Nir Kabaretti

Nir Kabaretti, (born February 5, 1968), is the conductor and music director of the Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra in California.

Graduated from the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna.

Nir conducted the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, L'Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Orquesta Filarmonica de Buenos Aires, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano “La Verdi”, Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Israel Symphony Orchestra of Rishon Le Tzion, Haifa Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Niederösterreichisches Tonkünstlerorchester, La Orquesta Sinfonica de Madrid, La Orquesta Filarmonica de Gran Canaria and the Bochumer Symphoniker.

Kabaretti Began working as Coach and Chorus Master at the Vienna State Opera and the Salzburg Festival, followed by positions as assistant to the Music Director at the Teatro Real in Madrid and conductor and personal assistant to Maestro Zubin Mehta at Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence, Italy.

In 2002, Kabaretti was appointed Principal Conductor of the Raanana Symphonette Orchestra in Israel and in 2003, its Music Director, a role he continues to hold today.

During 2004-05, Kabaretti made his début at Teatro alla Scala di Milano with Tchaikowsky's The Nutcracker, and was invited again in 2007 for a ballet production of Mendelssohn's Midsummer night's Dream.

Kabaretti is fluent in Hebrew, English, Italian, German and Spanish. Born in Israel, lives in Florence, Italy.

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