沙尼
Lahav Shani
1989 年生於以色列特拉維夫的沙尼，自小便開始修習鋼琴，後來則前往柏林學習指揮技巧。2013 年，在德國 班貝格舉行的馬勒國際指揮大賽中，他一舉奪下首獎殊 榮。2016 年 6 月，沙尼以指揮家和鋼琴獨奏家的身分， 首次與鹿特丹愛樂展開合作。
沙尼作為一名鋼琴家，以領奏的方式演出鋼琴協奏曲， 包括倫敦的愛樂管絃樂團、柏林國家管絃樂團和法國廣播愛樂樂團。沙尼在室內樂表演也有豐富的經驗，曾於歐陸多個音樂節演出，並曾錄製發行了鋼琴三重奏專輯。
沙尼受邀擔任許多重要的交響樂團客座指揮，近期曾與柏林愛樂樂團、維也納愛樂樂團、巴伐利亞廣播交響樂團、倫敦交響樂團、荷蘭皇家大會堂管絃樂團、德勒斯 登國家管絃樂團、蘇黎世音樂廳管絃樂團、布達佩斯節慶管絃樂團、波士頓交響樂團、柏林廣播交響樂團等合作演出。2017年，沙尼成為了維也納交響樂團的首席客座指揮。此外，他也定期與柏林國家管絃樂團合作。 2018年沙尼接下鹿特丹愛樂首席指揮一職，成為該樂團史上最年輕的首席指揮。 2020年沙尼繼祖賓．梅塔之後，接下以色列愛樂音樂總監的職位。
Born in Tel Aviv in 1989, Shani started his piano studies at a young age and went on to Berlin to complete his studies in conducting. He won First Prize in the Gustav Mahler International Conducting Competition in 2013, by 2016 Shani first performed with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra as a conductor and as a piano soloist. Shani as a pianist has play-directed piano concerti with many orchestras including the Philharmonia Orchestra, Staatskapelle Berlin, and Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France.
Shani also has considerable experience performing chamber music appearing at festivals as well as recordings.
Recent and upcoming highlights as a Guest Conductor include engagements with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Vienna Philharmonic, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Dresden Staatskapelle, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Boston Symphony and RundfunkSinfonieorchester Berlin, to name a few.
He became Principal Guest Conductor of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra in the 2017/18 season, and works regularly with the Staatskapelle Berlin. In the 2020/21 season, Shani succeeded Zubin Mehta as Music Director of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Lahav Shani is the Chief Conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. He assumed his position in September 2018, becoming the youngest Chief Conductor in the orchestra's history.
