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Shwartz is Chief Conductor of the Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie. From 2013 to 2016 he served as Music Director of the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic, where he oversaw the acclaimed Polish institution’s move to the National Forum of Music and was closely involved with its work during Wroclaw’s turn as 2016 European Capital of Culture.
Benjamin Shwartz (born 1979) is an American-Israeli orchestral and opera conductor, and music director of the Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie, Koblenz (Germany).
Shwartz is Chief Conductor of the Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie. From 2013 to 2016 he served as Music Director of the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic, where he oversaw the acclaimed Polish institution’s move to the National Forum of Music and was closely involved with its work during Wroclaw’s turn as 2016 European Capital of Culture.
Shwartz is Chief Conductor of the Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie. From 2013 to 2016 he served as Music Director of the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic, where he oversaw the acclaimed Polish institution’s move to the National Forum of Music and was closely involved with its work during Wroclaw’s turn as 2016 European Capital of Culture.
Committed to new music, Shwartz has led numerous world premieres of works by composers of his generation. He is the conductor of Mercury Soul, a new music project, which he curates together with composer Mason Bates and designer Anne Patterson.
Shwartz is the conductor of Mercury Soul, the pioneering music project co- founded in 2008 with composer and DJ Mason Bates and visual artist Anne Patterson (www.mercurysoul.org).
Benjamin Shwartz is an American-Israeli orchestral and opera conductor, and music director of the Wrocław Philharmonic [1] known for his interest in and commitment to new music. [2] Born in Los Angeles and raised there and in Israel, he attended the Idyllwild Arts Academy in California before enrolling in the University of Pennsylvania, where ...
