"It is probably the most exciting concert of the season. Already with the tropical "Cuban Overture" that opened it, we find the National Orchestra Bordeaux Aquitaine in its best form, revealing all its colors as led by the conductor Cristian Orosanu with an infallible sense of architecture, dynamics and phrasing. Everything sings and dances, the brightness never becomes empty or the flush trivial. As with Michel Portal, he is an enchanting improviser, with a contagious enthusiasm. The orchestra, together with the conductor, joins him for several irresistible minutes."
Luc Bourrousse, Le Sud-Ouest Bordeaux, April 2006
"...this American concert was somewhat off the beaten track, performed twice in Bordeaux and once in Biarritz. The young Romanian conductor Cristian Orosanu conducted Gershwin's Cuban Overture with a beautiful sense of phrase and architecture - a work which, despite its prodigious skill, has never truly won over the European public. In Rhapsody in Blue, Orosanu's direction was infallible with a rare accuracy of style, more elegant and concise than is customary..."
Patrick Szersnovicz, Le Monde de la Musique, May 2005
"The conductor Cristian Orosanu - recipient of the Prix de la Critique Musicale for his exceptional debut on the podium of the National Opera of Budapest - had his first encounter with audience, orchestra and cast at the end of last season in a performance of Verdi's Aida. His talent, applauded that evening, has become yet more evident since in performances of Massenet's Werther (which opened the new opera season) and with the titles which have followed. He has revealed great expressive capability and efficiency of gesture, thus justifying the important commendations of his conducting which is now sought after elsewhere by the country's principal symphonic and operatic companies."
Grigore Constantinescu, Actualitatea Muzicala, March 2003
"The orchestra became a homogenous and compact sonorous body which responded with precision and sensitivity, promptness and flexibility to the competent and inspired leadership of the conductor Cristian Orosanu. The assured musical direction of this young musician, extremely talented and thoroughly prepared, succeeded in giving Massenet's music the dramatic stature of the composer's idols, Berlioz and Wagner."
Luminita Vartolomei, Melos, September-December 2002
"The conducting gestures of the young conductor Cristian Orosanu were truly efficient and decisive. He is a dynamic, stimulating and mobilising spirit; he is a professional who is well-organised in his work with people as well as his work with the musical text. He realises the symphonic discourse with great care and the voices were well balanced in relation to the level of the orchestra and choruses."
Dumitru Avakian, Melos, September-December 2002
"Finally, I noted with satisfaction the orchestra's excellent preparation, where the young conductor Cristian Orosanu had elicited an exceptional level of commitment: homogenous, precise, high quality sound. Always maintaining the balance between voices and orchestral support, he worked through the dramatic development with great musicality, from the transparent filigree of the opening pages to the sombre colours at the end, in a reading that was at the same time sensitive and well controlled. Cristian Orosanu's development allows us to glimpse a very promising opera conductor and a valuable acquisition for the Bucharest Theatre."
Elena Zottoviceanu, Romania Literara, November 2002