Shai Cohen Born in Haifa (1968) working as a teacher, composer and jazz performer. Shai composes symphonic music, chamber music, electronic music, and music for solo instruments. He is an active member at the ICL (Israel Composers League) and in ACUM (Authors, Composers & Publishers Association). From 2003 he is a lecturer at the Department of Music in Bar-Ilan University.
Shai Cohen has won the 2010 ACUM Prize for his work
"Echoes of Eternity" -Fantasia for violin solo and orchestra.
In 1992 he began to study jazz performance and composition at the Rubin Academy for Music and Dance, Jerusalem. Among his teachers were Slava Ganelin, Boris Gammer and Ari Ben Shabetai. In 2003 he graduated M.A in composition and in 2007 he got his P.H.D in composition at Bar-Ilan University, Israel with Professor Lewensohn Gideon and Professor Olivero Betty.
Among the performers of his music are distinguished 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, Anton Dressler (Italy), Sergey Ostrovsky (USA), Arkady Shilkloper (Germany/Russia), Uri Brener (Israel) and others.
Since 2003 Shai joins Uri Brener leading a series of concerts at the Bar-Ilan University under the name "Fujazz" and performing with some renown musicians and artists such as Arkady Shilkloper, Anton Dressler, Shlomo Deshet, Sergei Ostrovsky, Arkady Gottesman and many others. Shai is a member of the "Tabula Rasa" ensemble performing with a great success around the country including some prestigious Israeli concert halls such as Confederation House in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
CATALOGUE OF WORKS
SOLO INSTRUMENT AND ORCHESTRA
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) Duration: 20"
Sketch for a Self Portrait music for clarinet and large chamber ensemble (2009) Duration: 12"
ORCHSETRAL
DSCH for chamber orchestra (2006) commissioned by the
Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble Duration: 10"
2 Ladino Songs - music for small orchestra with ethnic vocals (2004) Duration: 11"
Enchanted Morning concerto for flute, harp, perc and string orchestra (2005) based on Ravi Shankar Raga "Todi" commissioned by Israel major philharmonic flute player and premiered in Romania.
Capture for chamber orchestra and live electronics (2009)
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CHAMBER
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 Duration: 7"
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.
Shadows of Mind music for jazz quintet (2003) Duration: 8"
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) Duration: 9"
Games, Songs and Dances for Violin, Clarinet, Cello and Piano (2005)
performed by
Ensemble Meitar, The London Schubert Players, Duration: 10"
Second Sight for piano, vibraphone, bass, cello, accordion and 2 vocals. (2004) Duration: 10"
Invitation - Duet for cello and piano (2004) dedicated to invention no. 1 Bach.
Piano's symposium - 2 piano's (2003) Duration: 5"
Duet for Sax and Piano
(2002) Duration: 6"
Radical Daily Reflection trio for violin clarinet and piano (2006) Duration: 4”
Circles time for string quartet (2009).
Nuance for harp solo recorded by Olga Moitlis (2009) Duration: 9”
Leah Songs, inspired by 2 Leah Goldberg Songs, for Soprano Alto and ensemble (2010) Duration: 7”
ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC
A Butterfly Flaps its Wings.... for string trio Arabic ud and live electronics (2004) Duration: 7"
The double - music for flute and processed flute (2003) Duration: 7"
5 sequenza for computer in memorial of Luciano Berio (2003) Duration: 10”
Spring is here electronic composition after Le Sacre du printemps (2001) Duration: 11”
Sax Metamorphose for soprano sax and live electronics (2003) Duration: 8”
Sound Installation
Real-Time Music Composition With colors and movements tracking (2008) a project in memorial of Yossi Banai Duration: Free”
FILM
Music for documentary film wins the
Haifa international film festival (2005) with the support of The Second Authority for Television and Radio.
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