Gabriel Bebeşelea is Principal Conductor of the “George Enescu” Philharmonic Orchestra in Bucharest and Artistic Director of the period instrument ensemble and festival Musica Ricercata.​

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Bebeşelea enjoys a vibrant international career, being guest of acclaimed ensembles such as the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia, the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, the Tonkunstler Orchestra, the Prague Philharmonia, etc.

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Highlights of Bebeşelea´s 2024/25 season include his debut with the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, leading the Tonkunstler Orchestra on tour, and appearing with the Romanian Chamber Orchestra at the Choriner Musiksommer and the Concertgebouw Amsterdam.

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A remarkable opera conductor, Bebeşelea was named Principal Conductor of the Romanian National Opera of Iaşi in 2011, becoming the youngest ever Principal Conductor in Romania. In 2015 he was named Principal Conductor of the National Romanian Opera House of Cluj-Napoca. Between 2016 and 2023 he was Principal Conductor of the “Transylvania” State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca.

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Gabriel Bebeșelea is known to devote himself to researching and rediscovering music and he is responsible for uncovering several long forgotten or neglected musical masterpieces. In 2017, to bring such music to light, he founded the ensemble Musica Ricercata - an international artistic collective dedicated to the historically informed performance of music spanning from the baroque to modern eras, with an emphasis on early music.

 

With the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, he recorded a CD featuring George Enescu’s rediscovered oratorio “Strigoii” (The Ghosts) and his “Pastorale - Fantaisie pour petite orchestre” (edition curated by Gabriel Bebeşelea).

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Born in 1987, Gabriel Bebeşelea studied with Bernard Haitink at the Lucerne Festival at Easter and with Kurt Masur at the Aurora Classical Festival. He was also mentored by Alberto Zedda at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro. In 2011 he was awarded a scholarship consisting of an internship at the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, where he assisted at the rehearsals of some of the world’s most representative conductors.

 

Gabriel Bebeşelea is winner of the “Lovro von Matačić” Conducting Competition (2015) and the “Jeunesses Musicales” Conducting Competition (2011).

 

Bebeşelea completed his Postgraduate Studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, at the class of Prof. Mark Stringer and in 2018, he obtained his PhD with “summa cum laude” at the National University of Music Bucharest.