“Cristian Macelaru is having quite a year. Last week, the Orchestre National de France made the surprise announcement that he would succeed Emmanuel Krivine as its chief conductor in the fall of 2021,” writes Susan Elliott in Monday’s (11/18) Musical America (subscription required) “Currently in his first season as music director of the WDR Sinfonieorchester and music director of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, Macelaru today adds yet another position to his CV, as artistic director and principal conductor of the World Youth Symphony Orchestra (WYSO) at Interlochen Center for the Arts. The newly created position goes into effect immediately. The Romanian conductor, 39, first came to Interlochen in 1997 as a violin student and stayed for two years, also becoming concertmaster of the WYSO at the Arts Camp in the summer of 1998. He has since returned often, most recently as a guest conductor … Macelaru said … ‘The desire to help inspire other young musicians to define their dreams, and help them fulfill their potential, has remained with me since my graduation 20 years ago.’ ” Trey Devey, Interlochen’s CEO, described Macelaru as “the ideal leader and artist to take our summer orchestral program to new heights.”
Posted November 19, 2019
