Research: acoustic analysis, software development, computer music, musical robotics, multimedia.
Contact:
3. Romanian Music Information Center (CIMRO) promotes Romanian contemporary and experimental music within the country and abroad, providing
news about the most representative musical events as well as printed scores, audio recordings and other material.
More details on the website:
Contact:
4. Early Music Center (CMV) promotes Historical Informed Performance (H.I.P.) in Romania and reseach the local sources of early music. In partnership
with the European Cultural Center from Ambronay, organizes every year the festival Baroque Week and other events.
Contact:
LIFELONG LEARNING (LLL)
Lifelong learning programs are designed at UNMB in the frame created by the LLL Center (CEMCSP). The offer includes lessons for different instruments
and singing, music theory tuition, recording and computer music modules, as well as film music education.
Contact:
INTERNATIONAL
Direction for International Relations and European Programs (DRIPC)
An impressive number of participations of the academic staff, alumni and students in international artistic events (concerts, recitals,
festivals, juries) define UNMB as a prestigious university within the music life worldwide.
National University of Music Bucharest is an active partner of the European Association of Conservatoires (AEC), develops several
interuniversity cooperation programs at the European and regional level:
ERASMUS + represents the framework under which there have been signed more than 70 Bilateral Agreements with partner
institutions from Europe
Central European Exchange Program for University Studies (CEEPUS) is coordinated in the field of music as a regional leader by
National University of Music Bucharest, (CEEPUS Initiatives in the Central European Professional Music Field)
Fulbright students and teachers from USA have the opportunity to study/teach at the UNMB, inside the frame of this prestigious
program.
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TEACHER’S TRAINING UNIT
A very important unit in the structure of the National University of Music is the Teacher’s Training Unit (DPPD), representing the
organizational frame of the pedagogical learning outcomes. Here are developed different modules for different academic targets:
pedagogical training modules for students (bachelor & master), preparation modules for music teachers, courses, conferences,
symposia on contemporary music education.
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ALUMNI CLUB
Conceived as a structure whose mission is to keep alive the contact with the former students, to organize social events with UNMB’s
alumni, to nurture the databases of the former students and to raise funds for the university, in order to offer grants, scholarships or
prizes for different students’ projects.
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FACILITIES
STUDENT LIFE
The students of the National University of Music Bucharest have the opportunity to understand and practice
music at the highest standards, to study music with famous and inspiring professors at Bachelor, Master
and Doctorate. The academic offer is wide and diverse, allowing the students to receive outstanding tuition
and performance opportunities, both inside the university and in other cultural institutions, such as Radio
Society Concert Halls, museums, Bucharest Opera House, Romanian Athenaeum a.s.o.
UNMB students have the possibility to enjoy a generous offer of social and cultural activities as well.
Bucharest is a lively city, with all kinds of opportunities in terms of socializing and having fun: classical music
concerts, opera performances, cinema multiplexes, alternative music clubs and pubs, sports opportunities,
wanderings. As a student at UNMB it will be possible to obtain free or discounted tickets for most of the
artistic events organized in the city.
Another important aspect is the long-lasting friendships one can enjoy during the study in UNMB, both with
students and teachers, and these can lead - after graduation - to successful collaborations and networks
inside the music/artistic life.
The International Relations and European Programs Direction (DRIPC) offers counseling and support in all
the aspects of the study programs, social and cultural activities a.s.o. This office is open for all the problems
the students might encounter during their study (B 111).
CAMPUS
National University of Music Bucharest’s campus includes six venues where the educational, concert and
research activities are organized. As well, more than 200 concert pianos and upright pianos, a concert
organ, string instruments, wind, brass and percussion instruments, as well as computers, laptops,
beamers, music stands and specialized software are used by the students and teachers.
LIVING HERE
UNMB students enjoy a modern accommodation in the students' hostel (G-ral Berthelot Street, no.8,
Bucharest), a cost-effective place to stay, 5 minutes walking distance from university. The rooms are neat
and comfortable and have all the utilities, including a TV set and Internet connection. A kitchen and a
laundry room are also available. The atmosphere is pleasant and the environment friendly.
LIBRARY & AUDIO
A modern library - including an amount of about 251.000 books and scores, of which 9.328 are in
digital records - provides the access of the students and academic staff to a database containing
documents in the library collection. The access is granted from the terminal in the catalog room or
via Internet.
Audiovisual compartment within UNMB develops wide and diverse activities, based on a precious
collection of recordings in different formats. This collection is offered to the academic community
under forms like music auditions (vinyl disks, magnetic tapes, CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray), live recordings
from the UNMB's main concerts or other services. For didactic purposes, the academic staff of the
university can borrow from here audio-visual equipment: CD/DVD Players, TV sets, laptops, CDs,
DVSs, headphones, video- projectors.
JOURNALS AND
“GLISSANDO” PUBLISHING HOUSE
In the field of music publications, UNMB provides three periodically labels, Musicology Today – an
online thematic musicology journal, reflected in international databases like EBSCO and RILM
(www.musicologytoday.ro), Acord – magazine & newsletter mirroring the internal life of the university,
AkadeMusica – thematic musicological volumes.
“Glissando” Publishing House prints different musical books and scores (www.edituraglissando.ro)
PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES
National University of Music Bucharest offers a wide range of performing opportunities. Participations in various
performance activities, such as orchestra and ensemble projects, opera, chamber music and chamber music
groups, master-classes, workshops, lectures and festivals with world's leading musicians are encouraged and
organized monthly in UNMB and in partner institutions (Opera House, the Romanian Athenaeum, the Radio Hall).
UNMB has two main concert halls - George Enescu Hall (380 places) and Opera & Multimedia Studio (400 places)
- two chamber music halls - Dinu Lipatti Hall (50 places) and Frédéric Chopin Hall (80 places) and a digital recording studio. Performance opportunities enjoyed by our students include symphonic concerts (Universitaria
Orchestra, Concerto Orchestra, Barockers' Orchestra) inside UNMB and in other main concert halls in Bucharest,
opera performances (full-staged productions) of UNMB, "Key" Festival - one of the most prestigious students’
festivals of the Romanian music academic life, organized by UNMB.
FESTIVALS & COMPETITIONS
Due to the various partnerships of the UNMB, the students and the teachers have opportunities to present
their creative output in different contexts and formats, from festivals (George Enescu Festival, International
Week of New Music, Meridian Festival, International Week of Early Music) to competitions and symposia
(George Enescu Competition, Musica Viva, Mihail Jora Competition, Paul Constantinescu Competition, Victor
BUCHAREST
– CITY OF MUSIC
BUCHAREST, the capital of Romania, is also the country`s largest city, being about 1600 square kilometres wide and
having more than 2 million inhabitants. Located in the Southern part of Romania, Bucharest is the country`s centre of
political, economic, commercial and cultural activities.
Bucharest`s diverse and contrasting features can have an inspiring effect on the visitor, stirring them to become one
with the city; this is the result of the influences of the different cultures that have dominated this region. Bucharest`s
long history can be seen in its architecture and ambience; the city centre is the result of last year`s changes embroided
in the historical events that are still visible in some streets and buildings. Wandering through the centre, one might be
interested in visiting the Old Court with its old church. Not far from there, the enormous palace, built in the late `80s
shelters the main cultural institutions, artistic halls, as well as old and modern commercial buildings, spread along two
of the most important boulevards, Calea Victoriei and Regina Elisabeta.
Bucharest`s cultural tradition is well known abroad. Outstanding, important artists often visit Romania when they
perform in the festivals organized here. One of the most famous classical music festivals is “George Enescu Festival”,
where prestigious artists, conductors and orchestras from all around the world come to perform. Once every two years,
in September, Bucharest becomes the city of music, and all of the concert halls, such as the Romanian Athenaeum, the
Radio Hall, The Palace Hall and the Opera House are filled with audiences eager to take in the magic of music. Artistic
events, concerts and festivals take place in renowned halls or in other informal places, so that anyone can find
something that could interest them: there is music, from classical to jazz and rock, there are theatre and improvisation
shows, avant-garde fusion, performance-art and exhibitions. Enjoy!