Dan Ettinger is one of the leading international conductors of his generation. Since the start of the 2015/2016 season he has been Principal Conductor of the Stuttgart Philharmonic and General Music Director of the City of Stuttgart. His contract was prematurely extended in July 2016 to run till the summer of 2023. Ettinger regularly conducts at the world's great opera houses such as the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Washington National Opera, London's Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, the Opera National de Paris, the New National Theatre in Tokyo, Opernhaus Zurich, the Salzburg Festival and the State Opera Houses of Vienna and Munich. Ever since he began his conducting career, Ettinger has been scoring great successes on the concert platform as well. From 2002 to 2003 he was First Guest Conductor of the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. His appearances with the Stuttgart Philharmonic and with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra and the Israel Symphony now form the core elements of his concert activities. On this release, he leads the Stuttgarter Philharmoniker in performing the timeless works of WA Mozart.