The Rockford Symphony Orchestra (Illinois) has appointed Yaniv Attar as Music Director. A native of Israel, Yaniv Attar is the 1st prize winner of the Duna Szimfonikus Conducting Competition Budapest, multiple recipient of the Sir Georg Solti Foundation Award, and the 2009 Bruno Walter Memorial Foundation Award.
Attar is the Music Director of the Bellingham Symphony, the Pennsylvania Chamber Orchestra, and Artistic Partner with Northwest Sinfonietta.
