Pinchas Steinberg

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Pinchas Steinberg (born December 13, 1945 in New York City ) is an Israeli conductor .

Life

Steinberg first studied violin with Joseph Gingold and Jascha Heifetz , later in Berlin also composition with Boris Blacher, among others . Steinberg made his debut as a conductor in the early 1970s as concertmaster at the Chicago Opera, when the conductor Ferdinand Leitner suffered a faint attack during a performance of Mozert's Don Giovanni and was unable to continue the performance. Pinchas Steinberg took over the baton and conductor's desk and was able to conduct the performance to the end. Having noticed him, Herbert von Karajan invited him to Berlin to become his student and assistant. In 1974 he made his debut as conductor of the RIAS Symphony Orchestra . Since then he has worked with many well-known orchestras. From 1985 to 1989 he was general music director of the Bremen Philharmonic , from 1988 to 1993 he was also a permanent guest conductor at the Vienna State Opera , from 1989 to 1996 chief conductor of the ORF symphony orchestra in Vienna and from 2002 to 2005 in the same position at the Orchester de la Suisse Romande in Geneva .

In 2001 Steinberg conducted the Cleveland Orchestra for the first time , with which he has worked regularly ever since. He conducted the premiere of Turandot at the Deutsche Oper Berlin .

Since 2014 he has led the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Online Musik Magazin - From violinist to star conductor , accessed on March 5, 2016
  2. ↑ bundestheater.at - Pinchas Steinberg directs the revival of Verdi's "Aida" at the Vienna State Opera ( memento from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF), accessed on March 5, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Steinberg, Pinchas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Israeli conductor
DATE OF BIRTH December 13, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City