Omer Meir Wellber conducts Gewandhaus orchestra (September 2017)

On 21 and 22 September conductor Omer Meir Wellber will be guest in Leipzig/Germany and will stand at the rostrum of Gewandhaus orchestra, conducting works by Schnittke, Haydn, Mendelssohn and Schubert.

Find more information on the concerts here.

The concert on 21 September will be broadcast live on MDR Kultur at 20:00.

Omer Meir Wellber’s season start 17/18 (September 2017)

After Israeli conductor Omer Meir Wellber has conducted the Orchestre National de Lyon on 1 September in La Côte Saint-André as guest of Festival Berlioz, he is currently travelling to Israel to conduct the Raanana Symphonette on 9, 10 and 11 September as Music Director of the orchestra.

During his stay in Israel he will also visit the project Sarab in the Negev desert. Read here more about this unique project.

On 21 and 22 September Omer Meir Wellber will be guest at the Gewandhaus orchestra in Leipzig, where he will conduct works by Haydn, Mendelssohn, Schubert and Schnittke.

Omer Meir Wellber conducts premiere of Werther in Palermo (May 2017)

On Friday, May 26, conductor Omer Meir Wellber will lead the premiere of the new production of Massenet’s Werther at Teatro Massimo in Palermo with the Orchestra del Teatro Massimo, staged by Giorgia Guerra.

The performances after the premiere will be on May 27, 28, 30, 31 and on June 1.

Find here information on this new production.

Dresden: Artist Talk with Omer Meir Wellber (April 2017)

On Sunday, 23 April 2017, an artist talk with conductor Omer Meir Wellber will take place in the Societätstheater in Dresden. Journalist Michael Ernst will present the event and lead through the discussion.

The conductor will mostly talk about his new book “Fear, risk and love – Moments with Mozart”, which was published in February 2017 at Austrian Ecowin publishing house. Co author Inge Kloepfer will also be present. The talk will be followed by a signing.

Find more information on the event here.

Omer Meir Wellber is currently conducting at the Semperoper Dresden on the occasion of the Mozart-Tage. Click here for further information.

Omer Meir Wellber: Premiere of Andrea Chenier (March 2017)

On 12 March Omer Meir Wellber conducted the new opera production at Bavarian State Opera, Andrea Chenier, by Umberto Giordano, staged by Philipp Stölzl. The title role is sung by Jonas Kaufmann, Anja Harteros performs as Maddalena di Coigny and Luca Salsi as Carlo Gérard.