Presentation of the AMTAP

The Academy of Music, Theatre and Fine Arts of the Republic of Moldova is the successor to the State Conservatory in Chisinau, founded in 1940, and to the musical education institutions that operated in Chisinau starting in 1919, when, at the initiative of G. Enescu, the Unirea Conservatory was established.

Over its history the institution has undergone several name and structural changes. Initially, the Conservatory offered studies only in music. In the late 1950s, the first student groups were formed for the Acting specialty. In 1965, within the State Institute of the Arts (established on the basis of the Conservatory in 1964), the Department of Directing and the Actor’s Art were created, and in 1988 the Faculty of Theatrical Art was formed (today Theatrical Art, Choreography and Multimedia). The Faculty of Fine Arts was founded in 1984. In its current form, the Academy of Music, Theatre and Fine Arts was established on the basis of the reorganization of the State University of the Arts (formed by merging the G. Musicescu Music Academy and the Institute of the Arts in 1999) on September 1, 2002.

Today the Academy of Music, Theatre and Fine Arts covers all fields of university and post-university artistic education. AMTAP was accredited in July 2006, and in July 2009 and again in 2014 it obtained the scientific accreditation certificate. AMTAP has a teaching staff consisting of renowned figures in music, theatre, and the visual arts such as I. Josan, M. Munteanu, L. Panfil, Gh. Mustea, Gh. Ciobanu, I. Matei, N. Cozaru, I. Mahovici, A. Durbală, I. Canaşin, I. Stepan, A. Colâbneac, P. Zavtoni, A. Lapicus, V. Druc, S. Covalenco, I. Cvasniuc, E. Gaju, and others.

During all these years we have trained several generations of artists who today are active not only in the country but also far beyond its borders, promoting the Alma Mater traditions, promoting the country’s image, and facing competition. Our graduates work on all continents—from the USA to Australia, from Romania to Argentina—bringing the reputation of the Republic of Moldova far beyond its borders. A few notable names: pianist Alexandru Bondureanschi, professor and pro-rector of the Moscow Conservatory; pianist Aurelia Simion, head of the Department at George Enescu University of Arts in Iași; trumpet player Sergiu Cârstea, solo trumpeter at the Timișoara Opera and professor at West University of Timișoara and the National University of Music in Bucharest; cellist Marin Smeșnoi, head of a part in the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra; violinist Ilian Gârneț, laureate of the prestigious Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels; soprano Ina Losi, soloist at the Metropolitan Opera in New York; mezzo-soprano Diana Axenti, soloist at the Paris Opera; bass Oleg Țâbulico, soloist at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow; designer Vlad Straticiuc, laureate of the Royal Ascot competition in Great Britain; composer Igor Iachimciuc, professor at the University of Utah, USA; Silvia Țabor, artistic director and conductor of the Intercultural Orchestra in Montreal, Canada; composer Ludmila Chise, professor at the University of Texas.

Among AMTAP’s alumni are many names that today define the artistic landscape of the Republic of Moldova: Gheorghe Mustea, Nicolae Botgros, Petre Neamțu, Ghenadie Ciobanu, Marian Stârcea, Constantin Moscovici, Lidia Panfil, Iurie Matei, Vasile Sâtari, Iurie Mahovici, Ilona Stepan, Vladimir Andriș, Anatol Lapicus, Nicolae Dohotaru, Iurie Gâscă, Petru Racoviță, Andrei Litvinov, Sandu Grecu, Luminița Țâcu, Geta Burlacu, Alex Calancea, Cristina and Alexei Terentiev, Olga Busuioc, Mariana Bulicanu, Igor Țurcan, Dumitru Cârciumaru, Petru Haruța, Alexandru Pleșca, Nicoleta Esinencu, Anastasia Homițcaia, Cristina Pintilie, Veaceslav Sambriș, Daniela Burlaca, and many, many others.

The Academy of Music, Theatre and Fine Arts of the Republic of Moldova trains specialists in the following fields:

• Music
• Theatre
• Multimedia
• Fine Arts
• Design
• Culturology
• Choreography

Currently, around 1,200 students study at the Academy and about 400 teaching staff are active there.
Postal address: Chisinau, Mateevici Street, 111, MD 2009
Tel/Fax: +373 22 24-02-13
Email: amtap.rector@gmail.com, amtap.anticamera@gmail.com

The Academy comprises 3 faculties:

MUZICAL ART
Address: Mateevici Street 87, Chisinau, MD 2009, Republic of Moldova
Tel: +373 (22) 24-02-13; 24-02-17; 24-53-34; Fax: +373 (22) 24-02-13

THEATRICAL ART, CHOREOGRAPHY AND MULTIMEDIA
Address: Mateevici Street, 111, Chisinau, MD 2009, Republic of Moldova
Tel: +373 (22) 23-87-74; 23-82-10
Fax: +373 (22) 23-82-14

FINE ARTS, DECORATIVE ARTS AND DESIGN
Address: 31 August 1989 Street, No. 137, Chisinau, MD 2004, Republic of Moldova
Tel: +373 (22) 23-42-23
Fax: +373 2(2) 23-82-14

The AMTAP music faculties train specialists in all branches of musical art:

• Academic music: composition, musicology, instrumental interpretation, academic singing, choral and symphonic conducting
• Folk music: instrumental interpretation, song, ethnomusicology
• Light music and jazz: instrumental interpretation and singing

The Academy offers university studies (cycles I – bachelor, II – master) in all specialties, as well as doctoral studies in Theatrical Art and Musical Art.