He is an orchestral conductor born in Israel.He took violin studies in the
United States and compositional studies in Berlin, making his conductor
debut with the RIAS Symphony Orchestra in Berlin in 1974.He was invited as a guest conductor
to the Vienna State Opera in 1986 and would perform with them in that
capacity until 1993.As a
Principal Conductor he has had tenures with the Orchestra de la Suisse
Romande and the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra.He has led many major orchestras including the Berlin
Philharmonic, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, the
London Symphony Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic and the Cologne Radio
Orchestra and made several recordings.
