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Pinchas Steinberg

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Pinchas Steinberg
Personal details
Born (1945-12-13) 13 December 1945 (age 79)
Palestine

Pinchas Steinberg (born 13 December 1945 [1]) is an Israeli-German conductor. He is currently the Chief Conductor of the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra.[2] His father is William Steinberg.

Early career

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Steinberg studied violin in the USA under Jascha Heifetz and Joseph Gingold. He also studied composition under Boris Blacher in Berlin.

His conducting debut was in 1974 with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, followed by invitations to conduct the Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic and London Symphony Orchestra.

Guest Conducting

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Steinberg was the Guest Conductor of the major European and American orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre National de France, Santa Cecilia Orchestra in Rome, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic, NHK Symphony Orchestra (Tokyo), Munich Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra & Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, among many others.

Festival Appearances

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Guest appearances have included the festivals of Salzburg, Munich, Berlin, Prague, Bratislava, Vienna, Verona, Grenada, Orange and the Richard Strauss Festival in Garmisch.

Opera

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Steinberg’s Opera performances include the Vienna State Opera, Covent Garden London, San Francisco, Paris, Rome Turin, Naples, Madrid, Barcelona, Munich, Berlin and Hamburg. His La Scala debut was in 2010, leading the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala in 3 concerts of Robert Schumann’s Scenes from Goethe's Faust.

Notable Achievements

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Acclaimed Recordings & Repertoire

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References

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  1. ^ Pinchas Steinberg’s Official Biography.
  2. ^ Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra History Archived 2016-07-29 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Vienna State Opera Conductors
  4. ^ Radio Symphony Orchestra - Vienna
  5. ^ "Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Pinchas Steinberg". Archived from the original on 2016-09-09. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  6. ^ Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra history Archived 2016-07-29 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Alfredo Catalani’s La Wally, conducted by Pinchas Steinberg, 1990
  8. ^ Massanet’s Chérubin, conducted by Pinchas Steinberg, 1992
  9. ^ Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer, conducted by Pinchas Steinberg, 1993
  10. ^ Strauss’ Die Schweigsame Frau, conducted by Pinchas Steinberg, 2002
  11. ^ Mozart’s La Clemenza, conducted by Pinchas Steinberg, 2006
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Cultural offices
Preceded by Principal Conductor, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
1989–1996
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief Conductor, Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
2014–
Succeeded by
incumbent