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RADU GABRIEL CIOREI - music conductor Distinguished by his powerful conducting style and his dramatic impact,Maestro Ciorei has been described as “a real poet of the baton” (Academies vivantes - Brussels) and the Radio Magazine - Bucharest hailed him as “at ease,elegant and perfect master of the score, Radu Ciorei proved that the course of music passes equally through both one’s soul and one’s mind." A versatile musician whose activities range from symphony orchestra to opera and musical theatre, Radu Ciorei over the years has received many honors and awards including “The National Prize for Opera Conducting” (1988) and “The Man of the year 2000, for culture." Born on May 28, 1952, in Cluj-Napoca (Romania) into a musical family,Radu Ciorei began piano studies at age five. He is a graduate of the Music College of Cluj (piano) and the Music Academy of Cluj (conducting and piano). Advanced studies include master classes in Weimar (Germany) with famous conductors Igor Markevitch, Kurt Masur and Otmar Suitner. Between 1974 and 2010, Ciorei conducted over 1.000 opera and symphonic performances in Romania and the around the world. Frequently invited to conduct with numerous opera companies and symphony orchestras in Romania, he has also conducted in: United States , South Korea , France , Belgium , Germany , Portugal , Greece , Bulgaria ,Turkey ,Spain , Argentina , Netherlands ,etc. He has conducted in famous halls including: “Teatro Verdi” Florence (Italy), Seoul Arts Center (South Korea), Olympia Hall, Paris (France), “Hilton – Noga,” Cannes (France), Royal Conservatory of Brussels (Belgium), etc. Recording activity: Several CDs including: ~ Vivaldi – The Seasons and “Famous Overtures” with Thalassa Records, Constanta. ~ "Tonus Tomis” and “Black Sea Idyll” with Captone Records, New York. Also, numerous performances on television and radio broadcasts. Radu Ciorei collaborated with famous soloists: Dimitri Sgouros, Abdel Rahman El Bacha, Leontina Vaduva, Ruxandra Donose, Alexander Kniazev, Maria Esther Guzman, Dana Ciocarlie,etc. Radu Gabriel Ciorei and his wife Cristina, who is an actress with a very rich international career, live in Constanta, on the Black Sea shore. Maestro Ciorei speaks French (very good), Italian (very good) and English (good)