Romanian pianist Dr. Andreea Muţ attended the Gheorghe Dima Academy of Music in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, before completing her Master of Music degree at Sam Houston State University, and her Doctorate in Collaborative Arts at University of Houston. Dr. Muţ has performed solo and chamber music recitals throughout Romania, France, Spain, Colombia, Mexico and the United States. She has won numerous prizes in national and international competitions, including First Prize in the Martian Negrea National Competition, Ploiesti, Romania (2008), Second Prize in the Pro Piano International Competition Bucharest, Romania (2004), and Third  Prize in the “Carl Filtsch” International Competiton, Sibiu, Romania (2001).

Between 2012 and 2014, Dr. Muţ held the position of Head Repetiteur and Assistant Conductor at Opera in the Heights Houston. In 2016, she made her vocal coach debut in Robert Ward’s Roman Fever at the University of Houston, followed by a second appointment as Music Director and pianist for the Moores Opera House production of Nino Rota’s I due timidi.

Also a prolific collaborative pianist and recitalist, Dr. Muţ has performed with Da Camera Houston, ROCO, APERIO – Music of the Americas, AURA – the Moores School of Music Contemporary Ensemble, the Foundation for Modern Music, the Clear Lake Chamber Ensemble, Texas New Music Ensemble, and the Texas Two Year College All State  Choir. She has also collaborated with the Houston Symphony Chorus, Le Chiavi – The Institute of Bel Canto Studies, the Texas Music Festival, Opera San Antonio, Houston Youth Symphony, Songs by Heart Foundation, Sphinx Organization, and the North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas.

A passionate chamber musician, Dr. Muț enjoys a variety of chamber music collaborations. In 2017, she was a senior faculty member for the Classical Music Institute in San Antonio, Texas, where she gave many performances for the summer chamber music series. In July 2019, she joined them in celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Russian composer Galina Ustvolskaya’s birth with the performance of her Concerto for Piano, String Orchestra, and Timpani with conductor José Luis Gomez.

Dr. Muţ has amassed extensive experience as a collaborative pianist, and her interest in this role led her to form a duo with violinist Dr. Ingrid Gerling. The Gerling-Mut duo performs a wide range of repertoire, and has a strong commitment to performing contemporary music. Since its formation, the duo has established a regular recital series at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, TX, and performs weekly for the Harmony in the Air series at the Hobby Airport. The duo also gave recitals at Rothko Chapel Houston, San Jacinto College, St. Stephen’s United Methodists Church, Grace United Methodists Church, and the First Congregational Church in Houston. These performances were received with fervent enthusiasm, and the duo was invited to perform for the Memorial Classical Music series, at the Arts of Tolerance Inaugural Event at Rice University’s Boniuk Institute, and at Miller Outdoor Theatre for the Foundation of Modern Music’s event “Music That Should Be Danced.”

Dr. Muţ is currently serving as staff pianist at the University of Houston, and pianist/organist at St. Stephen’s United Methodist Church, Houston, TX. In addition, she plays for one of the premier professional choirs in the United States – the Houston Chamber Choir, the recipient of the 62nd Annual Grammy® Award for Best Choral Performance, the American Prize in Choral Performance 2015, and the 2018 Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence from Chorus America.