With a precise vitality, the Performing Arts Faculty fused with the Faculty of Composition, Musicology and Musical Pedagogy in an upper area of music education that assumes the same name: National University of Music Bucharest.

The context of tradition and innovation is stored into a contemporary European spirit. The young musician is the core around the act of music education has been organized.

Through a strategy aimed to apply the requirements of the Bologna Convention, the music education in the Performing Arts Faculty looks for European competitiveness due to flexibility and quality of the programs carried through intercultural dialogue.

Performing Arts Faculty is open to foreign and Romanian citizens. The admission is made on a competitive basis at all the levels of the university studies:

1. license courses, with duration of eight semesters;
2. masters courses, lasting four semesters;
3. doctoral studies, and part-time courses lasting three years.

Curriculum structure (containing basic theoretical subjects, practical or specialized, optional or complementary) seeks for concluding stage events (concerts, recitals, opera performances).

Over 600 students are following our courses in different specialization:

1. Classical instruments – piano, organ, harpsichord, violin, viola, cello, bass, guitar, saxophone, harp, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, horn, tuba, percussion and flute.

2. Singing and musical arts.

Teaching staff of the Performing Arts Faculty – almost 160 teachers – consists of creative personalities of the Romanian musical life.

The faculty provides intercultural communication in the country and abroad through Erasmus and CEEPUS programs coordinated by the specialized department. The Scientific Research Center and the Department of Performances together are responsible for initiating and carrying out artistic projects as well the artistic season of the faculty. Our students, teachers and other music institutions have been involved in this calling.

All these activities were possible due to enlargement of material basis, which means the restoration of the building, a new opera hall, a modern media library, purchase of music instruments and building an organ in “George Enescu” concert hall.

Assoc. Dr. Bianca Luigia Manoleanu
Dean of the Performing Arts Faculty