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RomeMǎcelaru / Gerstein
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Barber, Gershwin, Ravel
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia; Cristian Măcelaru; Kirill Gerstein
Bad KissingenWDR Sinfonieorchester
Barraine, Shostakovich, Rachmaninov
WDR Symphony Orchestra; Cristian Măcelaru; Isabelle Faust
GrafeneggFestival-Eröffnung
Beethoven, Orff
Philharmonia Orchestra; Cristian Măcelaru; Nikola Hillebrand; Nicholas Phan; Germán Olvera; Rudolf Buchbinder
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Benedetti ablaze with the Philharmonia
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As gifts to the Philarmonia's 80th birthday season, Nicola Benedetti gives a barnstorming account of Elgar's Violin Concerto before Cristian Mӑcelaru gets emotionally drained by La Mer.
Spectacular Orchestre National de France program at Carnegie Hall
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Cristian Mǎcelaru elicits enthralling performances from the ONF, Daniil Trifonov blends stunning virtuosity with poetic insight in a crowd-pleasing French program.
Dances of reinvention: Măcelaru and the ONF at the Enescu Festival
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Venturing into Gershwin, Rudolf Buchbinder joins an Orchestre National de France programme at the George Enescu International Festival marked by surprises.
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CologneMăcelaru & Mahler
Mahler: Symphony no. 2 in C minor "Resurrection"
WDR Symphony Orchestra; Cristian Măcelaru; Hanna-Elisabeth Müller; Wiebke Lehmkuhl; Rundfunkchor Berlin; WDR Rundfunkchor
ParisMa mère l'Oye (Mother Goose)
Ravel
Orchestre National de France; Cristian Măcelaru; Beatrice Rana
CologneLiebeserklärung: Măcelaru & Mahlers Fünfte
Tchaikovsky, Mahler
WDR Symphony Orchestra; Cristian Măcelaru; Kian Soltani
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Rhapsody in Bucharest: Nemanja Radulović on the Enescu Competition
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The Serbian-French violinist talks about what makes the George Enescu International Competition special, his experiences winning in 2001, and performing Enescu, Beethoven and Prokofiev.
The cream of European music-making: Enescu Festival 2025
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With many of the world’s greatest ensembles and soloists appearing in over 95 concerts, across four weeks from August to September, it’s hard to know where to begin with Bucharest’s rich musical offering.
Generosity of spirit: Cristian Măcelaru on George Enescu Competition
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2024 sees the return of the prestigious George Enescu International Competition. Artistic director Cristian Măcelaru talks about the Enescu Festival and Competition – Romania’s grandest classical music spectacle.