Eliahu Inbal (born on 16 February 1936 in Jerusalem) is an Israeli conductor whose career began with studies in violin and composition at the Jerusalem Music Academy before earning a scholarship to the Paris Conservatory under Leonard Bernstein’s recommendation. In 1963, he won the International Conducting Competition Guido Cantelli in Novara. He led the Radio‑Sinfonie‑Orchester Frankfurt from 1974 to 1990, producing award‑winning recordings of music by Mahler and Bruckner, and later served as chief conductor of the Gran Teatro La Fenice (1984‑1989), RAI Symphony Orchestra in Turin (1996‑2001), Berliner Sinfonie‑Orchester (2001‑2006), Czech Philharmonic (2009‑2012), Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra (2008‑2014), and Taipei Symphony Orchestra (2019‑2022). His discography included Brahms Piano Concertos (1989, 1991), Bruckner Symphony No. 3 (2006), Bruckner Symphony No. 4 (2006), and Bruckner Symphony No. 8 (2010). Inbal received the German Deutscher Schallplattenpreis in the 80s, the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Officer in 1990, the Italian Premio Abbiati (1996/97) and International Opera Award (2014) for a Wagner production.
