born 18 May, 1957 in Bucharest, Romania.
He enrolled in the Lyzeum No. 2, a college for gifted young musicians, as a pianist, in 1966. After completing his studies Cretu moved to the Academy Of Music in Frankfurt, where Professor Philipp Mohler began to take an interest in him. Having passed his final exams in 1978, Cretu immediately found work as a studio musician and arranger. Founder of Data Alpha Studio.
He married Sandra Ann Lauer in 1988, divorced in 2008.

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