Nir Kabaretti

Nir Kabaretti studied piano and conducting in Tel Aviv before graduating from the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. He began his career as a pianist and chorus master at the Vienna State Opera and Salzburg Festival, later serving as assistant to Maestro Zubin Mehta at Florence’s Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Maestro Kabaretti has built an international career spanning symphonic, operatic, and ballet repertoire, with engagements at leading institutions including La Scala, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Teatro Real in Madrid, and the Royal Swedish Opera. He has conducted more than 100 orchestras worldwide and has led numerous opera and operetta productions. Since 2006, he has served as music and artistic director of the Santa Barbara Symphony.