HORIA ANDREESCU

Principal conductor of the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra, and founder and conductor of the Virtuosi of Bucharest Chamber Orchestra, Horia Andreescu has led the Bucharest National Radio Orchestra as artistic director for 18 years. He has served as permanent guest conductor with three German orchestras, the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra and the Staatskapelle Schwerin, and has undertaken engagements with such orchestras as the Berlin Staatskapelle, London Symphony Orchestra, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Vienna Symphony, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Scottish, Radio Orchestras from Leipzig, Cologne, Madrid, Copenhagen, the Israel Chamber Orchestra, Tel Aviv and Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra, among others. Horia Andreescu has recorded over nine hundred works for broadcast in Romania and abroad, and has made over sixty commercial recordings for various companies, including Naxos, RCA Red Seal, cpo, Hastedt, Electrecord and Casa Radio, among others. His seven CDs of George Enescu’s orchestral works issued by Olympia won particular praise.

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Role: Conductor
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