Founded in 1940, under the direction of conductor and composer Ioan Croitoru, the Academic Radio Choir today has a very wide and varied repertoire, including oratorios, cantatas, madrigals, poems, ballads and numerous miniatures.

Created to support the vocal-symphonic repertoire of the Radio Hall season and of the Radio Romania recordings, the Academic Radio Choir quickly established itself as an elite ensemble, conducted over the years by Dumitru D. Botez, Gheorghe Danga, Dumitru D. Stancu, Constantin Petrovici, Emanuel Elenescu, Alexandru Șumski, Carol Litvin, Aurel Grigoraș, Dan Mihai Goia. Currently, the Academic Radio Choir is trained and conducted by Ciprian Țuțu. 

In the spirit of the tradition of national choral music, the ensemble’s evolution is also marked by the establishment of a specific concern of the group, through concerts and impressions of a cappella formulas.

In addition to providing the programmes of the musical seasons at the Radio Hall, the Academic Radio Choir ensures the recording of the works for recordings and for the Radio musical fund, promoting important values of traditional or topical Romanian creation, including first auditions, many of which are dedicated to it. 

The Academic Radio Choir has participated in tours in Germany, Spain, Greece, Cyprus, Israel, etc., often collaborating with renowned orchestras, under prestigious conductors from home and abroad. Its participation in the “George Enescu” International Festival or the “RadiRo” International Festival of Radio Orchestras confirmed the value of the Radio Romania ensemble.

Conductor of the Academic Radio Choir since 2016, Ciprian Țuțu has proposed a diversification and modernization of the ensemble’s repertoire. Born in Brașov, he graduated from the Faculty of Music in his hometown (specialization in Music Pedagogy – academic choir conducting and Master’s degree in Conducting Stylistics). In 2013 he defended his doctoral thesis at the National University of Music in Bucharest, and in 2015 he graduated from the postdoctoral courses at the Transylvania University of Brasov, with the research topic Human voice and its implications in contemporary choral performance.

Since 2000, Ciprian Țuțu is also conductor of the “Gheorghe Dima” Choir in Brașov. His conducting activity includes various artistic events, from opera performances to a cappella concerts, with accompaniment, as well as vocal-symphonic concerts, in the company of important orchestras from Romania and abroad. As conductor of the mixed choir “Gheorghe Dima” he performed in 2005 with the orchestra of the “Dmitri Shostakovich” Philharmonic Orchestra of St. Petersburg (in the program the oratorio Matthäus Passion by J.S. Bach), and in 2007 he presented, together with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Rome, a contemporary work – the oratorio San Camillo de Lellis by Collafranceschi.

Since 2012, he has also held the position of choirmaster at the Brașov Opera, during the four seasons preparing or conducting the institution’s choral ensemble in over 100 performances. Ciprian Țuțu has also been at the helm of the Brașov Opera Orchestra, conducting 7 galas or concerts of opera arias and choruses between 2013 and 2015.