Anthony ARMORE

General manager and director of Blue Danube Musikimpresario, Anthony Armore, has a background as a symphonic and operatic conductor, professor, teacher and entrepreneur. Mr. Armore gained many of his impresario skills during his years as a conductor and music director in the United States, where he led a number of orchestras, including the Portland Chamber Orchestra, and was a founder and artistic director/conductor of the Ernest Bloch Music Festival at Newport. He later sharpened his impresario and business skills working with orchestras and opera companies in Europe (including three years as associate director and staff conductor for Opera Constanta in Romania), always keeping in mind the needs of a conductor in professional situations. Maestro Armore is currently the music director and chief conductor of the New Europe Symphony Orchestra based in Sofia, Bulgaria.  

Elena PLATON

Elena Platon attended university in Cluj-Napoca, Romania earning a Bachelor's Degree in Law and a Master's in European Business Law. She later worked as legal advisor and human resources manager for Opera Constanta in Constanta, Romania in an arts institution with more than 300 employees. During this period she began to collaborate with Blue Danube Productions and later Blue Danube Musikimpresario, where she works today in the areas of contracts, and event planning and administration. Ms. Platon speaks Romanian, English, Russian, German and French.