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Hailed as "one of Europe’s most talented young conductors", Mihail Agafita has conducted in fifteen years over 300 symphonic concerts, operas, and ballet performances with ensembles from Romania, the Republic of Moldova, Spain, Finland, the United States, Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus; as well as concerts in Greece, Portugal, Italy, French, Monaco, Malta and Tunis. Born in 1973 in the city of Calarasi, Moldova, Mihail Agafita studied conducting and guitar at the State Institute of Arts in Chisinau (Moldova), later receiving his undergraduate and Master’s degree in orchestral conducting from the National University of Music in Bucharest (Romania), where he studied with the renowned professor Dumitru Goia, a master of the esteemed St. Petersburg school of conducting. In 2005 and 2007 Mihail Agafita participated in master classes directed by the well-known conductor Patrick Strub, organized by the Embassy of Germany in Chisinau.
Since 2004 he has held the position of conductor of the National Philharmonic of the Republic of Moldova and in November 2009 he became a permanent conductor of the “Transylvania State Philharmonic in Cluj, Romania.
Mihail Agafita has participated in several prestigious international music festivals throughout Europe, where his performances were met with great enthusiasm by the public and media alike. His impressive repertoire encompasses works of different genres and styles ranging from the Baroque to the contemporary, including several world premieres.
Among his collaborators include such famous personalities as Dana Borsan, Cristina Anghelescu, Daniel Podlovschi, Georg Sava, Csiky Boldizsar, Florin Croitoru, Perenyi Miklos, Anatoly Krastev, Marko Ylonen, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Maria Biesu, Mihail Munteanu, Iurie Mahovich, Anatol Lapicus, Mark Drobinsky, Ilian Garnet, Thomas Pandolfi, Mihai Ungureanu, Boris Andrianov, Viniciu Moroianu, Vlad Dimulescu, Marjorie Bagley, Constantin Moscovich, Ion Buinovschi and many others. His cooperation with the famous Spanish singer Isabel Pantoja, with whom he had concerts in all major cities in Spain, resulted in three remarkable concerts in Barcelona’s prestigious Palau de la Musica, presently available on CD and DVD (Sony).
Since his debut as conductor, Mihail Agafita has been appreciated for his personality and artistic talent, for the conviction and sensitivity of interpretation, as well as for his refined technique.
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