Cristian Măcelaru
GRAMMY® Award-winning conductor Cristian Măcelaru is Music Director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Music Director of the Orchestre National de France, Artistic Director of the George Enescu Festival and Competition, Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Interlochen Center for the Arts’ World Youth Symphony Orchestra, Music Director and Conductor of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music and Distinguished Visiting Artist at The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. He also serves as Artistic Partner of the WDR Sinfonieorchester in Cologne, where he served as Chief Conductor from the 2019/2020 through 2024/25 seasons.
Gabriel Bebeșelea
Gabriel Bebeșelea is the Principal Conductor of "George Enescu" Philharmonic Orchestra in Bucharest and enjoys a flourishing international career, collaborating with esteemed ensembles such as the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Tonkünstler Orchestra, and Prague Philharmonia, among others.
With the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Bebeșelea recorded George Enescu’s rediscovered oratorio Strigoii (The Ghosts) and the Pastorale - Fantaisie pour petite orchestre, a work he curated himself.
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