Cristian Mandeal

Cristian Mandeal (born April 18, 1946 in Rupea , Târnava Mare , Romania ) is a Romanian musician , pianist and conductor . From 1991 to 2010 he was conductor of the George Enescu Philharmonic from Bucharest .

Life

Cristian Mandeal studied piano, composition and conducting at the Liceul de Muzică in Brașov and at the Academia de Muzică din București from 1965 to 1974. He perfected his skills in 1980 in Berlin with Herbert von Karajan and in 1990 in Munich with Sergiu Celibidache .

Artistic career

Career in Romania

• Permanent conductor of the "Constantin Silvestri" Philharmonic in Târgu Mureș from 1977 to 1980;
• Permanent conductor of the State Philharmonic "Transilvania" in Cluj-Napoca from 1980 to 1987;
• Artistic Director of the George Enescu International Festival and Competition in 2001 and 2003.
• Head of the "George Enescu" Philharmonic in Bucharest from 1991 to 2010;

Career abroad

• Artistic Director of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi in Spain ;
• Principal Guest Conductor of the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester , England ;
• Artistic Director of the Northern Symphony Orchestra ( Northern Symphony Orchestra ) in Haifa , Israel until the summer of 2002;
• Resident conductor of the Haydn Orchestra in Bozen and Trento , Italy , until the winter of 2003;
• First Guest Conductor with the Philharmonic from Copenhagen , Denmark from August 2007;

Prizes and awards

• The Prize of the Composers' Union of Romania ;
• The Ionel Perlea Prize ;
• The Romanian Academy Medal ;
• The top-class award of the Romanian Music Forum for popularizing the opera Oedipus by George Enescu ;

literature

• Caietul-program al Filarmonicii "George Enescu" .

Web links

• Literature by and about Cristian Mandeal in the catalog of the German National Library
• Presentation of Mandeals at sks-russ.de
• Omul zilei / Jurnalul National, 4th January 2006 (Romanian)
• Presentation of Mandeals at fge.org.ro (Romanian)
• Cristian Mandeal (English)