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Date of birth: 19 October 1971
Languages: Hebrew, English, Spanish

Education:

• Jerusalem Rubin Academy of Music and Dance - M.mus +Artist Diploma (1997-1999) and B.mus (1994-1997) majoring in Orchestral Conducting under the guidance of Prof. Mendi Rodan, together with Musicology studies at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem
• Tel Aviv University - Economics and Musicology towards the B.A (1992-1994)
• Thelma Yellin Music High School (1984-1989) majoring in piano and clarinet

Professional Experience:

• Resident Conductor, The Israel Stage Orchestra - Holon (Roni Porat, Music Director), since Nov. 2000
• Music Director/Conductor, The Campus Symphony Orchestra, Tel Aviv, since Oct. 2001
• Conductor, Musical Advisor and clarinetist of the 'Reflex' ensemble, a contemporary music ensemble, directed by composer Keren Rosenbaum, since December 1997
• Conductor/ Music Director, HaSharon Orchestra (Kfar Shmariahu), Sept. 1999-Sept. 2000
• Conductor and co-producer of 'Kolot Hadashim' Festival for new music and arts, Kibbutz Kfar Blum, April 1998; "Ultrasound Festival", Tel Aviv, December 1999 (radio/Television)
• Assistant conductor to Mr. Robert Gutter in Matan summer music camp (Israel), July 1997
• Reading and performing new pieces and orchestrations with the Jerusalem Rubin Academy's Chamber and Symphony Orchestras, 1995-9

Productions and Guest Conducting:

• Beit Lessin Theater Opening Gala Night, Director: Tsadok (Tsedi) Tsarfati, Tel Aviv, Oct. 2003
• Guest conductor with the Ra’anana Symphonette Orchestra (Israel), Oct. 2003
• Concert for “The First International Piano Duo Festival”, Tel Aviv, Sept. 2003
• Women’s Composers Concert – Women’s Festival, Holon, February 2002
• First Israeli production of Haydn’s puppets opera “Philemon und Baucis” for the Children’s Music Festival, Holon, October- December 2001.
• First performance with the Janacek Philharmonic orchestra, CZ, November 2001, including world premiere of Dis-solo by Keren RosenbAwards
• Best Conductor awarded by the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra at the Zsolt Nagy Conducting Masterclass, Sept. 2001, with invitation for a concert in the season 2002-3
• Best Conductor awarded by the Janácek Philharmonic Orchestra at the Leoš Janácek Conductor Masterclasses, September 2000 with invitation for a concert in the season 2001-2
Recordings
• “Shades… to Colours”/Ayal Adler – live recording from the Jerusalem Music Center, with Yuval Admony, Piano, and the Israel Contemporary String Quartet (ICSQ), March 2003
• Mozart Piano Concerti– live recording, with pianists: Lahav Shani, Alon Goldstein and Ido Bar-Shai, with the Israel Stage Orchestra, Recanati Hall, Tel Aviv Museum, December 2001
• “Games”/Nurit Jugend - radio broadcast from the Jerusalem Music Center with the Israel Contemporary Players, May 2000
• “Osa Ruach”/Dikla Baniel - radio broadcast, from “Kolot Hadashim” Festival, August 1998
• “Mechanizm”/Keren Rosenbaum - "Young Composer's Concert" in a live radio broadcast from the Jerusalem Music Center, Dec.1997 Academic Teaching and Research
• Conducting teacher at the “Hed” College for New Music, Tel Aviv, since Sept. 2000
• Conductor/ Ensemble instructor at the “Alon” high school, Ramat Hasharon, since Sept. 2002
• Assistant conducting teacher at the Jerusalem Rubin Academy, teaching 'Fundamentals of Conducting' class at the Theory department, 1997-8
• Assistant researcher at the Tel Aviv University’s Faculty of Arts, with Prof. A. Belkin, researching the music of Abraham Goldfaden, the father of the Yiddish Theater, since Aug. 2000. Masterclass and Workshops
• Zsolt Nagy Conducting Masterclass – Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, CZ, Sept.2001
• ASOL Masterclass – with Michael Tilson Thomas and the New World Symphony Orchestra, Miami, January 2001. Working on Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra, first movement.
• The Second International Leoš Janácek Conductor Masterclasses, Aug-Sept 2000, with the Janácek Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Zsolt Nagy
• New Music Conducting Workshop, May 2000, The Jerusalem Music Center, with conductor Zsolt Nagy and The Israeli Contemporary Ensemble
• East Western Divan Workshop for Orchestra and Chamber Music 1999 -Weimar, Germany, with Daniel Barenboim and Yo-Yo Ma
• ASOL/ Donald Thulean Conducting Workshops, Miami* (April 2000 + Jan.2001);
San Francisco* (Jan.1999); Detroit (Jan.1998); with conductors Gustav Meier, David Loebel, Apo Hsu, Christopher Wilkins, Leif Bjaland (*with special attendance of Tilson Thomas)
• Conductor's Institute of South Carolina 1996 - with Kirk Muspratt, Gisele Ben-Dor, Samuel Jones and Paul Vermel Reference List
• Michael Tilson Thomas – Music Director, San Francisco Symphony,
Tel. (415)-522-8000 #304 (contact Mrs. Marcia Kimes, Assistant to Music Dir.)
• Zsolt Nagy – Chief Conductor, The Israel Contemporary Players,
Tel/fax 49-721-857072 (Germany) Email: <nagyzsolt@globalserve.de>
• Christopher Wilkins – Music Director, San Antonio Symphony,
Tel. (210) 554-1000

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