Marin Alsop’s festival successor is announced

Marin Alsop’s festival successor is announced

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norman lebrecht

September 09, 2016

The Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, has chosen Cristian Macelaru as music director, succeeding Marin Alsop who headed the fest for 25 years.

Winner of the 2014 Solti conducting award and Conductor-in- Residence of the Philadelphia Orchestra, this is Macelaru’s first music directorship. He is 35 years old.

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Comments

  • Jeffrey Biegel says:
    September 9, 2016 at 3:03 pm

    Great news! Great shoes to fill–fabulous festival. Good luck, Cristian!

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  • Andrey Boreyko says:
    September 9, 2016 at 8:23 pm

    My congratulations, Cristian!

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