1st prize Dimitri Mitropoulos International Conducting Competition in New York in 1969 Served as Leonard Bernstein`s assistant with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra from 1969 to 1970 Conducted the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, London Symphony Orchestra, and L`Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, among others. Principal Conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, the Israel Chamber Orchestra, Chautauqua Festival, Century Orchestra of Osaka in Japan, Music Director of the Louisville Orchestra In America he conducted Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Dallas Houston , Rochester, Detroit Symphony Orchestra Since his operatic debut in Santa Fe he conducted operas in Europe, Japan, and Israel. Recorded for EMI and Decca London among others.... the K488 Mozart Concerto with London Symphony, Ilana Vered soloist.