In the Carpathian Mountains there is a house of artists that violinist Iuliana Münch and pianist and composer André Parfenov have built with much love, taste and practical sense. The members of the ICMA Jury visited this place in Busteni too.
The house is a meeting place for musicians between Bucharest and Brasov. There is space for master classes, seminars, and a chamber ensemble can retreat here to work on a new program. As the host said, it is a place of joy, inspiration, encounters and relaxation. The house has music room with grand piano, common room and ten guest rooms. There is Wi-Fi and a good cuisine too. The house is located in a quiet climatic health resort, which offers many holiday opportunities, like skiing or mountain hiking.
Events are often held in the house, the next activities are a master class by SONORO Interferente in March and the music residencies with Iuliana Münch in July.
SoNoRo Interferente is the educational program of the SoNoRo International Chamber Music Festival and is aimed at Romanian musicians between the ages of 14 and 30. It was launched with the aim of creating a long-term musical elite and continuing the SoNoRo Festival’s approach of integrating Romania into the top echelons of European musical life.
Iuliana Münch has already gained renowned partners and sponsors for the Busteni Artists’ House. These have included the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Romania, the Goethe Institute in Bucharest, the music academies in Cologne and Leipzig. Two of the most important German music institutions – the Liszt School of Music in Weimar and the Robert Schumann School of Music in Düsseldorf – have already expressed their interest in participating, but Iuliana Münch is looking for further cooperation with music academies from Europe and other organizations in order to organize even more master classes and seminars in this place.