Omer meir wellber biography
- Omer Meir Wellber Omer Meir Wellber (Hebrew: עומר מאיר ולבר; born 28 October 1981, Beersheba) is an Israeli conductor and composer.
- Born in Be'er Sheva in 1981, Omer Meir Wellber began studying the accordion and piano when he was five years old.
- Biography.
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Omer Meir Wellber
Born in
Be'er Sheva (Israel)
Education
Musical education in accordion and piano, Be'er Sheva Conservatory, conducting and composition with a scholarship from the American-Israel Cultural Foundation at the Jerusalem Music Academy
Five to ten important engagements
Since 2018, he has been Principal Guest Conductor at the Semperoper Dresden, Giordano's Andrea Chénier at the Bavarian State Opera, Tannhäuser at Teatro La Fenice di Venezia, La traviata at the Bavarian State Opera, Strauss' Daphne at the Semperoper Dresden, Aida at the Arena di Verona, Carmen at the Metropolitan Opera in New York
Formative collaboration with these artists
That's difficult... First and foremost there's the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, opera directors like Graham Vick, who unfortunately died last year, Luc Bondy, the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, and so on and so forth.
There are also two roles that I would like to add to my list of significant collaborations: Figaro from Le nozze di Figaro and Fiordiligi from Così fan tutte. I have a strong relationshi
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Omer Meir Wellber
Omer Meir Wellber has established himself as one of today’s leading conductors of operatic and orchestral repertoire alike. He currently divides his time up between his positions of Chief Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic, Music Director of the Teatro Massimo Palermo as well as Principal Guest Conductor at the Semperoper Dresden and Music Director of the Raanana Symphonette in Israel. From September 2022 Wellber is Music Director at the Volksoper Wien with Director Lotte de Beer, beginning a new era in the house. He has worked with some of the world’s most prestigious orchestras including the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester zu Leipzig, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Staatskapelle Dresden, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, SWR Symphonieorchester, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin and Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich and maintains close ties with other ensembles in his native country of Israel. Omer Meir Wellber is also a published author in severa
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Omer Meir Wellber
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Omer Meir Wellber, 2019 | |
| Born | (1981-10-28) 28 October 1981 (age 43) Beersheba, Israel |
| Occupation(s) | conductor, composer |
| Organization | Sarab – Strings of Change |
| Website | www.omermeirwellber.com |
Omer Meir Wellber (Hebrew: עומר מאיר ולבר; born 28 October 1981, Beersheba) is an Israeli conductor and composer.
Biography
Wellber began musical studies at age 5, on accordion and piano. He became a composition student of Tania Taler at age 9.[1] He attended the music conversatory in Be'er Sheva, and graduated from there in 1999. He subsequently studied composition with Michael Wolpe, and continued studies on a scholarship from the American-Israel Cultural Foundation to continue his studies with Eugene Zirlin at the Jerusalem Music Academy and in the Mendi Rodan Programme. His compositions include:
- Suite for String Orchestra, Bassoon and Clarinet No. 1
- Mandolin Concerto
- Music for Ten Instruments
- Oboe Quintet (The Last Leaf)
- Viola Concerto
From 2008 to 2010, Wellber was an assistant co
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