Marin, Ion (1960– )

Romanian conductor. He studied in Bucharest, at the Salzburg Mozarteum and in Siena. He has appeared widely in Eastern Europe, Greece, Italy, and France since 1981. From 1987 to 1991 he was conductor at the Vienna Staatsoper, with repertory ranging from Mozart to Berg. In 1991 he made his London debut with the London Symphony Orchestra and the following year his US debut with L'Elisir d'amore at Dallas. In 1992 he conducted Il barbiere di Siviglia at San Francisco, Polanski's production of Hoffmann at the Opéra Bastille, Paris, and Semiramide at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York. He has given concerts with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, and his recordings include Semiramide and Lucia di Lammermoor, with Studer and Domingo.