UE composers from Israel

” ...Ein-Habar is an artist with presence, personality, and impeccable performance…” (Yossi Schiffmann, Globes) Former solo flute with the Israel Philharmonic, flutist-conductor Eyal Ein-Habar is currently Flute Professor at the Musikhochschule Münster. Winner of international competitions and awards, Ein-Habar’s international career has brought him around the globe as soloist, conductor and pedagoge. Eyal had his Debut as soloist with the Israel Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta at the age of 18. Shortly after he shared the stage with Jean-Pierre Rampal as co soloist on a concert tour. A most memorable debut in Carnegie hall, Disney hall (LA) and other venues, highly praised by the american press, under Gustavo Dudamel and the Israel Philharmonic. He appears regularly both as a soloist and as a conductor with all the major Israeli orchestras, including the Israel Philharmonic, as well as with numerous orchestras around the world. He gives international recitals and master classes and

Shahar Regev, born in 1992, is an interdisciplinary Composer based in New York City. Her compositions range from solo, small, and large chamber ensembles to orchestral, choral music, arrangements, and music for theater. Regev is passionate about the encounter of ensembles with audiences through live performances. Her writing is often based on horizontal and melodic lines while forming a direct, expressive, and accessible contemporary voice. Many of her works focus on social subjects such as violence against women, indifference, and environmental changes.

Regev received the honorable Acum 2022 award in memory of Mark Kopytman for "Black Bird" for Symphony Orchestra and Mezzo-Soprano. Recently Regev was also announced as the 2024 Carl Kanter Prize winner for her Symphony Orchestra “Yellow Butterflies.” She also received the Sandra Fivecoat Memorial Composition Contest Award in 2022. She is a recipient of the AAUW grant for Doctoral Studies (2023), the Felix Salzer Techniques of Music Award (2021), the Jerusalem Institute of Contemporary Music Grant (2021), The Hebrew Free Loan Society Scholarship (2019-22), and the Academic Excellence Award of the IAF Foundation (2015).

Her works were performed by ensembles at concerts and festivals worldwide. Artistic engagements include commissions and collaborations with The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers (USA), Toscanini Quartet (Israel), Symphonette Raanana Orchestra (Israel), Ensemble diX (Germany), The Moran Singers Ensemble (Israel), Bulgarian Concert Evenings in New York (Bulgaria, USA), Mestizo Sax Quartet (Italy), MMS project - Mediterranean Miniature Sketches (Greece), Finale Ensemble (Israel), Alambic duo (Italy).

Besides her work as a composer, Regev regularly performs as a singer and cellist in Israeli folklore ensembles. She performed in important halls, such as Carnegie Hall, the Tel Aviv Culture Center - Lowy Concert Hall, The Czech Center in New York, and the Jerusalem Theater. In addition, Regev teaches Theory and composition in several educational projects.

Regev is currently a Doctoral of Musical Arts candidate at the Manhattan School of Music with the guidance of Dr. Reiko Fueting, Susan Botti and Dr. J. Mark Stambaugh. Regev completed her master's degree in composition at Mannes School of Music, studying with Dr. Lowell Liebermann. She graduated from the Composition Department at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. She was instructed by famous Israeli musicians - Professor Josef Bardanashvili, Professor Yinam Leef, and Professor Michael Klinghoffer.

Svitlana Roitikh

Teacher- methodologist, accompanist, composer.

Born in the city of Bender, Moldavian SSR. After graduating from the Tiraspol Musical College, she worked as a special piano teacher and accompanist at the Bendery Children's Music School. Svitlana wrote a methodical work "Development of Students' Independence of Thinking and Creative Abilities" which took the 1st place at the 3rd Republican review-competition of methodological work of teachers of educational institutions of arts and culture of the MSSR. She is the author of a collection of piano works "Musical Fantasies" and various songs.

Born 1974 in Moscow and has been playing the piano since the age of four. First compositional attempts go back to the age of seven; first acclaimed opuses appeared at the age of 12. After studying and performing in Russia, Germany and Holland, Uri moved to Israel, where he got his PhD cum laude in composition from the University of Bar-Ilan. Uri`s music is performed worldwide, among it`s performers are IPO under Zubin Metha, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, "Moscow Soloists", Israel Chamber Orchestra, "Tel-Aviv Soloists", "Aviv" quartet, "Continuum" ensemble (NY, USA), New Julliard Ensemble (NY, USA), and many others. Among his works: piano sonatas, concertos, symphonies, chamber music, Oratorio "Shunamit", symphonic poems and much more. Uri has won a series of prestigious awards, among them the 2006 and 2017 Israel Prime Minister Prize for composition, an ACUM Award (2008, 2010 and 2015) and many others. 2007-2017 Uri served as composer in residence of the Israeli Sinfonietta.