Conductor Ariel Zuckermann is a musical free spirit and explorer of artistic boundaries. His knowledge of repertoire spanning all musical periods is reflected in ingenious and compelling programs. His technical and musical standards, coupled with irrepressible creativity, energy and humanity, act as a magnet for orchestras, soloists and audiences alike.

In 2020, he was reappointed as Principal Conductor of the Georgian Chamber Orchestra Ingolstadt — a position he had previously held until 2011. Ariel Zuckermann also enjoys close and regular collaboration with the Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra which appointed him Principal Guest Conductor in 2023. He has been music director of the renowned Israel Chamber Orchestra from 2015-2023 and actively shaped and influenced the Israeli music scene and its cultural policy.

Ariel Zuckermann began his conducting career in 2001. Since then, he has conducted many of the world’s leading orchestras, including the London Symphony Orchestra, the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bayerisches Staatsorchester, the Budapest Festival Orchestra, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne and the Israel Philharmonic.

 

As a flutist, Ariel Zuckermann has won several prizes in national and international competitions. He has performed as a soloist and chamber musician all over the world. Recently, he released his debut album as both flutist and conductor, presenting the three flute concertos by C.P.E. Bach.

 

Ariel began his musical training in Tel Aviv, studying flute with Uri Shoham, Yossi Arnheim and Moshe Epstein. He is a graduate of the Thelma Yellin High School of the Arts and the IDF Outstanding Musicians Program. He went on to study flute at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich with Paul Meisen and András Adorján. Further studies followed with Alain Marion and Aurèle Nicolet. He began his conducting studies with Jorma Panula at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm. In May 2004, he gained his conducting diploma with Bruno Weil at the Musikhochschule München.