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Pinchas
Steinberg
conductor
Pinchas
Steinberg studied violin in the USA and composition in Berlin. In 1974 he made
his conducting debut with the RIAS Symphony Orchestra in Berlin. This was the
first of a long series of prestigious orchestras which he has conducted,
including Berlin Philharmonic, London Symphony, Philharmonia Orchestra, London
Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic, Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig, Orchestre
National de France, Santa Cecilia Orchestra Roma, Czech Philharmonic, Munich
Philharmonic, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestra
Nacional d’Espana, Budapest Festival Orchestra and many others. Pinchas
Steinberg conducted at the Festivals of Salzburg, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Orange,
Verona, Bregenz , Granada,Flanders and the Richard Strauss Festival in Garmisch..
From 1988 to 1993, he was Permanent Guest Conductor with the Vienna State Opera.
He has conducted opera productions in many of the major opera houses of the
world, London (Covent Garden), Paris, Munich, San Francisco, Berlin, Rome,
Vienna , Madrid and Barcelona..
Between 1989-1996, Pinchas Steinberg was Chief Conductor of the Radio Symphony
Orchestra in Vienna and from 2002-2005 Musical Director of the Orchestre de la
Suisse Romande in Geneva. His highly acclaimed recordings include Wagner´s “Der
fliegende Hollander”, Catalani´s “La
Wally” for BMG, Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito
for Sony/BMG and Richard Strauss “Die
schweigsame Frau”. His RCA recording of Massenet´s “Cherubin”
was awarded the Grand Prix du Disque, the Diapson d´Or, the German Critics
Prize and the Caecilia Prize in Bruxelles.
In December 2001, Pinchas Steinberg made a triumphant USA concert debut with the
Cleveland
Orchestras and
was reinvited to return to Cleveland in the 2003 ,2005,2006,2007 and 2008
seasons. In August 2006
he made a highly successful conducting debut with the Boston Symphony
Orchestra at the Tanglewood Festival.
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