Ariel Zuckermann

Ariel Zuckermann is now counted amongst the most sought-after conductors of the younger generation. 

Zuckermann studied orchestral conducting with the legendary Jorma Panula at the Royal Music Academy of Stockholm. In May 2004 he graduated from Munich’s Musikhochschule as conducting student of Bruno Weil and, in January 2007, was appointed Music Director of the renowned Georgian Chamber Orchestra.

The 2011/12 season will see him return to Essener Philharmoniker and Bamberger Symphoniker amongst many others. He will tour China with the ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, and will be extensively touring in Europe with the Camerata Salzburg and percussionist Martin Grubinger. Further afield, he tours Israel with the Israel Camerata.

Right from the beginning of his conducting career Ariel Zuckermann presented himself as a promising, course-setting artistic personality and, in 2003/2004, was appointed Assistant Conductor to Iván Fischer with the Budapest Festival Orchestra. This period saw him acquire a large repertoire and conduct many performances to critical acclaim.

In November 2007 Ariel Zuckermann made his well-received debut with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin at Berlin’s Philharmonie and with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi on tour in Spain.

Further conducting engagements include concerts and recordings with the Bayerische Staatsorchester, Sinfonieorchester Basel, Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Orquesta Filarmonica de Gran Canaria, Zürcher Kammerorchester and Munich Bach Collegium; as well as the KBS Radio Orchestra Seoul, the Israel, Belgrade and Bremen Philharmonic orchestras, Hungarian National Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic, Prague Philharmonic and Danish National Symphony orchestras. Zuckermann recently returned to the Budapest Festival Orchestra, worked with the Tonkünstler Orchestra at Vienna’s Musikverein, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, the Teatro Verdi in Salerno and lead a new production of Donizett’s Viva La Mamma in Munich.

Ariel Zuckermann began his musical career as flutist. A student of Paul Meisen and András Adorján, he also took master courses with Alain Marion and Aurèle Nicolet and was a winner of a number of renowned international competitions.

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