Described by Zubin Mehta as a conductor "of immense musicality and warm personality" Nir Kabaretti has earned an impressive reputation across continents for his command of a vast symphonic, operatic and ballet repertoire. Music Director of the Santa Barbara Symphony, he collaborates with artists such as Itzhak Perlmann and Lang Lang. Some of his appearances as guest conductor have included the the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the Tokyo Philharmonic, the Teatro Real in Madrid, the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse, the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, the Opera in Rome, the Orchestra Sinfonica Giuseppe Verdi in Milan and many others.