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Pinchas Steinberg

Pinchas Steinberg is an Israeli conductor and violinist who has been chief conductor of the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra since 2014.

born 1945Chief conductor, Budapest Philharmonic OrchestraConducting at the Vienna State OperaRecording of Massenet's Chérubin

Born: 13 December 1945, New York City
Occupation: conductor, concertmaster, musician, bandleader

Pinchas Steinberg was born in 1945 in New York City

Pinchas Steinberg was born on 13 December 1945. He studied violin in the United States with Jascha Heifetz and Joseph Gingold, and studied composition with Boris Blacher in Berlin.

He first conducted in 1974, leading the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. Invitations followed from orchestras in London, and he later appeared as a guest with orchestras in Europe, the United States and Japan, and at festivals such as Salzburg and Verona.

From 1988 to 1993 he was a permanent guest conductor at the Vienna State Opera, and from 1989 to 1996 he was chief conductor of the Radio Symphony Orchestra in Vienna. He also conducted opera at Covent Garden, San Francisco and other houses. From 2002 to 2005 he was music director of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in Geneva.

In 2010 he made his debut at La Scala with 3 concerts of Schumann's Scenes from Goethe's Faust. Since 2014 he has been chief conductor of the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra. His recordings include Massenet's Chérubin from 1992, which received the Grand Prix du Disque and the Diapason d'Or.