Rotem Nir is an Israeli conductor, born in 1998. He currently serves as the Conductor in residence of the Israeli Opera and the Israel Symphony Orchestra. There he regularly conducts opera performances, symphonic concerts and assisting the institutions’s music director Dan Ettinger.

 

Rotem frequently appears as a guest conductor with the renowned Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. In June 2024, he stepped in on short notice to replace Christoph Eschenbach for a series of symphonic concerts. Other orchestras he has worked with include the Haifa Symphony Orchestra, Ra'anana Symphonette Orchestra, Israel Camerata Jerusalem, and Ensemble 21.

 

Internationally, Rotem has served as an Assistant Conductor at notable institutions and festivals such as the Salzburg Festival, Teatro San Carlo in Naples, and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2023, he made his debut in Germany, conducting a staged production of Handel's oratorio Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno with the Georgian Chamber Orchestra Ingolstadt.

 

In the summer of 2022, he participated in the Conducting Fellowship of the Verbier Festival in Switzerland, and worked with the festival’s orchestras and renowned conductors such as Gábor Takács-Nagy and Lahav Shani.

 

Rotem is a Bassoon player, having served as Associate Principal Bassoon with the Israeli Opera Orchestra from 2019 to 2022.

 

January 2025