10 Facts About Dan Ettinger

Dan Ettinger is an Israeli conductor, opera singer and pianist.

Dan Ettinger grew up in the Tel Aviv suburb of Holon.

Dan Ettinger began taking piano lessons at the age of five.

Dan Ettinger received his musical training at the Thelma Yellin High School for the Arts in Givatayim.

Dan Ettinger made a career as a baritone at the Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv, until he was offered a position as choir director.

From 2003 to 2009, Ettinger was a conducting assistant to Daniel Barenboim and Kapellmeister at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin.

Dan Ettinger was Generalmusikdirektor of the Mannheim National Theatre from 2009 to 2016.

Dan Ettinger has served as chief conductor of the Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion and music director of the Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv, with an initial tenure in the posts from 2005 to 2014, and a second, current tenure beginning in 2018.

Dan Ettinger became principal conductor of the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra in 2015.

Dan Ettinger made numerous opera guest performances from Covent Garden in London to the Vienna State Opera to the Metropolitan Opera in New York.