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Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

Arts Desk

Meet Lahav Shani: The Young Israeli Conductor Taking the Musical World by Storm

Susan Lewis

Lahav Shani followed Yannick Nézet-Séguin as principal conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic in September of 2018 and has succeeded Zubin Mehta as music director of the Israel Philharmonic as of 2020. A concert pianist, he has also studied and played the bass professionally. WRTI’s Susan Lewis has more on the young maestro and the story of how Prokofiev's Symphony No. 5 led him into conducting.