Since 2014, Anna Ungureau is the Principal Conductor of the National Chamber Choir “Madrigal – Marin Constantin” and Artistic Director of the National Cantus Mundi Programme. Specialised under the direction of Maestro Marin Constantin and conductor Ion Marin, she has conducted the Madrigal Choir in hundreds of concerts, performed all over the world.

In addition to her impressive career as a choral conductor, she is also a trainer who inspires future generations of choral conductors in Romania. The professional experience she gained with the founder of the Madrigal Choir, who mentored her for 9 years, recommends her as a disciple and a continuer of Marin Constantin.

After 12 years of violin study, Anna Ungureanu graduated from the University of Music in Bucharest with a Bachelor’s degree in Music Pedagogy and Choral Conducting, a Master’s degree in Conducting Stylistics and a PhD in Music, with the thesis “Zoltan Kodaly’s Music Education System in the Modern European Context“, coordinated by Prof. Univ. Dr. Liliana Rădulescu.

Between 2002 and 2013, she was a lyric artist and a conductor of the Madrigal Choir.

In 2007 she received the Noel Minet Europa Cantat Foundation Special Prize at the International Competition for Young Conductors in Budapest, followed by other awards and distinctions, and in 2013 she was decorated by the President of Romania with the Order of Cultural Merit in the rank of Knight, cat. D – Performing Arts.

In 2022, Anna Ungureanu was awarded the “Marin Constantin” Prize for Excellence in Music, and she was elected Romania’s representative to the World Choir Council, the governing body of the world choral organisation INTERKULTUR. 

Anna Ungureanu is a member of several international juries, such as the International Choral Composition Competition “My First Fifty Years” in Parma and the International Choral Competition “Vox Lucensis” in Lucca, Italy.