Rotem Weinberg

Israeli-American conductor Rotem Weinberg is known for his profound musicality, creative programming, and polished performances. He is a cross-genre musician, at home in classical, operatic, and orchestral pops repertoires alike. He serves as Director of Orchestral Activities and Assistant Professor of Music at West Virginia University, where he conducts the WVU Symphony Orchestra and teaches graduate and undergraduate conducting.

Weinberg's previous collegiate positions include Visiting Director of Orchestras at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Music Director of the University of Michigan Campus Orchestras, and Music Director of the Michigan Pops Orchestra. He also served as Music Director of the Spectrum Orchestra in Birmingham, Michigan; Associate Conductor of the Michigan Youth Symphony Orchestra; and Cover Conductor for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

He has participated in workshops and masterclasses with world renowned orchestral conductors, including Simon Rattle, Zubin Mehta, Zsolt Nagy, and Christopher Lyndon Gee. An advocate of contemporary music, Weinberg has collaborated and premiered works by composers Tyler Arnold, Sawyer Denton, Natalie Moller, Nina Shekhar, and Samuel Sussman.

Weinberg holds MM and DMA degrees in Orchestral Conducting from the University of Michigan, where he studied with the renowned conductor and pedagogue Kenneth Kiesler. He earned a BM in Orchestral Conducting from the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music at Tel-Aviv University.

In addition to conducting, Weinberg is an arranger, orchestrator, engraver, and editor. His work is performed by professional and educational ensembles all over the world. Of special note are his editions of orchestral works by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, which promote access to the music of this once forgotten great composer.