Described as “a conductor with immense musicality and warm personality” by his mentor Zubin Mehta, Nir Kabaretti is the Music & Artistic Director of the Santa Barbara Symphony.

Kabaretti has earned an impressive reputation across continents for his command of a vast symphonic, operatic and ballet repertoire and has worked with some of the world’s most sought-after musicians, leading opera houses, and renowned orchestras. Some of his collaborators include Lang Lang, Placido Domingo, Joyce Di Donato, Itzhak Perlman, Vadim Repin and Hélène Grimaud.

As guest conductor, Kabaretti worked with over 100 orchestras including the Tokyo philharmonic Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra del Teatro dell’ Opera di Roma, Orchestre Philharmonie Royale de Liège, Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra, National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Filarmónica de Buenos Aires, Orchestre National du Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse,Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, and the Royal Swedish Opera.

Nir Kabaretti recorded for Deutsche Gramophone 5 CD’s of modern piano concerti for young pianists, a DVD of Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night’s Dream with Teatro alla Scala in Milan,
and in 2022 he recorded with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Pianist Roberto Prosseda Four Italian Piano Concerti.