About Music Gallery

Music Gallery is the first and only exhibition dedicated to music in Romania. Conceived by the Jazz in the Park team (FAPTE), the project uses the format of a gallery to offer the public an interactive and immersive experience about what lies behind musical creation, with an emphasis on quality listening (Hi-Fi) and understanding the cultural context of music. The curatorial foundation stems from jazz and its influences.

 

Three pillars structure the exhibition:

  • Listen – what to listen to and how to listen: media library of essential albums, vinyl playback and Hi-Fi systems.
  • Learn – history, social and artistic contexts, the way jazz has influenced and been influenced by other genres.
  • Explore – access to equipment and installations that the public doesn’t usually reach: Hi-Fi set-ups, instrument simulators, multimedia collaborations.

The experience is conceived as an offline moment of respite: it can be visited in a group, but remains profoundly personal: it’s you with your thoughts and the music you choose to listen to.

Editions and Themes

2023

2023 – Debut

Inaugurated in March 2023 at the Art Museum Cluj-Napoca, the exhibition proposed for one month a new way of discovering music, complemented by concerts and workshops (guitar, piano, percussion) for children and adults. Subsequently, the project was presented for one month at Braunstein Palace, Iași.

Awards: 2 distinctions at the Romanian PR Award (“Art and Culture”, “Experiential Marketing”).

2024

2024 – Backstage Pass

The “Backstage Pass” theme opened the backstage of music to the public: artist life, invisible roles, creative pressures and socio-political context. As a first for a local museum space, we integrated a listening bar, alongside guided tours, audio equipment fair, concerts and workshops.

2025

2025 – Pop-Up Music Gallery: Music Around the World

The format becomes itinerant: we embark on a national tour with the theme Music Around the World, in partnership with NEPI Rockcastle. The exhibition reaches six cities: Bucharest, Ploiești, Constanța, Timișoara, Craiova, Sibiu, maintaining the interactive structure and core pillars.

Also this year, Music Gallery establishes its home in Cluj-Napoca. For more details, follow us on our Social Media pages.

Who We Are

Fapte (founded in Cluj-Napoca in 2012) organizes cultural events with community impact and focuses on making art accessible and redefining public spaces. The flagship project is Jazz in the Park, a reference festival in Eastern Europe, with over 450 concerts and over 600,000 visitors in more than 10 years.