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Uri Mayer is a Professor and Director of Orchestral Studies at the University of Toronto. He has taught at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Rice University's Shepherd School of Music in Houston, and McGill University in Montreal as well as the Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory of Music. He is renowned for his strong command of a broad symphonic, operatic, and ballet repertoire, having guest conducted leading orchestras worldwide, including those in Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, and Vancouver in Canada, as well as the Houston and Utah symphonies in the U.S. His international conducting engagements include the London Mozart Players, the English Symphony Orchestra, and the NDR Philharmonie Hannover, among others. Mayer served as the Principal Conductor of the Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra in Osaka, Japan, and has been the Artistic Director of the Israel Sinfonietta. He has led numerous opera productions in Canada, the U.S., the Netherlands, Hungary, and Israel, collaborating with distinguished soloists. His recordings have been released under labels such as Arabesque, CBC, Denon Japan, and Hungaroton. In recognition of his significant contributions to the musical life in Canada, the University of Western Ontario awarded him an honorary Doctor of Music degree in 2009.
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