The scientific PhD supervisors who laid the foundation of the doctoral research in music were well-known musicologists and composers in Romania and abroad: prof. Mihail Cozmei, PhD (historiographer), professor Viorel Munteanu, PhD (composer), Scientific Researcher I, Gheorghe Firca, PhD (generalist musicologist), prof. Nicolae Gâscă, PhD (conductor), prof. Gheorghe Duțica, PhD (musicologist and composer).
