Gabriel Bebeșelea
Conductor
Gabriel Bebeșelea (1987) is a Romanian conductor known for his versatility and his commitment to musical exploration. He is Principal Conductor of the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra in Bucharest, Conductor in Residence of the Filarmonica Banatul Timisoara, and founder and Artistic Director of Musica Ricercata (2017), a period instrument ensemble and festival devoted to neglected repertoire.
He has worked with orchestras such as the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra and Singapore Symphony Orchestra. In 2025/26 he returns to the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra and appears with the Ulster Orchestra, at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, at the Kölner Philharmonie and at the George Enescu Festival. Last season he debuted with the Shanghai Philharmonic and conducted Romania Day at the Osaka World Expo.
In 2011 he became the youngest-ever Principal Conductor of the Romanian National Opera of Iași, and later held posts in Cluj-Napoca. With the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin he recorded Enescu’s rediscovered oratorio Strigoii.
He studied with Bernard Haitink at the Lucerne Festival and Kurt Masur at the Aurora Classical Festival, won the “Lovro von Matačić” (2015) and “Jeunesses Musicales” (2011) competitions, and earned his PhD summa cum laude from the National University of Music Bucharestin 2018.
