David Shallon
David Shallon (15 October 1950 in Tel Aviv, Israel – 15 or 16 September 2000 in Tokyo, Japan) was an Israeli conductor.At the Tel Aviv Music Academy, he studied conducting with Noam Sheriff and continued his studies in Vienna with Hans Swarowsky, where he met his future wife, the German violist Tabea Zimmermann.[1] At the invitation of Leonard Bernstein, he became his assistant, and conducted Gustav Mahler's 3rd Symphony with the Vienna Philharmonic in 1980.He has performed with world-famous soloists since then, including Gidon Kremer, Radu Lupu, Alicia de Larrocha, Itzhak Perlman, András Schiff, Heinrich Schiff, Isaac Stern, Frank Peter Zimmermann and Tabea Zimmermann.[1] In September 2000, Shallon died suddenly and unexpectedly from an asthma attack in Tokyo during a concert tour in Japan.