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Asher Fisch

Asher Fisch is an Israeli conductor and pianist who was music director of the Israeli Opera and principal conductor of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra.

born 1958Music director of the Israeli OperaLeading the West Australian Symphony OrchestraRecordings of Wagner's Ring cycle

Born: 19 May 1958, Jerusalem
Occupation: conductor, musician
Education: Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance

Asher Fisch was born in 1958 in Jerusalem

Asher Fisch was born on May 19, 1958, in Jerusalem, where he grew up. In the IDF he worked as a reporter for Army Radio. After his service he studied conducting with Mendi Rodan at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance.

He started out as an assistant to Daniel Barenboim and as associate conductor of the Berlin State Opera. In 1995 he made his United States debut at the Los Angeles Opera. He led the Vienna Volksoper as chief conductor from 1995 to 2000.

From 1998 to 2008 he was music director of the Israeli Opera, and he also led the Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion. In 2007 Seattle Opera named him principal guest conductor. He has conducted opera in New York, London, Vienna and Adelaide, and orchestras such as the Chicago Symphony and the New York Philharmonic.

He first guest conducted the West Australian Symphony Orchestra in 1999 and became its principal conductor in 2014. With it he recorded the Brahms symphonies. He also performs as a pianist and is married to Canadian singer Linda Pavelka, with whom he has a daughter in New York.