Omer Shteinhart

INTRODUCTION

Omer Shteinhart is a versatile conductor with wide knowledge and a genuine passion for an exceptionally broad repertoire, ranging from Baroque and contemporary classical to rock music.

RECENT AND FUTURE ENGAGEMENTS

During the 2026/2027 season, Omer Shteinhart will debut with Copenhagen Philharmonic (Open Orchestra and Ouverture concerts on tour) and will work with Bergen National Opera as cover conductor for George Benjamin’s Written on Skin. He will be returning to Stavanger Symphony Orchestra and Insimul Sinfonietta as a guest conductor.

In previous seasons, working on both opera and symphonic repertoire, Omer conducted Wiener Kammerorchester at Konzerthaus Wien, Opera Rogaland with a production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni and Menotti’s The Medium, and Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 (arr. Simon) with soloists from Stavanger Symphony Orchestra.

BIOGRAPHY

Omer served as assistant conductor of Stavanger Symphony Orchestra until December 2024, working with Chief Conductor Andris Poga and guest conductors. He was a finalist and Critics’ award winner of the Guido Cantelli 2022 Competition and participated in Gstaad Conducting Academy 2022. Through these experiences, he has worked with Orchestra del Teatro Regio Torino, Biel Solothurn Symphony Orchestra, and the Gstaad Festival Orchestra. In the New Music scene, Omer regularly works with Insimul Sinfonietta and has conducted works by G.F Haas, Boulez, Adams, and Gupta. He has performed with Manchester’s Psappha Ensemble and has participated in the 2020 London Sinfonietta masterclass.

Having graduated with distinction in Conducting from the Royal Northern College of Music under the guidance of Mark Heron and Clark Rundell, Omer was awarded the Mortimer Furber Prize for conducting in 2020/2021. He has assisted at the BBC Philharmonic and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, working with conductors such as Simone Young, Omer Meir Wellber, Ludovic Morlot, and Andris Poga, among others.

Omer studied with Bjarte Engeset and Peter Szilvay at the University of Stavanger in Norway, where he graduated in 2023.

In masterclasses, he has been mentored by conductors such as Antony Hermus, Eivind Gullberg Jensen, Gianandrea Noseda, Jaap van Zweden, Mark Elder, Sascha Goetzel, Nicolás Pasquet, Johannes Schlaefli, and Christian Ehwald.