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VIOLINIST JOSHUA BELL
JOSEPH MEYERHOFF SYMPHONY HALL
Friday, November 30, 2018, 8 pm
Sunday, December 2, 2018, 3 pm
Cristian Măcelaru, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Overture to May Night
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor
Allegro

Andante moderato
Scherzo

Finale con epilogo fugato
INTERMISSION
Camille Saint-Saëns

Violin Concerto No. 3 in B Minor, op. 61
Allegro non troppo
Andantino quasi allegretto
Molto moderato e maestoso
– Allegro non troppo
Joshua Bell
Maurice Ravel Tzigane
Joshua Bell
The concert will end at approximately 10 pm on Friday
and 5 pm on Sunday.
PRESENTING SPONSOR:
Cristian
Măcelaru
Newly appointed
Chief Conductor
Designate of the WDR
Sinfonieorchester,
Cristian Măcelaru is one of the fast-rising
stars of the conducting world. He takes
on this new position at WDR, one of
Europe’s leading orchestras, effective
during the 2019 –20 season.
Măcelaru is Music Director and
Conductor of the internationally renowned
Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music.
In August 2018, he led his second season in
premiere-filled programs of new works by
an esteemed group of composers. Among
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the 2018 season’s highlights were three
world premieres, a record-breaking 16
composers-in-residence and two tributes to
commemorate William Bolcom’s and John
Corigliano’s respective 80 th birthdays.
Măcelaru attracted international
attention for the first time in 2012
when he stepped into the breach with
the Chicago Symphony Orchestra,
deputizing for Pierre Boulez. The same
year, he received the Solti Emerging
Conductor Award for young conductors,
followed in 2014 by the Solti Conducting
Award. He has performed regularly at the
podium of the best American orchestras,
including the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra, New York Philharmonic,
Los Angeles Philharmonic and Cleveland
Orchestra. He collaborates closely with
the Philadelphia Orchestra: since his
subscription debut in 2013, he has been
on the podium over 100 times and
served for three seasons as Conductor-in-
Residence. Prior to that, he was Associate
Conductor for two seasons and previously
Assistant Conductor for one season.
In Europe, Măcelaru has been
in demand as a guest conductor
with many orchestras and festivals,
among others the Bayerischen
Rundfunk Symphonieorchester, Royal
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Leipzig
Gewandhaus Orchestra, Orchestre
Philharmonique de Radio France and
Danish National Symphony Orchestra.
The 2018 – 19 season sees Măcelaru
make debuts with the Orchestre National
de France, Vienna Radio Symphony
Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,
BBC Symphony, San Francisco Symphony
and São Paulo Symphony Orchestra.
He returns to the City of Birmingham
Symphony, Deutsches Symphonie-
Orchester Berlin, Dresden Philharmonie,
Hallé Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony
and Detroit Symphony. In January
2019, he brings the National Symphony
Orchestra of Romania on its first-ever
tour to the U.S. in commemoration
of Romania’s centennial, culminating
a 7-city tour at New York’s Jazz at
Lincoln Center in performances with
Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at
Lincoln Center Orchestra.
Măcelaru was born in Timișoara,
Romania and comes from a musical
family. The youngest of ten children,
he received violin lessons at an early
age. His studies took him from
Romania to the Interlochen Arts
Academy in Michigan, University of
Miami and Rice University, where
he studied conducting with Larry
Rachleff. He then deepened his
knowledge at Tanglewood Music
Center and Aspen Music Festival in
masterclasses with David Zinman,
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Oliver
Knussen and Stefan Asbury.
Măcelaru was the youngest
concertmaster in the history of the Miami