Education
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1999 – 2004 Stanford University, California
1997 – 1998 Hochschule der Kunste Berlin, Germany
1993 – 1997 The Jerusalem Rubin Academy for Music and Dance, Israel
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Doctor Musical Arts (D.M.A.) in Composition. Composition studies with Prof. Jonathan Berger, Prof. Jonathan Harvey and Prof. Brian Ferneyhough.
M.A. studies with Walter Zimmermann and Frederic Rzewski.
B.A. Music in Theory and Composition with Dean’s award. Composition studies with Dr. Ari Ben Shabetai.
Awards & Scholarships
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2007 Composers’ Residency at the Banff Centre, Canada, Summer 2007.
2004 The Subito grant on behalf of the American Composer’s League for the 2nd Concert-Gallery Event.
2004 The Peninsula Community Foundation for the arts, California, USA for the 2nd Concert-Gallery Event.
2003 Recipient of the 2003-04 Giles Whiting Dissertation Fellowship on behalf of the Humanities and Sciences at Stanford
University, California, USA.
2003 The Choreographers & Composers Consortium special grant. A collaborative work with Dancer and Choreographer Amy
Helmstetter for six dancers and four players from the Earplay Contemporary Ensemble. Premier of the new work on the
opening concert for the Summerfest/Dance 2003 Festival, San Francisco, July 10th 2003.
2001 Society of Authors, Composers & Music Publishers in Israel (ACUM) - first prize in the name of Shlomo Tnai for
the composition Bows To Brushes.
2000 First prize at the Liebersohn Orchestral Composition Competition held by the Israeli Composer’s League (ICL) for the
orchestral work Voice Of Silence.
1997 First prize and scholarship by the Abraham & Felizia Klon foundation for Young and Promising Composers held by the
Israeli Composer’s League (ICL), Tel Aviv.
1997 Scholarship for M.A. studies at he Hochschule der Kunste Berlin, Germany.
1996 Special mention by the jury of the Sixth Goffredo Petrassi International Competition for Composers held by the Fondazione
Arturo Toscanini, Italy for the symphony Parody “acknowledged as a work of great interest and high-quality musicianship.”
1996 Class of 1996 Dean’s award by the faculty of composition, conducting and music education, the Jerusalem Rubin
Academy for Music and Dance, Israel.
Major Performances & Radio Broadcasts (Selection)
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2008 University of Alberta-Edmonton, Canada. Pianist Roger Admiral performs A Thought...Miniatures for piano solo.
2007 Banff Centre, Canada, Composer’s Summer Residency. Premier of Where Two Become One (Series),performed by
Yvonne Böhm – Clarinet, Roger Admiral – Piano.
2007 Banff Centre, Canada, Composer’s Summer Residency. Premier of Reflections I for Clarinet Solo, Beth Berends –Clarinet.
2007 Ottawa Festival for chamber music, Canada. Performed Where Two Become One (Series) by Guy Yehuda –Clarinet,
Jimmy Brière – Piano.
2007 Premier of Reflections I for Viola Solo, Guy Ben-Ziony, Ha’teiva Tel-Aviv, Israel.
2007 Intorno al ‘900, Conservatorio Di Musica ‘Antonio Vivaldi’, Italy. Premier of Reflections I for Cello Solo by Tomaz Sever.
2007 EurOrchestra under Maestro Francesco Lentini, Bari Italy, premier of Memories for String Orchestra.
2007 Sound track for the film Shadows Formless directed by Ashish Avikunthak, extracts from various works exclusively.
2005 The CD release of <541> Music from Stanford, Volume 1, Bows To Brushes.
2005 The 2nd Concert-Gallery Event, Composers make art Artists compose, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto. A Thought…
8 miniatures for piano solo, pianist – Ofra Yitzhaki.
2005 Conference for Contemporary Music, Columbia University - New York. Self-portrait I performed by Ensemble
Counter)Induction.
2005 The 2005 ISCM International New Music Festival, Zagreb-Croatia. The Voice of Silence for orchestra performed by
the Slovenian radio & TV orchestra, conductor – Sean Edwards.
2004 The St. Lawrence String Quartet, world premier of Self-portrait II at Stanford University, California, USA.
2004 Pianist Ofra Yitzhaki, performance of piano works Fantasia and A Thought…four Miniatures for piano solo. The
1st Concert-Gallery event; Self-portrait of music and painting at the Pacific Art League, Palo Alto.
2004 The 13th International Review of Composers in Serbia, performance of Conversations for String Quartet.
2004 The 2004 Biennale Festival Tempus Fugit for Contemporary Music in Tel Aviv (Israel), performance of Conversations
by The Israeli Modern String Quartet.
2003 The Choreographers & Composers Consortium. A collaborative work for 6 dancers and 4 players. World premier on
the opening concert for the Summerfest/Dance 2003 Festival, San Francisco.
2003 Mercaz Einav, Tel-Aviv - The Israeli Modern Music String Quartet performed Conversations (Violin - Hadas Fabrikant &
Tali Goldberg, Viola – Galia Chai, Cello - Hila Epstein Kaplan).
2003 The Calarts Contemporary Ensemble, conductor – Mark Menzies performed Above & Beyond at the Music from the
Edge festival at Stanford University.
2003 Music from the Edge - The Stanford New Music Festival, world premier of Self-Portrait for Clarinet ,Violoncello & Piano
by the 'E-Mex' Trio from Germany (clarinet – Joachim Striep, cello – Burkart Zeller, piano – Martin von der Heydt).
2003 The Israeli Modern String Quartet (violin - Hadas Fabrikant & Tali Goldberg, viola – Galia Chai, cello - Hila
Epstein-Kaplan) premiered Conversations at the Jerusalem Music Centre, Israel.
2002 Violinist Yona Zur premiered Elegy for violin solo at the opening of the new office of the Israeli Composers' League,
Tel-Aviv Israel.
2002 Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) and conductor maestro Zubin Mehta, premiers Voice Of Silence November &
December, 2002.
2002 Israel Contemporary Players, performance of Above & beyond for 13 players at the Museum of Tel Aviv and the
Jerusalem Music Centre, live radio broadcast on Kol Hamusica Israeli radio station.
2001 Stanford String Chamber Orchestra and the St. Lawrence String Quartet, conductor J. Karla Lemon and vocalist
Lisa Bielawa, performance of Bows To Brushes by the Alea II ensemble, Stanford University, California.
2000 ISCM World Music Days 2000 Luxembourg, performance of Where Two Become One by pianist Beatrice Rauchs
and violinist Vania Lecuit.
2000 The Haifa Symphony Orchestra, conductor Yaron Gotfried, performance of Voice of Silence at the Liebersohn
composition competition for orchestral work, live radio broadcast on Kol Hamusica Israeli radio station.
2000 The opening of the Jewish synagogue at Nurnberg (Germany), performance and local radio broadcast of Where
Two Become One by pianist Dorian Keilhack and violinist Hela Risto.
2000 The Alea II concert series at Stanford University, World Premier of the sextet Games by SIRIUS.
2000 The Jerusalem Music Centre, performance of Games by the 21st Century Contemporary Players, recorded by and
broadcast on Kol Hamusica Israeli radio station.
2000 The 2000 Biennale Festival Tempus Fugit for Contemporary Music in Tel Aviv (Israel), performance of Where Two
Become One and Gustav Klimt – Impressions by pianist Eyal Ziliuk, violinist Hadas Fabrikant and cellist Miki Katz.
2000 The Israeli Women Festival for Music and Dance in Israel, performance of Momix, conductor Talia Ilan.
2000 The Schwartsche Villa in Berlin (Germany), concert series held by the Gedok women’s performing group, performance
of Kadenza for violoncello solo by cellist Regine Zimmermann.
1999 The BKA Institute in Berlin (German), performance of Kadenza for violoncello solo by cellist Christiane Pape.
1999 The reopening of the Gustav Klimt Villa in Vienna (Austria), performance of Gustav Klimt – Impressions by the Amber Trio.
1998 The Symposium for Contemporary Music in Israel, performance of A Thought... by German pianist Ernest Hueber.
1998 The Institute fur Neue Musik in Berlin (Germany), performance of Gustav Klimt – Impressions by pianist Ernst Surberg,
violinist Barbara Buchberger and cellist Dirk Beisse.
1998 The 3rd Cantieri di Musica Attuale in Corropoli (Italy), performance of A Thought… by pianist A.C. Magnan.
1998 The Festival for Contemporary Music in Belgrade (Yugoslavia), performance and radio broadcast of Gustav Klimt –
Impressions.
1997 “Youth at the Jerusalem Music Centre” concert series in Israel, performance of Winter Dreams, live radio broadcast on
Kol Hamusica Israeli radio station.
1996 The Acanthes Xxeme anniversaire workshop at Villeneuve-Les-Avignion (France), performance of a commissioned
piano solo by Sylvia Fisher, broadcast on a local French radio station.
Membership & Affiliation
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* The Israel Music Centre (IMC) publisher, Tel-aviv.
* The Israeli Composers’ League (ICL), Tel-aviv.
* The Society of Authors, Composers and Music Publishers in Israel (ACUM).
* The American Composers Forum (ACF), USA.