Maestro move: First Israeli to be music director in France

Maestro move: First Israeli to be music director in France

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norman lebrecht

June 08, 2015

Rani Calderon has been named music director at the Opéra National de Lorraine in Nancy. He is the first Israeli conductor to hold that position in any Frence theatre.

He was previously principal conductor at Teatro Municipal in Santiago de Chile and a very busy guest conductor.

RANI CALDERON

Comments

  • Yaniv Dinur says:

    What about Daniel Barenboim with the Orchestre de Paris?

  • Charles Clark Maxwell says:

    What about Yoel Levi (Maazel’s onetime assistant)?

    Although born in Bulgaria (?) he became an Israeli citizen and was Principal Conductor of the Orchestre National d’Ile de France

  • Theodore McGuiver says:

    Congratulations, Rani. Excellent musician and thoroughly nice bloke.

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