Michael Cretu

Person

Born

1957-05-18

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Film & TV

Sound · Bucharest, Romania

Michael Cretu is a Romanian-German musician, singer, songwriter, composer, and record producer. He gained worldwide fame as the founder and musician behind the musical project Enigma, which he formed in 1990.

Known for

• Enigma : The Music Videos2025
• High Energy: Disco on Amphetamines — Self - Musician (archive footage)2019
• Markus Lanz — Self2008
• Sandra - The Complete History — Self2003
• ECHO-Verleihung — Self1992
• DAS! — Self1991
• Bambi — Self1948

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Country

DE

Active from

1957-05-18

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

66,786

Total plays

517,604

Michael Cretu, also known as Curly M.C. (born May 18, 1957 in a suburb of Bucharest, Romania), is a Romanian musician best known as the creator of the Enigma project. His original name, Creţu, means "the curly-haired". He has worked with many producers, musicians, and artists in his long career. These include Sandra Cretu, Frank Farian, Boney M, Goombay Dance Band, Peter Cornelius, Manfred "Tissy" Thiers and Mike Oldfield in his pre-Enigma days <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Michael+Cretu">

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Moderated estimation of fold change and dispersion for RNA-seq data with DESeq2

   · 2014 · cited 84,886x

2. Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles

   · 2005 · cited 47,605x

3. Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure

   · 1976 · cited 43,750x

4. Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold

   · 2021 · cited 41,243x

5. Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water

   · 1983 · cited 38,900x

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Key dates

Born

18 May 1957

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Family name

Crețu

Gender

male

Citizenship

Germany

Place of birth

Bucharest

Spouse

Sandra

Occupation

musician

Educated at

Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts

Languages spoken

English language

Field of work

chill-out music