Shai Cohen
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Shai Cohen is an Israel
i music educator and composer.
and composes symphonic music, chamber music, electronic music, and music for solo instruments. Cohen is an active member in the Israel Composers' League and in ACUM(Authors, Composers & Publishers Association).
Since 2003, he is a lecturer at the Department of Music in Bar-Ilan University
. Cohen is also lecturer in Levinsky College of Education and in the Open University
Music Departments.
Cohen's music has been performed by musicians and ensembles like SNU Symphony Orchestra (Korea), the Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble (Moscow), Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
(Japan), ensemble Kaprizma (Israel), Israel Contemporary Players, the Arab & Jewish ensembles of the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra, The Israel Kibbutz Orchestra, Israel Sinfonietta orchestra of Beer-Sheva and many others.
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i music educator and composer.
Biography
Cohen is working as a teacher, composer, and jazz performer. He studied composition with Professor Gideon Lewensohn and Professor Betty OliveroBetty Olivero
-Biography:Olivero was born in Tel Aviv, Israel to parents Dora Kapon and Eli Olivero. She graduated with a Bachelor in Music from the Rubin Academy of Music at Tel Aviv University in 1978, where she studied with Ilona Vincze-Kraus for piano and Yizhak Sadai and Leon Schidlowsky for composition...
and composes symphonic music, chamber music, electronic music, and music for solo instruments. Cohen is an active member in the Israel Composers' League and in ACUM(Authors, Composers & Publishers Association).
Since 2003, he is a lecturer at the Department of Music in Bar-Ilan University
Bar-Ilan University
Bar-Ilan University is a university in Ramat Gan of the Tel Aviv District, Israel.Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is now Israel's second-largest academic institution. It has nearly 26,800 students and 1,350 faculty members...
. Cohen is also lecturer in Levinsky College of Education and in the Open University
Open University of Israel
The Open University of Israel is a distance-education university in Israel. , the Open University taught around 39,000 students.The Open University of Israel has more students than any other academic institution in Israel. The administration is based in the city of Ra'anana. Students from all over...
Music Departments.
Cohen's music has been performed by musicians and ensembles like SNU Symphony Orchestra (Korea), the Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble (Moscow), Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
or is one of the oldest and most prestigious art schools in Japan. Located in Ueno Park, it also has facilities in Toride, Ibaraki, Yokohama, Kanagawa, and Kitasenju, Adachi, Tokyo...
(Japan), ensemble Kaprizma (Israel), Israel Contemporary Players, the Arab & Jewish ensembles of the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra, The Israel Kibbutz Orchestra, Israel Sinfonietta orchestra of Beer-Sheva and many others.
Selected Works
Cohen composes for orchestra, chamber ensemble, solo instrument and voice. Selected works include:- Echoes of Eternity, Fantasia for violin solo and orchestra (2006) performed by the SNU Symphony Orchestra, Conductor Seoung-Lim Kim, Violin Solo Seyoung Lee, Asian-Pacific Contemporary Music Festival in Korea 2009.
- DSCH, for chamber orchestra (2006) commissioned by the Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble premiered in Moscow, Conductor Alexei Vinogradov.
- Capture, for chamber orchestra tape and live electronics (2009), performed by Israel Contemporary Players, Conductor Zsolt Nagy .
- Hkafil, for string trio and flute (2004) commissioned by the Israel Composers League (ICL), premiere in Jerusalem music center by Ensemble Kaprizma.
- Association - quartet for tenor sax, accordion, vibraphone and contrabass (2002) commissioned by the Asian Music Festival Premiered in Tokyo Japan.
- Collective Memory, septet for perc, ney flute, Arabic violin, ud, flute, violin, bass (2004) commissioned by the Israel philharmonic Arab Jewish ensembles, Tempus Fugit international biennial contemporary music premiere in Jerusalem and preformed many times around the world.
- From earth to wind, for solo accordion and narrator (2004) inspired by Netta Alony performed by Claudia Buder (accordion) and Elija Schwarz (speaker) in Leipzig, Germany (2009)
- Games, Songs and Dances, for Violin, Clarinet, Cello and Piano (2005) Ensemble Meitar, The London Schubert Players .
- A Butterfly Flaps its Wings.... for string trio Arabic ud and live electronics (2004).
- The double, music for flute and processed flute (2003) premiered in Bar-Ilan University.
- Real-Time Music Composition With colors and movements tracking(2008) a project in memorial of Yossi Banai, premiered in Bar-ilan University, Duration: Free”
Honors and awards
- 2010 ACUM Prize for his work "Echoes of Eternity" - Fantasia for violin solo and orchestra.
- Prime Minister’s Prize (Israel, 2011)