Concert for the opening of the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union 24 anuary 2019 Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union 1
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Concert for the opening of the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union Romanian Youth Orchestra Conductor Cristian Mandeal Soloist Anita Hartig - soprano 4
Program Theodor Rogalski Three Romanian Dances 12 George Grigoriu Muzica 4 soloist Anita Hartig Camille Saint-Saëns Bacchanale 7 Franz Lehar Meine Lippen, sie kussen so heiss 6 soloist Anita Hartig Alexander Borodin Polovtsian Dances 12 Léo Delibes Les Filles de Cadix 4 soloist Anita Hartig Bela Bartok Romanian Dances 7 Eugen Doga Waltz of Love 4 Grigoraș Dinicu Hora Staccato 4 George Enescu Romanian Rhapsody op. 11 no.1 in A Major 12 5
Romanian Youth Orchestra Conductor Cristian Mandeal Soloist Anita Hartig First Violin Radu Dunca - concertmaster Iulia Cazacu Andreea Bernevic Raluca Constantin Ilinca Forna Lazăr Mircea Constantin Muşat Bianca Pomparău Ana Maria Tănase Iulia Smeu Valentin Şerban Ana Maria Ţipeanu Ştefan Roşu Ana Oboroc Second Violin Paul Moldovan - principal Arpad Fejer Iulia Bândilă Diana Ciudin Iolanta Cochisă Angela Jumugă-Cuibariu Avadhut Kasinadhuni Nicoleta Petre Mariana Radu Daria Schibiţcaia Şarpe Cristina Gabriela Timofte Viola Adrian Vasile - principal Adela Bărăştean Andrieş Cigulea Alexandru Cochisă Bogdan Făgăraş Larisa Iordache Marius Niţu Cristian Raţiu Mihai Todoran Cello Ştefan Cazacu - principal Gabriela Bokor 6
Florin Burlacu Izabela Ghergu Mihail Grigore Adrian Precup Alexandru Totan Cornelius Zirbo Double Bass Andrei Nițică - principal Tiberiu Petrean Adrian Beleca Ionuț Cristea Iacob Panighianţ Alexandru Ţârc Flute Petra Pană - principal Carla Stoleru Mihai Vaida Oboe Ana Maria Radu - principal Oana Cocîrţă Lavinia Opriş Clarinet Radu Greluş - principal Andrei Văleanu Bogdan Vasile Bassoon Vlad Dănilă - principal Alexandru Duda Alexandra Stanciu Horn Nikola Ciric - principal Tivadar Barta Cosmin Cobasa Gilbert Negoiţă Tudor Olăraşu Trumpet Luka Kalezic - principal Paul Grosar Dumitru Trocin Denis Zisko Trombone Emanuel Dombi - principal Istvan Laposzi Timotei Torje Tuba Gabriel Rotaru - principal Percussion Ilinca Lorentz - principal Ioana Văleanu - principal Iulia Bitta Patrick Cojerean Nechita Domide Gergely Reman Piano & Celesta Mihai Murariu - principal Harp Evelina Andrieş - principal Staff Cristian Neculae Virgil Oprina - PR Gabriel Nițu - stagehand Gresan Florinel-Daniel - stagehand Marin Arăşanu - driver Sebastian Lăzărescu - driver 7
ANITA HARTIG soprano 8 Romanian soprano Anita Hartig studied at Gheorghe Dima Music Academy in Cluj-Napoca. During her studies, she won several national and international vocal competitions. In 2006, while still a student, she also made her operatic début as Mimì, in La Bohème, at the Romanian National Opera in Cluj-Napoca. Anita was a member of Wiener Staatsopera ensemble, from 2009 to 2014. During this period, she performed Pamina (Die Zauberflöte),
Despina (Così fan tutte), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Mimì and Musetta (La Bohème), Marzelline (Fidelio), Micaëla (Carmen) and Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro). These early successes led to her much-acclaimed debut at Teatro alla Scala in Milan, as Mimì, in La Boheme, in 2012. Career highlights include her house debuts as Mimì (La Bohème), at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, the Metropolitan Opera and Opéra de Paris; Antonia (Les Contes d Hoffmann) at the Metropolitan Opera; Violetta (La Traviata) at the Gran Teatre del Liceu; Mimì (La Bohème) at the Wiener Staatsoper and Teatro Real Madrid; Liù (Turandot) at the Metropolitan Opera and Wiener Staatsoper Opera and Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro) at the Royal Opera House and Metropolitan Opera. This season, Anita returns to the Wiener Staatsopera for Micaëla (Carmen), before reprising the role once again for her eagerly-awaited house debut at the San Francisco Opera. She will also perform as Violetta in both Michael Mayer s new production of La Traviata at the Metropolitan Opera and at the Toulouse Opera. Other highlights include Amelia Grimaldi (Simon Boccanegra), for her return to the Opéra de Paris and performances of Bruckner s Mass in F Minor, with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam. 9
CRISTIAN MANDEAL conductor Cristian Mandeal studied piano, composition and conducting at the Music Academy in Bucharest. He later refined his conducting skills under the guidance of Herbert von Karajan, in Berlin, and Sergiu Celibidache, in Munich. He became permanent conductor at the Targu Mures Philharmonic (1977-1980) and the Cluj Philharmonic (1980-1987). Between 1987 and 2009, Cristian Mandeal acted as Principal Conductor and General Music Director of the Bucharest Philharmonic and oversaw its rise as an orchestra on the 10
international scene. Cristian Mandeal has conducted on 4 continents, 31 countries and 24 capitals. As conductor of the George Enescu Philharmonic, he carried out over 20 international tours. He was a frequent guest to the Staatskapelle Dresden and Berlin, to the Munchener Philharmoniker and Hessisches Rundfunk Orchester Frankfurt, to the Santa Cecilia Rome, to the Catalunya National Orchestra Barcelona, as well as to the Hallé Orchestra Manchester, where he continues to be a permanent resident. He conducted important orchestras, such as RSO and RIAS Berlin, Radio Bavaria Munich and Dresden Philharmonic, CBSO and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Liverpool, Czech Philharmonic Prague, Portuguese Symphony Orchestra Lisbon, Orchestre Nationale de Belgique Brussels, Israel Philharmonic Tel Aviv, Symphony Orchestra in Göteborg, Orchestras of the Philharmonics in Tokyo, Helsinki, Monte Carlo, Sofia, Belgrade, Zagreb etc. Cristian Mandeal has cooperated with many renowned soloists such as: Radu Lupu, Ivo Pogorelici, Krystian Zimerman, Bruno Leonardo Gelber, Gerhard Oppitz, Yefin Bronfman, Alicia de Larrocha, Maxim Vengherov, Shlomo Minz, Julian Rachlin, Victor Tretiakov, Mstislav Rostropovici, Ileana Cotrubas. 11
Cristian Mandeal has participated in many international festivals, including the George Enescu Festival in Bucharest, of which he was Artistic Director in 2001 and 2003. He continues to appear at this festival every year, with international guest orchestras. At the Edinburgh Festival in 2002 he conducted the BBC Scottish Orchestra in the British premiere of the opera Oedipe by George Enescu and in January 2005 he conducted a highly acclaimed new production of the opera in Italy. In August 2012, he conducted the Romanian National Youth Orchestra at the Young Euro Classic Festival in Berlin. Cristian Mandeal has recorded for Electrecord, MBG Classics (Arte Nova) and Claves. In his discography, an outstanding achievement are the integral cycles of the Bruckner symphonies, of the Brahms symphonic and vocal/symphonic works, in 9 CDs, commemorating the centenary of the composer s death, and, especially, the complete symphonic works of George Enescu, in 7 CDs. Cristian Mandeal conducted the world premieres of over 50 symphonic and opera works. He conducts the entire concert repertoire, from Vivaldi to contemporary music, with a propensity for the music of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. 12
ROMANIAN YOUTH ORCHESTRA The youngest symphonic orchestra in Romania was founded in the summer of 2008, at the initiative of Marin Cazacu, Artistic Director and cellist, with the support of the Romanian Ministry of Culture. The Romanian Youth Orchestra reunites the most gifted young musicians of Romania (ages 18 to 2v8). Over the years, it has enjoyed a tremendous success, not only on a national, but also on an international level, receiving standing ovations for its performances. Ever since 2011, the Orchestra has been a constant presence on the stage of the biennial George Enescu International Festival, in Bucharest, and was highly appreciated for its guest appearances in the most prestigious musical venues of Berlin (2012, 2014, 2018); Rome (2013, 2013); Vienna (2015, 2018); Istanbul (2015, 2017); Aix-en-Provence (2015); Brussels (2016); Paris (2016); Lyon (2017); Geneva (2017); Salzburg (2017); Linz (2017). Ever since the beginning, the technical and artistic training has been ensured by maestro Cristian Mandeal. His artistic vision and dedication have transformed every concert into a memorable 13
event and the orchestra into one of the most successful musical projects in Romania. The Orchestra has also collaborated with a series of prominent guest conductors, such as: Lawrence Foster, Kristian Jarvi, Cristian Macelaru, Domingo Hindoyan, Horia Andreescu, Christian Badea and Alexandre Myrat. Equally, acclaimed soloists artists such as David Garett, Pinchas Zukermann, Sarah Chang, Amanda Forsyt, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Plamena Mangova, Sergio Tiempo, Barry Douglas, Mihaela Martin, Liviu Prunaru, Aleksey Semenenko, Anita Hartig, Valentina Nafornita, Olga Pasichnik, Bogdan Bacanu, Wave Quartet, have been guests of the Orchestra. In November 2011, the Romanian Youth Orchestra became member of the European Federation of National Youth Orchestras (EFNYO). The musical vitality exuded by each of its performances prompted a musical critic to say that the Romanian Youth Orchestra is the kind of collective artistic organism that epitomizes the quintessence of optimism, of believing in a future. A better one, of course. 14
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