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David Shallon

David Shallon was an Israeli conductor who led orchestras in Düsseldorf, Jerusalem and Luxembourg.

1950 to 2000Conducting the Jerusalem Symphony OrchestraAssistant to Leonard BernsteinLeading the Düsseldorf Symphony OrchestraLeading the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra

Born: 15 October 1950, Tel Aviv
Died: 15 September 2000, Tokyo
Occupation: conductor, music director, musician
Education: University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna

David Shallon was born in 1950 in Tel Aviv

David Shallon was born in Tel Aviv on 15 October 1950. As a boy he played the violin and the French horn. He attended the Thelma Yellin school of the arts and finished there in 1968.

He studied conducting with Noam Sheriff at the Rubin Academy of Music in Tel Aviv. He then continued his training in Vienna with Hans Swarowsky. In Vienna he met the German violist Tabea Zimmermann, who became his wife.

Leonard Bernstein invited him to become his assistant. In 1980 he conducted Mahler's 3rd Symphony with the Wiener Symphoniker. He worked with soloists such as Isaac Stern and Itzhak Perlman and conducted opera in Vienna, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Amsterdam and at the New Israeli Opera.

From 1987 to 1993 he was general music director of the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra. He was principal conductor of the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra from 1992 to 2000 and led the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra from 1997. He also worked with national and international youth orchestras.

In September 2000 he died suddenly of an asthma attack in Tokyo, during a concert tour of Japan.