Cantus Mundi, founded in 2011[a] by conductor Ion Marin, is the first national musical program of its kind in Romania.
With continuing support from the choir, and under the direction of the Ministry of Culture, it became a national program with Government Decision no.
[citation needed] Free workshops, led by the chief conductor and members of the National Choir, are held in multiple locations in Romania, serving all 41 of its counties.
[3] On 26 February 2017, more than 120 Hungarian and Romanian youth choirs sang with the National Chamber Choir at an event honoring the late composer Constantin Marin at the National University of Music Bucharest, an expression of the vision for Cantus Mundi.
[5] Its goal is to have choirs in all of the country's schools[3] and to provide training to hundreds of thousands of Romanian emigrants.