David Stern (born 21 May 1963 in

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) is an American conductor, director and founder of the ensemble Opera Fuoco. He has been the Chief Conductor of Palm Beach Opera since 2015.

Life and career

Stern was born in New York, the son of violinist

Isaac Stern Isaac Stern (July 21, 1920 – September 22, 2001) was an American violinist. Born in Ukraine, Stern moved to the United States when he was 14 months old. Stern performed both nationally and internationally, notably touring the Soviet Union a ...

and his second wife Vera ''née'' Lindenblit. In 1986 he received his BA from

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where he was the music director of the Yale Bach Society. He then studied conducting under Otto-Werner Mueller at the

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, receiving his Masters in Music degree in 1989.''

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'' (14 April 1986)
"Stern Plays for Stern at Yale Concert"
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"Son Of Famed Violinist Takes Up Baton As Career"
'' The Hour'' (via

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). Retrieved 15 June 2016. He started his career as an assistant to

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, then as a principal guest conductor of Concerto Köln with whom he recorded

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's piano concertos 2 and 3 for Warner Classics in 1999. At the same time, Stern conducted a number of orchestras and ensembles as a guest conductor, including

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, and the

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, Boston Haydn and Haendel Society, the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, the Seoul Symphony Orchestra, the New Moscow Symphony Orchestra, the Gürzenich Orchestra, the

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and the Orchestra Nazionale de la RAI. From 2002 to 2005 he was Principal guest conductor of the Rouen Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of

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n conductor Oswald Sallaberger. In 2003 he co-founded (with violist Jay Bernfeld) the Opera Fuoco ensemble, which concentrates on the 18th- and 19th- century operatic and vocal repertoire using period instruments. Stern was Music Director of the St. Gallen Symphony Orchestra and Opera in Switzerland until the 2011/12 season when he was succeeded by Otto Tausk. From 2008 until 2014 he was also Music Director of the Israeli Opera. In 2015 he was appointed Chief Conductor of Palm Beach Opera.Sjostrom, Jan (6 March 2015)
"Palm Beach Opera hires chief conductor"
''Palm Beach Daily News''Kaye, Helen (28 September 2009)
"Israel Opera hires David Stern, secures Domingo"
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'', Retrieved 15 June 2016.

References

External links

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Opera Fuoco website
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