Yves Abel (born 1963) is a Canadian conductor.

Career

Abel was born in

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, the son of French parents. He made his professional debut as a boy, singing solo in Mozart's ''

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'' at the

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. He studied piano and conducting at The New School for Music of the

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in New York City. In 1988, Abel founded the company Opéra Français de New York, which focuses on rarely played French operas. Also its musical director, he presented there the world premiere of Pascal Dusapin's ''To be sung''. Abel was principal guest conductor of the

Deutsche Oper Berlin The Deutsche Oper Berlin is a German opera company located in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin. The resident building is the country's second largest opera house (after Munich's) and also home to the Berlin State Ballet. Since 2004, the D ...

from 2005 to 2011. From 2015 to 2020, Abel was chief conductor of the

Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie The Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie (North West German Philharmonic) is a German symphony orchestra based in Herford. It was founded in 1950 and, along with Philharmonie Südwestfalen and Landesjugendorchester NRW, is one of the 'official' orchestr ...

. In 2020, he became principal conductor of San Diego Opera, with an initial contract of 3 years. Abel and his family reside in Italy. In 2009, the French government appointed him Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. In 2017, Abel received the Rubies Award from the

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, for his services to opera in Canada.

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