Germany’s next music director is from … Kuwait
mainThe Philharmonie Südwestfalen has announced Nabil Shehata as its next chief.
A former principal doublebass of the Berlin Philharmonic, Shehata, 37, has been music director of the Munich Chamber Opera for the past seven years.
Of German and Egyptian parentage, he maintains a close involvement with Daniel Barenboim’s West-East Diwan Orchestra.
Thought he was German-Egyptian…?
There goes another good player! When will they ever learn?
He still plays a lot.
And…he is a very good conductor.
Why play in the BPO when you can move to Hilchenbach?
Half german,half egyptian he is!!!
“From Kuwait”? Far more apposite to say that he is from Germany, which is where he’s been based for essentially all but the first few years of his life.