His Tchaikovsky is opulent, lyrically broadly breathed, with numerous noticeable rubati, beautifully worked-out lines, emotional, but at the same time rich in detail.
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Stuttgarter Philharmoniker
Music Director & Chief Conductor
The Israeli Opera Tel Aviv
Music Director
Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion
Music Director
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor Laureate
Dan Ettinger was born in Israel. He has been the music director of the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra since the beginning of the 2015 / 2016 season and the New Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv since 2018. He was music director of the Nationaltheater in Mannheim from 2009 to 2016 as well as principal conductor for the Israel Symphony Orchestra and the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra. After initially studying the piano, he began a career as a singer before turning his sights on conducting. He made his debut in Tel Aviv in 1999. From 2003 to 2009, he was Kapellmeister and assistant at the Berlin Staatsoper Unter den Linden where he conducted an extensive repertoire (La Bohème, Carmen, Così fan tutte, Don Giovanni, L’elisir d’amore, Falstaff, Macbeth, Madama Butterfly, Le nozze di Figaro, Tannhäuser, Tosca, La Traviata, Turandot, Die Zauberflöte).
Dan Ettinger makes his Global Concert Hall debut with the Stuttgarter Philharmoniker on Thursday, September 17, beginning at 20:00 Stuttgart / 14:00 New York on IDAGIO Live. The performance, filmed at the Liederhalle Stuttgart in July 2020, features an enthralling programme of works by {…}
On October 4, Dan Ettinger conducts the season-opening concert of the Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, leading Rossini's dramatic choral work Petite messe solennelle. Rossini, who had retired from composing operas more than 30 years before, described it as "the last of my péchés de {…}
The Royal Opera House will stream David McVicar's spectacular production of Gounod's best-loved opera Faust, from July 17 to 29. As part of the ROH's #OurHouseToYourHouse series, Dan Ettinger conducts the Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House featuring a star-studded cast {…}
Dan Ettinger returns to the Stuttgarter Philharmoniker after three months in lockdown for four chamber performances where he will play works by Mozart, Schubert, Wolf, and Rossini, only one year after his serious hand injury. The Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, along with all other orchestras {…}
What do we do in the face of empty concert halls? How do we deal with the loss that grips every musician in times when orchestras are not allowed to come together and play for audiences? With the recent cancellations due to coronavirus, Dan Ettinger responds to these questions with an {…}
Dan Ettinger, Chief Conductor of the Stuttgarter Philharmoniker and General Music Director of the state capital Stuttgart, addresses all music lovers, colleagues, and the loyal audience of his orchestra. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAP_F8lV4yg Photo: Jürgen Altmann
