Ido Arad was born in Florida (USA) and raised in Tel Aviv (Israel). He studied classical guitar at the Robert-Schumann-Musikhochschule Düsseldorf and conducting with Prof. Lutz Köhler at the Universität der Künste Berlin.

Staatsoper in Munich during the 2013-14 season, and later on TRISTAN UND ISOLDE in concert with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra in Perth and on Richard Strauss’ CAPRICCIO at Teatro Real in Madrid in 2019.

German-based Israeli conductor Ido Arad is distinguished by his clarity of interpretation, technical precision and the impelling energy of his music.

Upcoming highlights include his debut at the Israeli Opera Tel-Aviv-Yafo, at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, as well as with Klagenfurt’s Kärtner Sinfonieorchester. He also returns to the Deutsche Oper Berlin with L’INVISIBLE (A. Reimann) and for the first time with symphonic repertoire to the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg and the Staatskapelle Berlin.

The 2019-20 season saw his debuts at the Salzburger Landestheater for a new production of Carl Maria von Weber’s OBERON. He also returned to the Deutsche Oper Berlin for performances of LA TRAVIATA and the Staatsballett Berlin for Tchaikovsky’s THE NUTCRACKER.

Ido Arad held the position of Kapellmeister and Assistant to the General Music Director at the Deutsche Oper Berlin from 2016 to 2018, where he conducted productions of Bizet’s CARMEN, Mozart’s DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE, Rossini’s IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, Verdi’s UN BALLO IN MASCHERA, DON CARLO and LA TRAVIATA, as well as Meyerbeer’s LES HUGUENOTS. His debut at the Deutsche Oper Berlin dates back to 2015, when he stepped in at short notice for Tchaikovsky’s EUGENE ONEGIN.

Recent seasons included Ido Arad’s debut at the Semperoper Dresden with Mozart’s LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, performances of Tchaikovsky’s SLEEPING BEAUTY and Prokofiev’s ROMÉO ET JULIETTE with the Staatsballett Berlin, as well as concerts with the Philharmonisches Orchester Cottbus and Südwestfalen Philharmonic.

Prior to his time in Berlin, Ido Arad held permanent positions at the Mittelsächsische Theater Freiberg and Stadttheater Bremerhaven, where he was the First Kapellmeister and Deputy General Music Director. During this period he conducted productions including TANNHÄUSER, EUGENE ONEGIN, DON CARLO, LA BOHÈME, RUSALKA, L’ELISIR D’AMORE, as well as a number of symphonic concerts.

Guest engagements have also taken him to Theater Münster, Theater Freiburg, and to the Anhaltische Theater Dessau. He conducted a new production of Richard Strauss’ SALOME staged by Brigitte Fassbaender at Theater Regensburg in 2017. Mr Arad collaborated closely with Maestro Asher Fisch, whom he assisted on a production of SALOME at the Bayerische

“The music performed by the orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin under the baton of Ido Arad is brilliant and full of energy, expanding the score’s full palette of colour.”