Cristian macelaru born in germany

For many Cincinnatians, his is not a familiar name. Not yet, at least. That is about to change.

GRAMMY® Award-winning conductor Cristian Măcelaru is the Music Director Designate of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, where he leads his inaugural season as Music Director in .

As with every new music director, Macelaru will definitely change the orchestra. Precisely how is hard to know. Macelaru is something of a musical polymath. He is fascinated by an extraordinarily wide range of music.

More than 40 compositions thus far have been written through this initiative.

He counts trumpet player and composer Wynton Marsalis among his best friends, for instance. Macelaru is I feel his enthusiasm comes across even in videos. He took a very different route to conducting than most of his contemporaries. They are fine schools, mind you. Or the Boston Conservatory. Like many students, he went where he could get the most economic support.

Growing up in revolutionary-era Romania — the country threw off its Communist government when he was 10 — he was intrigued by all things American. Through a chance encounter with a U.