On the microphone – Conductor Omer Meir Wellber “I was always afraid of Don Giovanni because I didn’t understand the conclusions exactly,” says Omer Meir Wellber. The chief conductor of the BBC Philharmonic describes how he overcame his fear of Mozart’s opera in Klassik-Pop-et cetera.......
Omer Meir Wellber will conduct works by i.a. Bach and Schubert together with violinist Hilary Hahn and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen at various renowned festivals in Germany, Spain and Switzerland. Concert dates and further information: 22 August Kloster Eberbach, Basilika Rheingau Musik Festival Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen......
Omer Meir Wellber’s concerts at the BBC Proms as the new Chief Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic were praised highly by the British Press. Thanks to BBC Radio 3, the broadcast of those concerts can still be listened to online for another two and three......
😃Looking forward to our first @bbcproms concert this year @RoyalAlbertHall with our conductor #OmerMeirWellber & soloist @yeoleumson 🎶Listen live tonight @BBCRadio3 7.30pm 🎶#BBCProms pic.twitter.com/DbUKJMTgRD — BBC Philharmonic (@BBCPhilharmonic) July 23, 2019...
On 23 and 29 July 2019, Omer Meir Wellber will give his debut as the new Chief Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and simultaneously at the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall in London. 23 July, London, Royal Albert Hall BBC Proms BBC......
On 18 June 2019, Omer Meir Wellber will conduct a special project on The Art of the Fugue by J. S. Bach at the Bach Festival in Leipzig’s Thomaskirche with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. The composers of the project are: Maximilian Otto – Fugue 1......
Find here the concert dates of our PR and management artists from September to November 2019 at a glance. You will find information about our artists on each artist page on our website. Please contact us for more details: office[at]pr2classic.de....
On 25 May 2019, Omer Meir Wellber will conduct the premiere of Verdi’s Nabucco at the Semperoper Dresden as the orchestra’s Principal Guest Conductor. Further dates and information can be found here. As part of the production, the Semperoper shot a three-part Making-of Nabucco with......
On 27 April Omer Meir Wellber leads the revival of Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier at the Semperoper Dresden. Further dates and information can be found here. As the Principal Guest Conductor of the house, he will conduct the premiere of Verdi’s Nabucco on 25 May 2019.......
On 23 and 29 July, Omer Meir Wellber, designated Chief Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic, will conduct his debut concerts at the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall in London. On the program will be the following : 23 July, London, Royal Albert Hall......
Principal Guest Conductor Omer Meir Wellber will conduct two symphonic concerts with the Staatskapelle Dresden and the Dresdner Kammerchor on 14 and 15 April 2019. On the program will be works by Haydn and Górecki. Find more information on this here....
On Thursday, 21 March, Omer Meir Wellber conducted his debut concert in the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg with the NDR Elbphilharmonie orchestra, with works by Haydn, Schnitte and Tchaikovsky. The concert was streamed live on ARTE Concert and is now available for 90 days. Click here. ...
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From Thursday, 21 March, Omer Meir Wellber will conduct concerts with the NDR Elbphilharmonie and will have his debut at the rostrum of the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. He and the orchestra will present works by Tchaikovsky, Haydn and Schnittke. The concert on 21 March will......
On 9 March, Omer Meir Wellber will conduct a symphonic concert with the Orchestra del Teatro Massimo in Palermo. On the program will be works by Rimsky-Korsakov and Prokofiev. Soloists are pianist Daniel Ciobanu as well as mezzo soprano Ekaterina Seergeva. Find here further information......
Omer Meir Wellber conducts the revival performances of Wagner’s Tannhäuser on Sunday, 17 February at the Semperoper Dresden. Further performances take place on 2 and 10 March 2019. Those will be Omer Meir Wellber’s first opera performances, since he became Principal Guest Conductor at the......
Omer Meir Wellber is currently in Eilat in South Israel to conduct and hoste the Isrotel ClassiCameri Festival together with Raanana Symphonette. The festival runs from 2 – 5 January 2019. You can find further information on this festival here....
On 18 December, you can listen on air to Omer Meir Wellber’s first concert with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra from Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, which took place on 6 October 2018. The concert will be aired on BBC Radio 3 at 14.00 (GMT). You can......
Omer Meir Wellber is currently conducting the Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester in the Berwaldhallen in Stockholm. At the concerts on 13 and 15 December, pianist Jonathan Biss plays two piano concertos by Beethoven and Sally Beamish. Furthermore, Strauss’ “Ein Heldenleben” is presented. Find information about the......
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Omer Meir Wellber will conduct performances of Bizet’s Carmen from 30 October at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. With those he will give his debut at the MET. Find here further information on those performances....
Omer Meir Wellber has recently arrived in New York, where he will conduct performances of Bizet’s Carmen at the Metropolitan Opera from 30 October. With those he will give his debut at the MET. Find here further information on those performances. ...
Israeli conductor Omer Meir Wellber has been appointed as the BBC Philharmonic’s new Chief Conductor. He takes up the post in September 2019 and his initial contract is for four years. Omer Meir Wellber, 36, will conduct the orchestra in its concert series at the......
Find here the concert dates of our PR and management artists from December 2018 until February 2019 at a glance. You will find information about our artists on each artist page on our website. Please contact us for more details: office[at]pr2classic.de....
On Saturday, 15 September, Omer Meir Wellber will give his debut at the Lucerne Festival – together with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra he will give concerts in Lucerne, as well as at the Dortmund Concert House and Birmingham. Find here an overview of......
July 27th 2018. From January 2020 the conductor Omer Meir Wellber will be Music Director of the Fondazione Teatro Massimo in Palermo. The agreement was signed last night by Omer Meir Wellber, Francesco Giambrone (Sovrintendente of the Teatro Massimo) and Leoluca Orlando (President of the......
On 26 and 29 July Omer Meir Wellber conducts two performances of Verdi’s Les Vêpres siciliennes at the Bavarian State Opera, on the occasion of Munich Opera Festival. The new production was premiered in March 2018, also led by Omer Meir Wellber. Find here further......
From 12 until 14 July, Omer Meir Wellber will be guest at SWR Symphony Orchestra in Stuttgart and Freiburg after his successful debut with the orchestra in December 2017. The concert on 13 July at 20.00 will be streamed live from Liederhalle Stuttgart at ARTE......
Omer Meir Wellber will be guest with the SWR Symphony Orchestra from 12 – 14 July for concerts in Stuttgart and in Freiburg. On the program will be Tchaikovsky’s violin concerto with violinist Gil Shaham and Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4. Find here more information on......
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On Thursday, 21 June the opera performance of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly with conductor Omer Meir Wellber at Glyndebourne Festival can be watched as live stream at 6.30 p.m. GMT (7.30 p.m. CET). Omer Meir Wellber will conduct the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Find the link to......
On Friday, 15 June, conductor Omer Meir Wellber will conduct an open air concert together with Staatskapelle Dresden at Gläserne Manufaktur of Volkswagen in Dresden. Selected works of opera repertoire will be performed. Soloist will be the tenor Piotr Beczala. Find here further information on......
On 1 and 2 June, Omer Meir Wellber will stand at the rostrum of the Orchestre national de Lyon. Together with pianist Radu Lupu they will perform Beethoven’s piano concerto No. 3. Also works by Bardanashvili and Haydn will be on the program. Find here......
Omer Meir Wellber will conduct Puccini’s Madama Butterfly at this year’s Glyndebourne Festival. For this he will stand at the rostrum of London Philharmonic Orchestra. The Premiere of this production by Annilese Miskimmon will be celebrated on 19 May. Find here further information and performance......
On Sunday, 29 April, Omer Meir Wellber will conduct the revival performance of Boito’s Mefistofele at Bavarian State Opera in Munich, with Erwin Schrott in the title role. Further performances will take place on 3 and 6 May. This production of Mefistofele celebrated its premiere......
On Sunday, 15 April, Omer Meir Wellber will be guest at Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin with a Bernstein and Mahler program in the Konzerthaus, Berlin. Soloist will be violinist Erez Ofer. Find more information on this concert here. The concert will be live broadcasted at Deutschlandfunk Kultur......
On 25 and 26 March 2018, Midori and Omer Meir Wellber, Principal Guest Conductor of the Semperoper Dresden, will play concerts with the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden: 25 and 26 March, 20.00 – Dresden, Semperoper Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden Ramérez: “Misa Criolla” Bernstein: Serenade after Plato’s Symposion......
Verdi’s Les Vêpres siciliennes, staged by Antú Romero Nunes and conducted by Omer Meir Wellber, will celebrate its premiere on 11 March 2018 at the Bavarian State Opera. It will be Omer Meir Wellber’s first encounter with this rarely performed opera. Find here further information......
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In 2018, the Semperoper is appointing conductor Omer Meir Wellber, who made his debut in Dresden in 2010 and has subsequently been responsible for numerous outstanding productions, as its Principal Guest Conductor. This has been announced today at the press conference presenting season 2018/19. Click......
On 25, 27 and 28 January 2018 conductor Omer Meir Wellber will give his debut concerts with the Houston Symphony Orchestra. Together will violinist Simone Lamsma they will perform Britten’s violin concerto. Also on the program will be Mozart’s Ouverture of Idomeneo as well as......
Conductor Omer Meir Wellber is currently guest at Semperoper Dresden for revival performances of Tchaikovsky’s Eugen Onegin. First revival performance will be on Tues, 19 December 2017. The production was premiered in June 2016, staged by Markus Bothe. Find here more information on the piece......
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On 29 November and 1 December conductor Omer Meir Wellber will give his debut at SWR Symphony Orchestra in Stuttgart. Together they will present works by Debussy, Zimmermann and Schubert. Omer Meir Wellber will also be present during the introduction talks on both concert nights......
The concert with Omer Meir Wellber, Isabelle Faust and the MCO Academy in the Philharmonie Cologne on 16 November could be watched as livestream online. It is now availabe to watch on demand for 30 days. Please watch it here....
Conductor Omer Meir Wellber will give three concerts in Cologne, Dortmund and Essen from 16 – 18 November with the Academy of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Violinist Isabelle Faust will play Berg’s concerto for violin. Further, Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 will be on the program.......
After his successful debut concert at Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, conductor Omer Meir Wellber has been invited again this season: On 28 and 29 October he will conduct concerts at Tonhalle Maag in Zürich, performing works by Haydn, Gubaidulina and Brahms. Find more information on these......
Find here the list of new CD, DVD and book releases of PR² classic artists in 2017 as an overview....
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......
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......
Find here the concert dates of our PR and management artists from December 2017 until February 2018 at a glance. You will find information about our artists on each artist page on our website. Please contact us for more details: office[at]pr2classic.de....
Find here the concert dates of our PR and management artists from September until November 2017 at a glance. You will find information about our artists on each artist page on our website. Please contact us for more details: office[at]pr2classic.de....
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,......
Find here the concert dates of our PR and management artists from July until September 2017 at a glance. You will find information about our artists on each artist page on our website. Please contact us for more details: office[at]pr2classic.de....
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......
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. On......
On 3 and 4 February cellist Jan Vogler will play Bloch’s Schelomo with the Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice in Venice. Omer Meir Wellber will stand on the rostrum of the orchestra. Furthermore Schumann’s Symphony No. 4 will be performed. Click here for more information....
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On Friday, 20 January Omer Meir Wellber will conduct the premiere of Wagner’s Tannhäuser staged by Calixto Bieto at Teatro La Fenice in Venice. Further performances will be on 24 and 28 January as well as on 1 and 5 February 2017. Find the trailer......
Conductor Omer Meir Wellber will give his debut with the WDR Symphony Orchestra in Cologne on 6 January. On the programm will be Schubert’s symphony No. 3 as well as Shostakovitch’s symphony No. 6. The concert was streamed live on the WDR website....
On 16 and 17 December conductor Omer Meir Wellber will give his debut concerts with the Orchestre nationale de Lyon. Works by Wagner, Kodály and Ravel will be performed. Hilary Hahn will play Bruch’s concerto for violin. Please find here more information on the concerts.......
Find here the concert dates of our PR and management artists from April until June 2017. You will find information about our artists on each artist page on our website. Please contact us for more details: office[at]pr2classic.de....
On 29 November 2016 Unitel will release the new DVD production of Mefistofele of the Bavarian State Opera with René Pape (titlerole) and Omer Meir Wellber on the rostrum of Bavarian State Orchestra. The new production was the first premiere in season 2015/16, staged by......
On 30, 31 October as well as on 1 November the Israeli Omer Meir Wellber conducts at the rostrum of Staatskapelle Dresden. On the program there is the world premiere of Sofia Gubaidulina’s »Über Liebe und Hass«, Oratorio for Soloists, choir and orchestra. Also works......
On 24 September Omer Meir Wellber will conduct the opening premiere of the new season at Semperoper Dresden– Richard Strauss’ Salome as a new production staged by Michael Schulz. Find here more information on this. Only a few weeks later the Semperoper will present the......
Der israelische Dirigent Omer Meir Wellber wird anlässlich der Münchner Opernfestspiele zwei Aufführungen von Boitos Mefistofele dirigieren, u.a. mit René Pape und Kristine Opolais in den Hauptrollen. Das Werk war die Eröffnungspremiere der Spielzeit 15/16 an der Bayerischen Staatsoper. Finden Sie hier weitere Details....
On 29 March Omer Meir Wellber will conduct the Orchestra del Teatro della Fenice: Mahler’s 1 symphony “Titan” will be on the program. The concert takes place on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the Jewish Ghetto in Venice. Read more about the concert......
Omer Meir Wellber will be conducting the Royal Flemish Orchestra in Antwerpen this week on Saturday, 27 February: On the programm will be Haydn’s Symphony No. 44, Strauss’ Serenade op. 7 and Brahms Symphony No. 2. Please read here more about the concert....
On 19 and 20 February Omer Meir Wellber will give his debut with Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester in Stockholm with works by Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. Pianist Jonathan Biss will be soloist of these concerts and play Beethoven’s piano concerto No. 1. Find here more information....
On 11, 12 and 14 February Omer Meir Wellber will be guest at the Gewandhausorchester in Leipzig. Works by Strauss, Mendelssohn and Schubert will be performed, next to Beethoven’s piano concerto No. 4 with pianist Nelson Freire. After his successful debut at the Gewandhaus in......
Violinist Midori and conductor Omer Meir Wellber will go on tour together with Filarmonico del Teatro La Fenice from 8 until 11 January 2016. They will perform in Venice, Baden-Baden, Dortmund and Eindhoven. Dates and programmes are the following: 8 January Venedig, Teatro La......
On Sunday, 13 December 2015 the production “La Forza del Destino” celebrates its Premiere in Teatro Filarmonico di Verona. At the rostrum of Filarmonico di Verona will be conductor Omer Meir Wellber. The production is staged by Pier Francesco Maestrini. Further performances are on 15, 17,......
It will be his debut with the orchestra, conducting Mendelssohn’s Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, Schumann’s Concerto for Violin, Wagner’s Lohengrin Prelude (Act 1) and Brahms’ Symphony No. 1. Read more here. On the occasion of the concerts Omer Meir Wellber was guest at BBC......
On Saturday, 24 October, the Bavarian State Opera will celebrate the premiere of its first new production of season 2015/16, Arrigo Boito’s Mefistofele. Omer Meir Wellber will conduct the performance, staged by Roland Schwab. The role of Mefistofele will be sung by René Pape. Find......
Together with the charity organization A new Dawn in the Negev and the Music Conservatory Be’er Sheva, Omer Meir Wellber will launch the education program Sarab – Strings of Change as initiator and founding member. On 9 September 2015 at 4 pm at Al Salem......
Israeli conductor Omer Meir Wellber was guest at BBC Radio 3 In Tune on 15 April on the occasion of this London Debut with the London Philhamonic Orchestra. Wellber conducted the LPO on Friday, 17 April in the Royal Festival Hall with works by Debussy......
Omer Meir Wellber will have his Gewandhaus Debut on 22, 23 and 24 April. On the program will be works by Dutilleux, Haydn und Schubert. Soloist will be Cellist Truls Mørk. On short notice Omer Meir Wellber replaces David Zinman who had to cancel due......
Israeli conductor Omer Meir Wellber makes his London debut with the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall on Friday 17 April 2015 at 7.30 pm with works by Debussy, Lalo and Brahms. Wellber’s first collaboration with the LPO was in May 2014 when......
Omer Meir Wellber makes his symphonic debut at the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich conducting the “Academy Concerts” on 2 and 3 February 2015. The program features De Falla’s Suite No. 1 and the Symphony No. 6 by Shostakovich; percussionist Peter Sadlo plays „Focs d’artifici“ (fireworks) by......
In November, Omer Meir Wellber returns to the Israeli Opera to conduct Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia”, directed by Katharina Thalbach. The production combines commedia del’arte style with the fast life style of the 21st century. Please click here for further information. 22, 24, 25,......
Omer Meir Wellber makes his US debut in October at the rostrum of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra leading the orchestra in Tchaikovsky’s Manfred Symphony. Wellber is joined by Spanish guitarist Pablo Sáinz Villegas, performing the guitar concerto of Joaquin Rodrigo. The program opens with Debussy’s......
Our artists have recorded various CDs that will be released over the upcoming months. Please click here for all CD releases at a glance....
Omer Meir Wellber starts into the new season 2014/15 with several performances at the Semperoper Dresden. On 17 September he will conduct a symphonic concert at the rostrum of the Sächsische Staatskapelle with works by Dvořák and Haydn. Shortly before, he leads revival performances of......
UK debut at Glyndebourne Festival Israeli conductor Omer Meir Wellber makes his UK debut at the Glyndebourne Festival on 18 May 2014 with the musical direction of Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” at the rostrum of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. The opera is a revival of Graham......
In January and February 2014, Omer Meir Wellber conducts the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in a series of eight philharmonic concerts in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Haifa featuring cellist Mischa Maisky. Omer Meir Wellber presents a varied program with works by Tchaikovsky, Haydn, Schumann, Ravel, Shostakovitch,......
On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Richard Strauss‘s birth, Omer Meir Wellber conducts two operas by the composer at the Semperoper Dresden: a concert performance of the rarely performed opera “Guntram” and a revival of “Ariadne auf Naxos”. „Guntram“ is Strauss‘ first stagework.......
