Omer Meir Wellber will give his debut with the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig on 22, 23 and 24 April. On the program will be works by Dutilleux, Haydn and Schubert. Cellist Truls Mørk will play with the orchestra on each of the named evenings. On short notice Omer Meir Wellber replaces David Zinman who had to cancel …
Omer Meir Wellber was guest at BBC Radio 3 In Tune on 15 April on the occasion of this London Debut with the London Philhamonic Orchestra. Wellber will conduct the LPO on Friday, 17 April in the Royal Festival Hall with works by Debussy and Brahms. In addition to that Augustin Hadelich will play Lalo’s …
Omer Meir Wellber makes his symphonic debut at the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich conducting the “Academy Concerts” on 2 and 3 February 2015. The program features De Falla’s Suite No. 1 and the Symphony No. 6 by Shostakovich; percussionist Peter Sadlo plays „Focs d’artifici“ (fireworks) by the Catalan composer Ferran Cruixent. Omer Meir Wellber comments: “After …
On 14 January Omer Meir Wellber is conducting a new production of Bellini’s “I Capuleti e i Montecchi” at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice staged by Arnaud Bernard. Please click here for a trailer of the production which is a co-production of Teatro La Fenice, Arena di Verona (where it was presented at the …
Omer Meir Wellber, Yaki Reuven – Director of the Be’er Sheva Conservatory of Music – and the Bedouin non-profit organization A New Dawn in the Negev have started a joined initiative to establish a quality program of music education for the Bedouins of the Negev – one of the poorest and most discriminated groups within …
Omer Meir Wellber conducts Bizet’s masterwork “Carmen” at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich on 19, 22 and 26 December. The opera is staged by Lina Wertmüller and the cast features Tareq Nazmi – Zuniga, Andrea Borghini – Moralès, Yonghoon Lee – Don José, Gábor Bretz – Escamillo, Alexander Kaimbacher – Dancaïro, Dean Power – Remendado, …
Omer Meir Wellber opens the season of the Raanana Symphonette Orchestra with three concerts on 29, 30 October and 1 November 2014. The program features Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 5, Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20, played by Omer Meir Wellber himself, and a world premiere by Israeli composer Noam Sheriff: “Between Sacred & Secular” – a …
Omer Meir Wellber just returned from Pittsburgh where he made his US debut with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Mark Kanny writes about his performance: “The Israeli conductor fully embraced the expressive extremes of Tchaikovsky’s music and brought the score’s colors boldly to life. […] Wellber led an excitable performance, a depressive-manic performance.” On 18 and …
Omer Meir Wellber makes his US debut in October at the rostrum of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra leading the orchestra in Tchaikovsky’s Manfred Symphony. Wellber is joined by Spanish guitarist Pablo Sáinz Villegas, performing the guitar concerto of Joaquin Rodrigo. The program opens with Debussy’s Petite suite. While in Pittsburgh, Omer Meir Wellber will also …
Omer Meir Wellber starts into the new season 2014/15 with several performances at the Semperoper Dresden. On 17 September he will conduct a symphonic concert at the rostrum of the Sächsische Staatskapelle with works by Dvořák and Haydn. Shortly before, he leads revival performances of Così fan tutte und Daphne at the opera house. Cosi …
