Dan Ettinger
דן אטינגר
Born1971
NationalityIsraeli
Occupation(s)Conductor, opera singer (baritone), pianist
Websitehttps://danettinger.com/

Dan Ettinger (Hebrew: דן אטינגר; born 1971)[1] is an Israeli conductor, opera singer and pianist.

Biography

Ettinger is descended from Romanian immigrants to Israel, as his father and grandmother are Holocaust survivors. He grew up in the Tel Aviv suburb of Holon.[2] Ettinger began taking piano lessons at the age of five.[3] He received his musical training at the Thelma Yellin High School for the Arts in Givatayim.[4] Ettinger made a career as a baritone at the Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv, until he was offered a position as choir director.[4] From 2002 to 2003, he was co-principal guest conductor of the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra and conducted works such as Berlioz Symphonie fantastique, Mahler's 4th Symphony and Mozart's Requiem.[5][3]

From 2003 to 2009, Ettinger was a conducting assistant to Daniel Barenboim and Kapellmeister at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin.[3] He was Generalmusikdirektor of the Mannheim National Theatre from 2009 to 2016.[6]

Ettinger has served as chief conductor of the Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion and music director of the Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv, with an initial tenure in the posts from 2005 to 2014, and a second, current tenure beginning in 2018.[3] He became principal conductor of the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra in 2015.[7] His current Stuttgart contract is through 2023.[8][3][9] He made numerous opera guest performances from Covent Garden in London to the Vienna State Opera to the Metropolitan Opera in New York.[9] In June 2021, the Teatro di San Carlo announced the appointment of Ettinger as its next music director, effective 1 January 2023.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Mannheimer Generalmusikdirektor Dan Ettinger verlängert Vertrag". NMZ. Regensburg. dpa. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  2. ^ Tugend, Tom (11 March 2005). "Arts & Culture:Young Israeli conductor debuts in United States at helm of Aida – J." The Jewish News. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, Dan Ettinger". Stuttgarter Philharmoniker (in German). Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Dan Ettinger". Opera Lounge (in German). 14 March 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  5. ^ Haggai Hitron (30 April 2002). "Two New Batons and a Few Less Chairs". Haaretz. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  6. ^ Scherer, Simon (7 July 2016). "Auch beim Abschied noch höchste Kontrolle: Dan Ettinger am Nationaltheater". Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung. Heidelberg. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  7. ^ Susanne Benda (3 October 2019). "Der Taktstock wird überbewertet". Stuttgarter Zeitung. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  8. ^ Susanne Benda (6 July 2020). "Die Reibung der Wirklichkeiten". Stuttgarter Zeitung. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  9. ^ a b Bauer, Hanns-Horst (19 April 2017). "Liebe auf den ersten Blick". Südwest Presse. Ulm. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  10. ^ "Dan Ettinger sarà il prossimo direttore musicale del San Carlo (dal 1° gennaio 2023)". Il Denaro. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.

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Cultural offices Preceded byMendi Rodan Music Director, Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion 2005-2014 Succeeded byJames Judd Preceded byAxel Kober Generalmusikdirektor, Mannheim National Theatre 2009–2016 Succeeded byAlexander Soddy Preceded byDaniel Harding Chief Conductor, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra 2010–2015 Succeeded byAndrea Battistoni Preceded byGabriel Feltz Chief Conductor, Stuttgarter Philharmoniker 2015–present Succeeded byincumbent Preceded byDaniel Oren Music Director, Israeli Opera 2018–present Succeeded byincumbent Preceded byJames Judd Music Director, Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion 2018–present Succeeded byincumbent


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