Dan Ettinger

Dan Ettinger (Hebrew: דן אטינגר‎; born 1971)[1] is an Israeli conductor, opera singer and pianist.

Dan Ettinger
דן אטינגר
Born1971
NationalityIsraeli
OccupationConductor, opera singer (baritone), pianist
Websitehttps://danettinger.com/

Biography

Ettinger was descended from Romanian immigrants to Israel — his father and grandmother are Holocaust survivors — and he grew up in the Tel Aviv suburb of Holon.[2] Ettinger began taking piano lessons at the age of five.[3] He received his musical training at the Thelma Yellin High School for the Arts in Givatayim.[4] Ettinger made a career as a baritone at the Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv, until he was offered a position as choir director.[4] From 2002 to 2003, he was co-principal guest conductor of the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra and conducted works such as Berlioz Symphonie fantastique, Mahler's 4th Symphony and Mozart's Requiem.[5][3]

From 2003 to 2009 Ettinger was Daniel Barenboim's assistant and Kapellmeister at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin[3] and he was Generalmusikdirektor of the Mannheim National Theatre from 2009 to 2016.[6]

From 2005 to 2012 and again since 2018, Ettinger has been chief conductor of the Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion and music director of the Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv.[3] He became principal conductor of the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra in 2015.[7] His current Stuttgart contract is through 2023.[8][3][9] He made numerous opera guest performances from Covent Garden in London to the Vienna State Opera to the Metropolitan Opera in New York.[9]

References
  1. "Mannheimer Generalmusikdirektor Dan Ettinger verlängert Vertrag". neue musikzeitung. Regensburg. dpa. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  2. Tugend, Tom (11 March 2005). "Arts & Culture:Young Israeli conductor debuts in United States at helm of Aida – J." The Jewish News. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  3. "Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, Dan Ettinger". Stuttgarter Philharmoniker (in German). Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  4. "Dan Ettinger". Opera Lounge (in German). 14 March 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  5. Haggai Hitron (30 April 2002). "Two New Batons and a Few Less Chairs". Haaretz. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  6. Scherer, Simon (7 July 2016). "Auch beim Abschied noch höchste Kontrolle: Dan Ettinger am Nationaltheater". Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung. Heidelberg. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  7. Susanne Benda (3 October 2019). "Der Taktstock wird überbewertet". Stuttgarter Zeitung. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  8. Susanne Benda (6 July 2020). "Die Reibung der Wirklichkeiten". Stuttgarter Zeitung. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  9. Bauer, Hanns-Horst (19 April 2017). "Liebe auf den ersten Blick". Südwest Presse. Ulm. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
Cultural offices
Preceded by
Mendi Rodan		 Music Director, Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion
2005-2014		 Succeeded by
James Judd
Preceded by
Axel Kober		 Generalmusikdirektor, Mannheim National Theatre
2009–2016		 Succeeded by
Alexander Soddy
Preceded by
Daniel Harding		 Chief Conductor, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
2010–2015		 Succeeded by
Andrea Battistoni
Preceded by
Gabriel Feltz		 Chief Conductor, Stuttgarter Philharmoniker
2015–present		 Succeeded by
incumbent
Preceded by
Daniel Oren		 Music Director, Israeli Opera
2018–present		 Succeeded by
incumbent
Preceded by
James Judd		 Music Director, Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion
2018–present		 Succeeded by
incumbent
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