Daniel Cohen (conductor)
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Cohen in 2013
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Daniel Cohen |
| Born |
February 18, 1984 Natanya, Israel |
| Genres | Classical |
| Occupation(s) | conductor |
| Instruments | Violin |
| Associated acts | Jersey Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gropius Ensmeble |
| Website | www.danielcohenconductor.com |
Daniel Cohen (born February 18, 1984) is an Israeli conductor and violinist. He is the music director of the Jersey Chamber Orchestra, the founder and artistic director of the Gropius Ensemble and a Gustavo Dudamel Fellow of the Los Angeles Philharmonic for the 2012-13 season.
Since his conducting debut at the age of 19 Daniel have conducted such orchestras as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Graz Chamber Philharmonic, the Orchestra del Teatro Petruzzelli, the Orchestre National de Montpellier, the Transylvania Philharmonic, and the Orchestra of the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari the European Union Chamber Orchestra, The orchestra of the NorlandsOpern in Sweden, the Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra and the Orchestra dell’Arena di Verona.
Daniel is an active opera conductor. At the Israeli Opera he conducted such operas as: Tchaikovsky's Pique Dame, Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mzensk, Verdi's La Traviata, Rigoletto and Othello and Berg's Wozzeck. Daniel also conducted the Israeli Opera Studio productions of Rossini's La Cenerentola and Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro.
At the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari Daniel conducted a new production of Massenet's Don Quichotte. At the Festival della Valle d’Itria in Italy he conducted the Italian premiere of Francesco D'avalos's opera Maria di Venosa. In January 2013 Daniel made his debut at the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto, conducting Christopher Alden's production of Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito.
Daniel Cohen was born in Natanya, Israel in 1984. He studied music from an early age, beginning on the piano at the age of 6 and switching to the Violin at the age of 7. At the age of 14 he became the youngest student at the Tel-Aviv Academy of music, studying violin under Haim Taub and Composition under Isaac Sadai.
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