Internationally acclaimed conductor, Nir Kabaretti, has been recently appointed Music Director of the South West Florida Symphony and continues his tenure as Music and Artistic Director of the Santa Barbara Symphony in Santa Barbara, California. Described as “a conductor with immense musicality and warm personality” by Maestro Zubin Mehta, Kabaretti has earned an impressive reputation across continents for his command of a vast symphonic and operatic repertoire, and his profound knowledge of and sensitivity to the music he conducts