Israeli conductor Rotem Nir is currently conductor in residence and head of music at the Israeli Opera, as well as assistant musical director of the Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion. He previously worked as assistant conductor with the Israel Chamber Orchestra and has conducted numerous Israeli orchestras, including the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Israel Chamber Orchestra and the Haifa Symphony Orchestra. Rotem’s repertoire ranges from Handel’s Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno with the Georgisches Kammerorchester Ingolstadt to Verdi’s La Traviata at the Israeli Opera. He has been awarded prizes such as the Golden Baton Conducting Competition of the Buchmann Mehta School of Music and the Haifa Symphony Orchestra, as well as the New Conductors Competition of the Israel Chamber Orchestra. Rotem Nir studied music at the Nes Ziona Conservatory, Thelma Yellin High School for the Arts and the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, where he studied conducting with Yoav Talmi and bassoon with Daniel Mazaki.
