He developed his interest in opera thanks to Leonard Bernstein, who in 1968 chose the thirteen-year-old Oren as the boy soloist in his Chichester Psalms for the inauguration of Israeli Television. It was, however, his mother who first guided young Daniel toward a comprehensive musical education, encouraging him to study not only piano and cello but also singing, harmony, and counterpoint. He later completed his studies in Europe, winning in 1975 the prestigious Herbert von Karajan Competition for young conductors—an achievement that marked the beginning of his international career. After his debut in the United States, performing at the Spoleto Festival of Two Worlds in 1978, his reputation also flourished in Italy. He was appointed Principal Conductor of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma and later served as Music Director of the Teatro Verdi in Trieste, the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, and the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa. In recent years, the Israeli conductor has continued to appear successfully in major Italian theatres—including Florence, Parma, Turin, and Venice—while maintaining close collaborations with leading European and American opera houses such as the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, the Vienna State Opera, the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, the Tokyo Opera, and the opera houses of Houston, Dallas, San Francisco, and the Opéra Bastille in Paris, where he achieved exceptional acclaim with Leo Nucci, Roberto Alagna, and Angela Gheorghiu. His performance of Verdi’s Nabucco for the opening season of the New Israeli Opera in December 1994 represented a particularly meaningful milestone in Oren’s career, bringing together his passion for the operatic world and his deep love for his homeland. He is currently Artistic Director of the Teatro Verdi in Salerno, where he conducts numerous productions each season. He is also a regular guest in Paris, at London’s Royal Opera House Covent Garden, and in Tel Aviv, Verona, Florence, Madrid, Cologne, and Barcelona.