It also offered training in drama until 1950, when this function was taken over by two institutes which were later reunited as the Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film (UNATC).

[3] The institution's first director was composer Alexandru Flechtenmacher [ro], under whose leadership the Conservatory gave courses in violin, solfege, Christian music choir, piano, harmony, and singing.

[2] During the interwar period, the Conservatory grew to accommodate counterpoint, orchestration, aesthetics and music history classes.

[2] In the 1940s, the academy was led by Mihail Jora, whom the institution itself credits with having revolutionized teaching methods by imposing more rigor and innovative approaches.

[3] During this period, from 1950 to 1953, the veteran conductor George Georgescu, a close associate of Enescu who had himself studied cello at the institution a half century before, took his sole academic post, teaching the conducting class.