Eliahu Inbal / Sarah Wegener / Antwerp Symphony Orchestra

In Inbal, one can trace the clear traits of role models and teachers such as Franco Ferrara and Sergiu Celibidache; he possesses the strength for tranquillity and the sense to create unbridled passion and dramatic effect. (Die Welt)

Since winning first prize in the Cantelli Conducting Competition at the age of 26, Eliahu Inbal has enjoyed a career of international renown, conducting leading orchestras around the world. Over the years, he has been appointed principal conductor of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony (hr-Sinfonieorchester), Teatro La Fenice in Venice, RAI National Symphony, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Czech Philharmonic, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony, who named him conductor laureate in 2014. From 2019 until 2022, Eliahu Inbal served as principal conductor of the Taipei Symphony Orchestra and also became its conductor laureate in 2023.

The Antwerp Symphony Orchestra (the royal orchestra of Flanders)  is the symphony orchestra of Flanders and Belgium, with the world-renowned Queen Elisabeth Hall as its home base. In collaboration with its honorary conductor Philippe Herreweghe, emeritus conductor Jaap van Zweden, and renowned guest conductors, it performs several concerts yearly in prestigious Belgian and international concert venues.