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9. December 2020

Omer Meir Wellber to be new Music Director at Volksoper Wien from September 2022 (December 2020)

As of the start of Lotte de Beer’s period as Director, Omer Meir Wellber is to be Music Director at Volksoper Wien from 1 September 2022. In addition to directing new productions and repertoire performances, for five seasons he will be chiefly responsible for the musical life of the Volksoper and for the development of the ensemble, the orchestra and the chorus. From as early as spring 2021 he will be involved in the preparations for the new directorship.READ MORE

13. November 2020

Omer Meir Wellber’s livestream concerts (November 2020)

Omer Meir Wellber will conduct livestream concerts with the orchestra of the Teatro Massimo Palermo on November 14 and 19.

The program on November 14 will include Debussy’s Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, Fauré’s Pelléas et Mélisande, suite op. 80 and Schubert’s Symphony No. 8 in B flat minor. The livestream concert on November 19 will feature Haydn’s Symphony No. 45 and Brahms’ Symphony No. 2 in D major.

Both concerts start at 7 pm and can be viewed on Teatro Massimo TV and YouTube.

29. October 2020

Omer Meir Wellber conducts the premiere of “Die Zauberflöte” (October 2020)

Omer Meir Wellber will lead the premiere of the new production of “Die Zauberflöte” on November 1, 2020. This grand opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was newly staged by Josef E. Köpplinger.

Beforehand Omer Meir Wellber spoke with the dramaturg Johann Casimir Eule, the interview can be found here.

“Die Zauberflöte” overview:

November 1, 2020, 18.00 Dresden, Semperoper
Staatskapelle Dresden
Mozart: Zauberflöte Premiere

More information can be found here.

28. October 2020

Omer Meir Wellber and the BBC Philharmonic release new CD (October 2020)

Omer Meir Wellber, together with the BBC Philharmonic, soprano Claudia Barainsky and clarinetist John Bradbury, will release a recordings by Paul Ben-Haim at Chandos on October 30.READ MORE

22. October 2020

Omer Meir Wellber back in Leipzig (October 2020)

Omer Meir Wellber returns to the Gewandhaus zu Leipzig with a special program. On October 25 and 26 he will present Eight Seasons together with the Sinfonietta Leipzig and the mandolinist Jacob Reuven. He will conduct the Seasons of Piazzolla and Vivaldi himself on the accordion and harpsichord. The same concert will also be presented on October 29 at the Semperoper Dresden.READ MORE

1. October 2020

Omer Meir Wellber on ARTE Concert (October 2020)

Experience Omer Meir Wellber at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo with two special programmes on ARTE Concert:

Watch Beethovens C-Dur Messe here.

Watch Richard Wagners Parsifal here.

25. September 2020

Midori and Omer Meir Wellber in Palermo (September 2020)

On September 25, violinist Midori and Omer Meir Wellber will present a joint program of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D Major and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 in two concerts at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, one at 5 p.m. and one at 9 p.m. (CET). The latter will be livestreamed on Teatro Massimo Web TV. With this concert, Midori begins her Artist in Residence at the Teatro Massimo. A matinée concert will follow on September 26th at 11 a.m. with chamber music works by Bach and Schnittke, together with musicians from the orchestra of the Teatro Massimo and music director Omer Meir Wellber himself at the piano.READ MORE

12. September 2020

Omer Meir Wellber at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo (September 2020)

In the coming days Omer Meir Wellber will conduct two concerts at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo.

13 September Palermo, Teatro Massimo Orchestra del Teatro Massimo
Mozart: Coronation Mass
Schönberg: Survivors of Warsaw

You can watch the concert here.

On 16 September Omer Meir Wellber will present a special programme of Vivaldi and Piazzolla, together with the mandolinist Jacob Reuven and himself on the harpsichord and accordion.

16 September Palermo, Teatro Massimo Orchestra del Teatro Massimo
Piazzolla/Vivaldi: Jahreszeiten
Jacob Reuven – Mandolin

28. August 2020

Omer Meir Wellber with the MKO in Munich on Sunday (August 2020)

On Sunday, Omer Meir Wellber and the Munich Chamber Orchestra (MKO) will beginn their new concert season. In the Himmelfahrtskirche in Munich the concert will take place with a reduced audience and will be played two times. The Mandolinist Jacob Reuven will also be a guest at this concert and will play Vivaldi’s Concert for Mandolin. Together with him and the Sinfonietta Leipzig, Omer Meir Wellber will present a special program from Vivaldi and Piazzolla also at the harpsichord and accordion in October in Leipzig.

The concert is sold out, but it will be recorded by BR and broadcast on October 22. READ MORE

21. August 2020