Nabil Shehata
Conductor
“Giving space to music” runs like a thread through Nabil Shehata’s life, both literally and figuratively. As a nine-year-old, the double bass opens the door to, in his words, “the most beautiful repertoire there is” – namely that of classical music. As a young person, he feels the growing desire to be involved in this music as a conductor.
Nabil Shehata follows this impulse, gives up his position as principal bass player of the Berlin Philharmonic, and has since successfully embarked on a career as a conductor.
A critic recently wrote that he conducts with “authority full of ease,” an observation that corresponds precisely with what Nabil Shehata is aiming for: “It’s about resonating with each other. This is what creates music. This is what I want to achieve with orchestras.”
Nabil Shehata has developed a conducting style that is closely related to chamber music making because he is convinced that “this is how music is created that can achieve what audiences, orchestras, and conductors alike desire: unforgettable concert experiences!“
Nabil Shehata’s career began as principal bass player with the Staatskapelle Berlin and the Berlin Philharmonic. As a conductor, he has been mentored and taught by Christian Thielemann, Rolf Reuter, and Lawrence Forster, among others. Since 2019, he has been chief conductor of the Philharmonie Südwestfalen and has recently guest conducted, among other ensembles, the Stuttgart Philharmonic, the Munich Radio Orchestra, the Robert Schumann Philharmonic, and the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra. Not long ago he made his conducting debut with great success at the soldout Elbphilharmonie.
Prior to his current position, he was chief conductor at the Munich Chamber Opera, and broadened his experience at the Berlin State Opera as an assistant to Daniel Barenboim. As a professor of double bass in Munich and Berlin as well as a member of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, he has passed on his experience to younger musicians for many years. In his hometown of Verden, Nabil Shehata founded the Maiklänge chamber music festival, where he pursues a project close to his heart in organizing high-quality concerts there.
On the GENUIN CD Works for Double Bass and Piano by Brahms, Bruch, Glière and Kusevitsky Nabil Shehata plays double bass.
Photo: Robert Stewart
The artist's homepage: 
https://nabilshehata.com
“Giving space to music” runs like a thread through Nabil Shehata’s life, both literally and figuratively. As a nine-year-old, the double bass opens the door to, in his words, “the most beautiful repertoire there is” – namely that of classical music. As a young person, he feels the growing desire to be involved in this music as a conductor.
Nabil Shehata follows this impulse, gives up his position as principal bass player of the Berlin Philharmonic, and has since successfully embarked on a career as a conductor.
A critic recently wrote that he conducts with “authority full of ease,” an observation that corresponds precisely with what Nabil Shehata is aiming for: “It’s about resonating with each other. This is what creates music. This is what I want to achieve with orchestras.”
Nabil Shehata has developed a conducting style that is closely related to chamber music making because he is convinced that “this is how music is created that can achieve what audiences, orchestras, and conductors alike desire: unforgettable concert experiences!“
Nabil Shehata’s career began as principal bass player with the Staatskapelle Berlin and the Berlin Philharmonic. As a conductor, he has been mentored and taught by Christian Thielemann, Rolf Reuter, and Lawrence Forster, among others. Since 2019, he has been chief conductor of the Philharmonie Südwestfalen and has recently guest conducted, among other ensembles, the Stuttgart Philharmonic, the Munich Radio Orchestra, the Robert Schumann Philharmonic, and the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra. Not long ago he made his conducting debut with great success at the soldout Elbphilharmonie.
Prior to his current position, he was chief conductor at the Munich Chamber Opera, and broadened his experience at the Berlin State Opera as an assistant to Daniel Barenboim. As a professor of double bass in Munich and Berlin as well as a member of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, he has passed on his experience to younger musicians for many years. In his hometown of Verden, Nabil Shehata founded the Maiklänge chamber music festival, where he pursues a project close to his heart in organizing high-quality concerts there.
On the GENUIN CD Works for Double Bass and Piano by Brahms, Bruch, Glière and Kusevitsky Nabil Shehata plays double bass.
Photo: Robert Stewart
The artist's homepage: https://nabilshehata.com
The artist's homepage: https://nabilshehata.com
3 albums released by GENUIN classics
with Nabil Shehata
Orchestral Works by Antonín Dvorák
Double CD focusing on Dvorák's orchestral works
Philharmonie Südwestfalen
Nabil Shehata Conductor
GEN 24853 – 1.3.2024
Die Weihe des Hauses – The Consecration of the House
Works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and Andres Reukauf
Philharmonie Südwestfalen
Nabil Shehata Conductor
GEN 23848 – 6.10.2023
Works for Double Bass and Piano
by Brahms, Bruch, Glière and Koussevitzky
Nabil Shehata Conductor
Karim Shehata Piano
GEN 17448 – 9.1.2017