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Omer Meir Wellber’s Novel Published in Hebrew

Tomorrow the Hebrew edition of Omer Meir Wellber’s novel ארבע פעמים התעלף חיים בירקנר (The four faints of Chaim Birkner) will be published by Keren Publishing House. A publication event will take place tomorrow, 7 July 2023 at the Guitar Loft in Tel Aviv/Israel, more information can be found here. The book which the author wrote in his native …

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Omer Meir Wellber with the Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini at the Dresden Music Festival

On Thursday and Friday, Omer Meir Wellber will be a guest in Dresden with the Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini. Thursday’s concert will feature a program of works by Verdi, Shostakovtian, Wagner and Tchaikovsky with cellist and the festival’s artistic director Jan Vogler. Jan Vogler will interpret Shostakovich’s Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No. 1. The evening’s …

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The coming weeks

Omer Meir Wellber will conduct three concerts with the Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini in June 2023, presenting a program with cellist Jan Vogler and pianist Mikhail Pletnev at the Toscanini Festival, of which he is Artistic Director, on 5 June and then traveling to the Dresden Music Festival for two concerts (with Jan Vogler on 8 …

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Omer Meir Wellber in Parma

Tonight Omer Meir Wellber will present a special program in Parma together with the Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini and mandolinist Jacob Reuven. In addition to works by Webern and Tschaikowski, Wellber will present Aziza Sadikova’s Chaconne for Mandolin and Large Orchestra for the first time. Please find more information on the work here. 4 May, 2023 …

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Live stream of Omer Meir Wellber’s concert in Stockholm

Today’s concert with Omer Meir Wellber and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra will be broadcasted live at 7:00 pm CET on Berwaldhallen Play and in the Swedish Radio. The special program combines contemporary pieces from Ella Milch-Sheriff (The Eternal Stranger) and Anders Hillborg (Viola Concerto) with Beethovens Symphony No. 5 and the ouverture from his …

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Omer Meir Wellber will become General Music Director of the Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg and General Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Hamburg State Opera

Hamburg, 24 February 2023 – Omer Meir Wellber will become Hamburg General Music Director of the Philharmonic State Orchestra as well as General Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Hamburg State Opera as of the 2025/2026 season. The press release of the Hamburg Ministry of Culture and Media can be found below and here. …

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“The Eternal Stranger” in Boston and Zurich

In January, the monodrama “The Eternal Stranger” by Ella Milch-Sheriff will be performed in Boston and Zurich under the musical direction of Omer Meir Wellber and with speaker Eli Danker. “The Eternal Stranger” was written on the occasion of Beethoven’s 250th birthday on Omer Meir Wellber’s initiative and takes as its starting point an astonishing …

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“Jolanthe und der Nussknacker” from the Vienna Volksoper on 3Sat

On 17 December at 20:15 CET, this season’s production of “Jolanthe und der Nussknacker” will be broadcasted on 3Sat. The broadcast is available through 16 January. “Jolanthe und der Nussknacker” is about growing up and learning to see the world as it is. Director of the Volksoper Lotte de Beer and music director Omer Meir …

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