Israeli conductor Rotem Nir currently serves as the Conductor in Residence and Head of Music at the Israeli Opera, while also working as the assistant to the music director at the Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion. With extensive experience, he has previously worked as an assistant conductor at 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 spans from Handel’s Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno with the Georgisches Kammerorchester in Ingolstadt to Verdi’s La traviata at the Israeli Opera. He has garnered recognition through awards such as the Golden Baton conducting competition of the Buchmann Mehta School of Music and the Haifa Symphony Orchestra and the New Conductors competition of the Israel Chamber Orchestra. Rotem’s musical education includes studies at the Nes Ziona Conservatory, the 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. 2024 marks Rotem’s second year as a Fellow of the Verbier Festival’s Conducting Programme.
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