Michael Cretu was born on May 18, 1957 in
Bucharest,
Romania. He began studying music early at the piano,
and graduated with distinctions from the
Academy of Music in
Frankfurt in 1978. Cretu began work as a studio artist, and almost immediately worked his way into a role as a
producer.
Cretu is married to popular european artist Sandra Lauer, and has produced many of her records. He is an eccentric individual, and lives with Sandra on the small Spanish island of Ibiza. He wrote and recorded the Enigma material holed up in his A.R.T. production studio, which is built into his residence.
credits : http://www.enigma-archives.org.uk/