Tanglewood Learning Institute ShopTalks Avner Dorman & Asher Fisch

Avner Dorman, composer and conductor, is an alumnus of the Tanglewood Music Center. His Double Concerto for Violin and Cello receives its US premiere with soloists Pinchas Zukerman and Amanda Forsyth in the Shed on August 3. Dorman is music director of CityMusic Cleveland Chamber Orchestra and Associate Professor of Music Theory and Composition at the Sunderman Conservatory of Music at Gettysburg College.

A renowned conductor in both the operatic and symphonic worlds, Asher Fisch is celebrated for his interpretative command of core German and Italian repertoire of the Romantic and post-Romantic era. He conducts a wide variety of repertoire from Gluck to contemporary works by living composers. Since 2014, he has been the Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. His former posts include Principal Guest Conductor of the Seattle Opera (2007-2013), Music Director of the New Israeli Opera (1998-2008), and Music Director of the Wiener Volksoper (1995-2000).

The ShopTalks series is supported by a gift from the Perles Law Firm in honor of the victims of the Beirut Marine Barracks Bombing and their families.