Omer Meir Wellber’s first New Year’s Concert as General Music Director with the Hamburg State Orchestra

Omer Meir Wellber and the Hamburg State Orchestra invite to an extraordinary New Year’s program at the Elbphilharmonie on December 31, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. Entitled New Year’s Concert 2025, the program includes operetta classics by Johann Strauss, a world premiere, and a humorous surprise work. The concert also marks the festive conclusion of the …

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Omer Meir Wellber

Since 1 September 2025, Omer Meir Wellber has been shaping the Hamburg State Opera and the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra as its General Music Director with his unique combination of tradition and bold innovation. Before Wellber ends the year in Hamburg in December, he will conduct the Wiener Symphoniker at the Wiener Konzerthaus in December …

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Omer Meir Wellber takes up his role as the new General Music Director in Hamburg

Hamburg’s new General Music Director, Omer Meir Wellber, begins his 5-year tenure this coming Sunday, opening the 25/26 operatic and symphonic season with the first Philharmonic Concert of the Philharmonic State Orchestra on 14 and 15 September at the Elbphilharmonie. The season’s programmes focus on a very special kind of dialogue between the present and …

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Omer Meir Wellber at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Neuschwanstein Castle and others

Conductor Omer Meir Wellber is currently presenting a special project entitled “Trust Your Ears” at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, featuring Josef Bardanashvili’s commission for the festival, “Near and Far.” Further information about the concerts on 8 and 9 July and the concert with tenor Mert Süngü on 19 July can be found here. On 5 …

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Omer Meir Wellber in Paris

On 7 and 8 May, Omer Meir Wellber will present the KaiserRequiem, his own creation of Mozart’s Requiem and Viktor Ullmann’s Der Kaiser von Atlantis, at the Philharmonie de Paris. 7 and 8 May Paris, Philharmonie de ParisOrchestre de Paris, Chœur de l’Orchestre de ParisKaiserRequiem Further information here.

New season at the Hamburg State Opera 2025/26

Yesterday, Omer Meir Wellber, General Music Director Designate of the Hamburg State Opera and the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra, Tobias Kratzer, Artistic Director Designate of the Hamburg State Opera and Demis Volpi, Artistic Director of the Hamburg Ballet, presented the Hamburg State Opera’s program for the 2025/26 season. Please find the new program brochure, which …

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Omer Meir Wellber conducts his creation “KaiserRequiem” at Volksoper Wien

Omer Meir Wellber concludes his time as music director at the Teatro Massio in Palermo with the New Year’s Concert. However, he will return to the house as a guest conductor in April and May to conduct a new production of Strauss’ Salome. On January 25, 2025, a new production of the KaiserRequiem will premiere …

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Omer Meir Wellber with a special New Year’s concert at the Teatro Massimo

For Omer Meir Wellber, the new year begins with a very special program at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo. Together with Guy Mintus and the orchestra and choir of the Teatro Massimo, he presents a concert program that combines Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony with improvisations on Neapolitan songs. 1 January 2025, 6 pm | Sala Grande, …

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