About us
The team behind the unique competition where musicians choose their leaders
Meet the team
Cristian Oroșanu
President
Cristian Oroșanu is an experienced conductor with a career spanning over 30 years, having collaborated with major orchestras such as Tonhalle Zürich, BBC Scottish Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, and the Bucharest National Radio Orchestra. He held permanent positions at national operas in Bucharest, Iași, and Cluj, as well as with the Brașov Philharmonic and Deutsche Symphony Orchestra Berlin.
As a teacher, he draws inspiration from maestros Bugeanu and Celibidache. Since 1999, he has guided hundreds of students in Cluj and Iași, many of whom now conduct with greater confidence and clarity.
Leonard Boga
Vice-president
Leonard Boga is Romanian conductor and professor at the National University of Music Bucharest, where he teaches Orchestral Conducting & Score Analysis. He holds a Ph.D. in Music, with a dissertation on Gustav Mahler’s symphonies.
A graduate of maestro Horia Andreescu’s conducting class, he also studied in masterclasses with maestro Jorma Panula and maestro Christian Badea. In 2011, he worked with maestro Paavo Järvi as an assistant conductor at Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
He was conductor of the Brașov Opera and Principal Conductor of the Romanian National Opera in Iași. His teaching experience includes over a decade of academic work at UNMB, including both orchestral and opera conducting classes.
Graziella Duma
Competition's secretary
Evghenia Grebeniuk
PR & Masterclass secretary
Marius Munteanu