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Yuval Zaliouk

Yuval Zaliouk is an Israeli-American conductor who led orchestras in London, Haifa, Toledo and Ra'anana.

born 1939Conducting the Royal Ballet, LondonReviving the Haifa Symphony OrchestraDirecting the Toledo Symphony Orchestra

Born: 10 February 1939, Haifa
Occupation: conductor
Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Yuval Zaliouk was born in 1939 in Haifa

Yuval Zaliouk was born on February 10, 1939, in the Hadar HaCarmel neighborhood of Haifa, into a musical family. His father, lawyer Israel Zaliouk, founded the Klei Zemer chain of music stores. His grandfather was the banker Shlomo Zalman Natanzon.

He studied piano, trombone and percussion at the Haifa Academy of Music. He later earned a law degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He studied conducting with Mendi Rodan, Colin Davis, Jascha Horenstein and Otto Klemperer.

From 1966 to 1970 he was permanent conductor of the Royal Ballet in London. He helped revive the Haifa Symphony Orchestra in 1975 and was its music director until 1978. He led the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra in 1980 and 1981.

From 1980 to 1989 he was music director of the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, which later named him conductor laureate. From 1996 to 2001 he was music director of the Ra'anana Symphonette Orchestra. Since 2014 he has been principal conductor of the MostArts Festival Orchestra at Alfred University.

Milestones in Yuval Zaliouk's life

1939
Born in Haifa.
1965
Won first prize in the America Israel Cultural Foundation conductors competition.
1966
Became permanent conductor of the Royal Ballet in London.
1967
Won first prize at the Besançon competition for young conductors.
1970
Won second prize in the Dimitri Mitropoulos conducting competition in New York.
1975
Helped revive the Haifa Symphony Orchestra and became its music director.
1980
Became music director of the Toledo Symphony Orchestra.
1984
Received an ASCAP award for contemporary music programming with the Toledo Symphony.
1996
Became music director of the Ra'anana Symphonette Orchestra.
2014
Became principal conductor of the MostArts Festival Orchestra.