- Yaniv Dinur, Conductor & Pianist
Bio
Yaniv Dinur is the winner of the 2019 Sir Georg Solti Conducting Fellow Award and Music Director of the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra. He is lauded for his insightful interpretations and unique ability to connect with concertgoers of all ages and backgrounds, from season subscribers to symphony newcomers.
In New Bedford, he has brought star soloists such as Yefim Bronfman, Pinchas Zukerman, Karen Gomyo and Vadim Gluzman to play with the orchestra. Under his leadership, the New Bedford Symphony has been nationally recognized for its bold, engaging programming and artistic quality, leading to the League of American Orchestras selecting the orchestra to perform at the 2021 League Conference.
Dinur served as Resident Conductor of the Milwaukee Symphony from 2015-2023. During this period, he conducted 372 concerts, including 144 performances for youth and children. Recognizing his leadership and impact, the Milwaukee Business Journal selected him as a 40 Under 40 honoree, an award for young professionals making a difference in the community.
Dinur’s recent and upcoming guest conducting highlights include subscription debuts with the symphonies of San Diego, Edmonton, Tulsa, Sarasota, Fort Worth, Illinois, Present Music in Milwaukee, Orchestra Haydn in Italy, and Filarmonica de Madrid. He made his conducting debut at the age of 19 with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, which led to multiple return engagements. Since then, he has conducted orchestras around the world, including the Israel Philharmonic, Jerusalem Symphony, Houston Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic, Detroit Symphony, New World Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, Portugal Symphony Orchestra, Sofia Festival Orchestra/Bulgaria, State Orchestra of St. Petersburg, Torino Philharmonic, and the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa.
An accomplished pianist, Dinur established a chamber music series at the Villa Terrace Museum in Milwaukee, where he performs with musicians from the Milwaukee Symphony. Recent concerto performances include Brahms' First Piano Concerto with the New Bedford Symphony and Mozart’s D Minor Concerto with the Milwaukee Symphony, for which he received critical acclaim for his “fluid, beautifully executed piano passages” and “deeply musical playing” (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel).
Dinur is the winner of numerous awards, among them the 2017 and 2016 Solti Foundation U.S. Career Assistance Awards, 2nd Prize at the 2009 Mata International Conducting Competition in Mexico, and the Yuri Ahronovitch 1st Prize in the 2005 Aviv Conducting Competition in Israel. He is also a recipient of the America-Israel Cultural Foundation and the Zubin Mehta Scholarship Endowment.
Born in Jerusalem, Dinur began studying the piano at the age of six with his aunt, Olga Shachar, and later with Prof. Alexander Tamir, Tatiana Alexanderov, Mark Dukelsky, and Edna Golandsky. He studied conducing in Israel with Dr. Evgeny Zirlin and Prof. Mendi Rodan, and holds a Doctorate in Orchestral Conducting from the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance, where he was a student of Prof. Kenneth Kiesler.
Schedule
Villa Terrace Museum
Sunday, December 17, 2023 11am
Peter Thomas, cello
Yaniv Dinur, piano
Beethoven: Sonata for Piano & Cello no. 2 in G Minor
Shostakovich: Cello Sonata
Villa Terrace Museum
Sunday, January 14, 2024 11am
Todd Levy, clarinet
Madeline Kabat, cello
Yaniv Dinur, piano
Bruch: Three Pieces for Clarinet, Cello and Piano
Stutschewski: Hasidic Fantasy
Brahms: Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano
New Bedford Symphony
Saturday, January 20, 2024 7:30pm
Yaniv Dinur, conductor
Movie Pops: Let’s Get Animated!
Illinois Symphony
Friday, January 26, 2024 7:30pm
UIS Performing Arts Center, Springfield, IL
Yaniv Dinur, conductor
Tunes from the Toons!
Illinois Symphony
Saturday, January 27, 2024 7:30pm
ISU Center for the Performing Arts, Normal, IL
Yaniv Dinur, conductor
Tunes from the Toons!
Villa Terrace Museum
Sunday, February 18, 2024 11am
Ilana Setapen, violin
Susan Babini, cello
Yaniv Dinur, piano
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio
Boca Raton Festival of the Arts
Saturday, March 2, 2024
Yaniv Dinur, conductor
John Williams: Jaws - Film with Orchestra
Villa Terrace Museum
Sunday, March 10, 2024 11am
Piano Recital
Yaniv Dinur, piano
Mozart: Piano Sonata K. 330 in C Major
Chopin: Scherzo no. 2
Prokofiev: Piano Sonata no. 7
New Bedford Symphony
Saturday, March 16, 2024 7:30pm
Yaniv Dinur, conductor
Jesse Holstein, violin
Anna Griffis, viola
Andreia Pinto Correia: Acanto
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”
Filarmonia de Madrid
Friday, March 22, 2024 10:30pm
Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid, Spain
Yaniv Dinur, conductor
Mozart: Symphony no. 40
Mozart: Requiem
New Bedford Symphony
Saturday, April 13, 7:30pm
Yaniv Dinur, conductor
Katherine Chi, piano
Prokofiev: Suite from The Love for Three Oranges
Brian Raphael Nabors: Pulse for Orchestra
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
New Bedford Symphony
Saturday, May 18, 7:30pm
Yaniv Dinur, conductor
Sergei Babayan, piano
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 “Pathétique”
Milwaukee Symphony
Tuesday, June 4 2024 7:30pm
Yaniv Dinur, conductor
Past Events
New Bedford Symphony
Sunday, December 10, 2023 3:30pm and 7pm
Holiday Pops
Yaniv Dinur, Conductor
Friday, November 24, 2023 7:30pm
Bradley Symphony Center, Milwaukee
Yaniv Dinur, conductor
John Debney: Elf - Film with Orchestra
Milwaukee Symphony
Saturday, November 25, 2023 7:30pm
Bradley Symphony Center, Milwaukee
Yaniv Dinur, conductor
John Debney: Elf - Film with Orchestra
Milwaukee Symphony
Sunday, November 26, 2023 2:30pm
Bradley Symphony Center, Milwaukee
Yaniv Dinur, conductor
John Debney: Elf - Film with Orchestra
New Bedford Symphony
Saturday, November 18, 2023 7:30pm
Yaniv Dinur, conductor
Janice Weber, piano
Clarice Assad: Nhanderú
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2
Dvořák: Symphony No. 6
Villa Terrace Museum
Sunday, November 12, 2023 11am
Alisa Jordheim, voice
Yaniv Dinur, piano
Bernstein: I Hate Music
Lili Boulanger: 4 songs from Clairières dans le ciel
Strauss: 3 Lieder op. 29
Copland: 5 Poems by Emily Dickinson
Adam Guettel: The Light in the Piazza
Sondheim: Children Will Listen (from Into the Woods)
Sondheim: On the steps of the palace ((from Into the Woods)
Bock/Harnick: Vanilla Ice Cream (from She Loves Me)
Sondheim: Send In the Clowns (from A Little Night Music)
Bernstein: Glitter and Be Gay (from Candide)
Illinois Symphony
Saturday, November 4, 2023 7:30pm
ISU Center for the Performing Arts, Normal, IL
Yaniv Dinur, conductor
Alexander Korsantia, piano
Adolphus Hailstork: An American Port of Call
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3
Hanson: Symphony No. 2 “Romantic”
Illinois Symphony
Sunday, November 5, 2023 3pm
UIS Performing Arts Center, Springfield, IL
Yaniv Dinur, conductor
Alexander Korsantia, piano
Adolphus Hailstork: An American Port of Call
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3
Hanson: Symphony No. 2 “Romantic”
Present Music
Sunday, October 29, 2023 7:30pm
Milwaukee Art Museum
Yaniv Dinur, conductor
Donna Woodall, voice
Die Stadt ohne Juden - Film with music by Olga Neuwirth
Woody Guthrie /Lisa Gutkin/Aviya Kopelman: Gonna Get Through This World
New Bedford Symphony
Saturday, October 14, 2023 7:30pm
Yaniv Dinur, conductor
Sydney Lee, cello
James Lee III: Sukkot through Orion’s Nebula
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Video
Mahler - Symphony no. 1, mvt. 4 (excerpt)Mahler - Symphony no. 1, mvt. 4 (2nd theme)Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique, mvt. 1 (excerpt)Debussy - La MerStravinsky - The Rite of Spring (excerpt)
Brahms - Piano Concerto no. 1 (excerpts)
Gallery
- Press
"Yaniv Dinur leads Fort Worth Symphony in an arresting ‘Symphonie fantastique’. Dinur got committed and often illuminating playing from the orchestra...
Dinur led an exquisite performance [of Boulanger's D'un matin de printemps]."
The Dallas Morning News
"Dinur handled his dual roles [playing and conducting Mozart's D Minor Concerto] deftly, snapping from fluid, beautifully executed piano passages to hands-in-air conducting, before turning back to immediate immersion in deeply musical playing. He was as delightful to watch as he was to hear."
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"Last weekend, the Houston Symphony made "Carmina Burana" burn... Tasked with keeping everyone on the same page was guest conductor Yaniv Dinur, impressively demonstrating the skill set that won him the 2019 Sir Georg Solti Prize."
Houston Chronicle
"Dinur, conducting without a score, let the piece unfold with energy and grandeur. He never allowed anything to feel rushed, or too weighty. His sense of timing extended to moments of silence as well, each of which had its own energy and momentum."
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"With less than 12 hours’ notice, Dinur replaced the ill and indisposed Edo de Waart on the podium. He gave a thoroughly solid account of Symphony No. 3 by Brahms with grace and power."
Shepherd Express
"The audience was dazzled by up-and-coming conductor Yaniv Dinur's thoughtful and inspired interpretations ... In addition to having a patent understanding of the pieces, the Israeli's interaction with the orchestra encouraged an infusion of spark and gracefulness into mainstream repertoire, as well as the compositions less commonly performed."
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