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Cristian Mandeal
Philharmonic Conductor
Studies
- Piano, composition and conducting at the Musical High School in Brasov and
the Music Academy of Bucharest
- Courses of mastership with Herbert von
Karajan in Berlin and Sergiu Celibidache in München
Professional Career
- After graduating the Music Academy in Bucharest, works shortly as
assistant master at the Romanian Opra, in Bucharest
- Conductor in Târgu Mures and Cluj-Napoca
- Musical general director general of
"George Enescu" Philharmonic Bucharest
- Conducts some of the best known philharmonic orchestras:
- Staatskapelle, Dresden
- Hessisches Rundfunk
Orchestra, Frankfurt-am-Main
- RIAS Orchestra
- Royal Liverpool Symphony
- Israel Philharmonic
- Münchener Philharmoniker
- Santa Cecilia, Roma
- Japan Philharmonic
Orchestra, Tokyo
- Südwestfunk Orchester
- Wiener Staatsoper
- City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- Bayerisches Rundfunk Orchestra
- Recently, appointed Artistic Director and Main Conductor of Israel Northern Symphony
in Haifa
- Cooperated with numerous renown artists as Radu Lupu, Ivo Pogorelich, Bruno Leonardo Gelber, Maurice André, Viktor Tretiakov,
Gerhard Oppitz, Ileana Cotrubas, Mstislav Rostropovitch, Alicia de Larrocha, Yefin Bronfman
- Conducted in great concert halls like Berliner Philharmoniker, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Bolsoi Teatr -
Moscow, Gasteig - München, Suntory
Hall - Tokyo, Beethovenhalle - Bonn, Alte Oper - Frankfurt, Grosser Festspielsaal - Salzburg, Victoria Hall - Geneva, Tonhalle - Zürich, Wiener Staatsoper
- Participated at numerous festivals: "George Enescu" International
Festival, Bucharest, Festivals in Istanbul, Ankara, Lisbon, Santander,
Brescia-Bergamo, Bayreuth Young Musicians Festival, Janacek Festival - Ostrawa,
Annual Festivals of Bloomington, USA, where he has been invited for several
years to teach for summer coursescursuri de vara
Musical Recordings
- 9 symphonies by Bruckner, for Electrecord Recording House
- Integral of symphonic ans vocal-symphonic works of Brahms (1997, on the
occasion of one century since the composer's death) - Arte Nova Recording
House, distributid in BMG-Ariola
- Integral of the symphonic works of George Enescu at Arte Nova Recording
House, distributed by
BMG-Ariola.
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