In over 40 years of uninterrupted conducting activity, Cristian Mandeal has exerted his profession abroad, but especially in Romania. As Principal Conductor and General Director of the “George Enescu” Philharmonic (1991-2009), he elevated the Philharmonic to a particularly high level, leaving behind a leading institution for Romania. More than 30 tours have taken place both in Europe and Asia. A relevant CD and DVD discography has been produced, including the complete works of Enescu and Brahms. There has been a large series of national and international concert-events and a constant participation in all editions of the Enescu Festival.

Abroad, Cristian Mandeal has conducted hundreds of concerts as a guest of dozens of orchestras, on 4 continents, in 35 countries and 31 capitals. He has participated in many prestigious international festivals with the most renowned contemporary soloists.

He was Artistic Director of the Northern Israel Orchestra – Haifa (1999-2002) and the Basque National Orchestra – San Sebastian (2001-2008), Permanent Conductor of the Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano e Trento (2000-2003), Principal Guest Conductor of the Manchester Hallé Orchestra (2003-2008) – the first to hold this title in the orchestra’s 150-year history, the Belgrade Philharmonic (2006-2007 season) and the Copenhagen Philharmonic (2006-present).

Cristian Mandeal has conducted more than 60 world premieres. Mostly by Romanian composers, but also by foreign composers, some of them dedicated to him. He is a tireless promoter of George Enescu, programming his music on all continents. Among others, he has given the British (Edinburgh Festival 2002) and Italian (Teatro Lirico di Cagliari 2005) premieres of Œdip. Since 2008 he has been President of the George Enescu Society in London. A point of great interest in Cristian Mandeal’s last period of activity is his collaboration with the Romanian Youth Orchestra, which he has been cultivating, educating and conducting constantly since 2008.