by editor | May 2, 2018 | News
COLOGNE, GERMANY — MAY 2, 2018 — Cristian Măcelaru, who will become the new Chief Conductor of the WDR Sinfonieorchester, one of Europe’s leading orchestras, effective with the 2019/2020 season! In September 2019, he will succeed the current Chief Conductor,...
by editor | Nov 14, 2018 | News
NOVEMBER 14, 2018 — Guest conductor Cristian Măcelaru leads The Philadelphia Orchestra in the full-orchestra version of Aaron Copland’s complete score for Appalachian Spring on November 23 and 24 (more information and tickets can be found here). The following excerpt...
by editor | Oct 8, 2018 | News
OCTOBER 8, 2018 — BBC Symphony Orchestra | Barbican Hall, London, UK. This evening at the Barbican was partly formed around the idea of musical animality – Beethoven’s propulsive overture to his ballet-score The Creatures of Prometheus opened the concert and Mason...
by editor | Nov 24, 2018 | News
NOVEMBER 24, 2018 — Praise for Măcelaru and the Philadelphia Orchestra. Philadelphia Orchestra’s all-American program stays real by David Patrick Stearns, For the Inquirer. Each generation of American composers is faced with developing an authentic symphonic voice in...
by editor | Mar 15, 2017 | News
SANTA CRUZ, CA — MARCH 13, 2017 — The Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, America’s longest running festival of new orchestral music, celebrates the arrival of its brilliant new Music Director and Conductor, Cristian Măcelaru, with a sensational series of...
by editor | Jan 13, 2014 | News
CSO SOUNDS & STORIES — JANUARY 13, 2014 — Now 89, Sir Neville Marriner believes what’s hardest about becoming a geriatric conductor is how demand for public appearances increases, rather than wanes. Romanian-born conductor Cristian Măcelaru, 33, made his...
