User:Craciunnatal/Cristian Craciun Brutten

Cristian Ricardo Craciun Brutten was born in 1980 in Natal, Brazil. His is the son of Elena Mabel Brutten Baldi, an urugayan pedagogue and of Ricardo Craciun Otormin, a brazilian-uruguayan dentist and violinist, both imigrated to Brazil right before Cristian was born. Cristian studied music from an early age and turned to be an acomplished musician with an international carrer. Cristian plays the violin, intrument that he started studying with his grandfather, Arpad Esteban Craciun, originally from Timisoara, Romenia. The highlights of Cristian's carrer include study program at institutions such as Yale University-USA, Azusa Pacific University-USA, Lubeck School of Music-Germany and National Conservatory of Music of Montevideo-Uruguay. Cristian performed concerts as soloist and chamber musician in countries of south america, Europe as well as United States. Following his father's steps, Cristian became a dentist in 2007. He was a teacher at University of Southern California School of Dentistry in Los Angeles-USA and a resident at University of Connecicut Health Center-USA.