Nadav Lev:
The activity of guitarist and composer Nadav Lev combines electric and classical guitar, virtuoso mastery of classical techniques with original use of unconventional playing techniques and improvisation, and classical music with the music of our time. Lev is the winner of the Andrés Segovia Prize in Spain (Santiago de Compostela 2006), and many other scholarships and awards, including the prestigious scholarship from the America-Israel Foundation for his studies at the Manhattan School of Music in New York. He also holds a doctorate from Stony Brook University, Long Island.
Lev frequently appears in recitals as a soloist and with various ensembles in North America, Europe, and Israel, in halls such as Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, and Markin Hall in New York, and at many prestigious festivals. Recent collaborations include soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan, the Mibus String Quartet, mezzo-soprano Rinat Shaham, the Meitar Ensemble, the 21st Century Ensemble, trumpeter Frank London, choreographer/dancer Renee Scheinfeld, and more. He has appeared as a soloist with orchestras and ensembles, including under Ilan Volkov, Jolet Nagy, Frederic Chazalin, and more. He has received critical acclaim for his performances and recordings, including his latest album New Strings Attached, released on the Delos label. WWW.NADAVLEV.COM
Amos Elkana:
Amos Elkana is a composer and guitarist. Winner of the Prime Minister's Award for Composition (2011), the ACUM Award (2002) and the Rosenblum Award for Outstanding Artist (2012). He studied guitar at Berklee College and composition at the New England Conservatory in Boston (1990). He holds a master's degree in music/sound from Bard College in New York. His works are commissioned and performed by orchestras and ensembles in Israel and around the world. Among other things, he has composed works for the symphony orchestras of Berlin, Warsaw, Bratislava and the Israel Symphony Orchestra (Rishon Lezion). In Israel, he often writes for the Meitar Ensemble and the 21st Century Ensemble. So far, two albums dedicated to his works have been released: "Casino Umbro" (2012) and "Trip" (2018). As an electric guitar player, he performs in Israel and around the world playing contemporary and improvised music. Baaz Ben-Moshe: Baaz Ben-Moshe, born in Tel Aviv, 1962, winner of the 2021 Engel Prize, the 2020 Yitzhak Navon Lifetime Achievement Award, winner of the Prime Minister's Prize for Composers 2003. He composed about 50 works - symphonic music, concertos, works for voice and orchestra, chamber music for diverse ensembles, music for solo instruments and multidisciplinary music. His works have been commissioned and performed by: the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, the New Symphony Orchestra-Haifa, the Tel Aviv Soloists Ensemble, the Wine Festival Orchestra-Bordeaux, France, the Israeli Chamber Orchestra, the Israeli Sinfonietta-Beer Sheva, the Israel Festival, the Upper Galilee Voice of Music Festival, the Festival "Sounds in the Desert", "Meitar" Ensemble, "Tremolo" Ensemble. The works were performed in Israel, France, Germany, Spain, Russia and the United States.
In 2004, the CD "Gates of Jerusalem" was released, containing a selection of his works.
In 2019, the CD "When Music Speaks" with the "Meitar" Ensemble and flutist Lior Eitan was released, published by the Music Institute
Boaz Ben-Moshe:
Baaz Ben-Moshe, born in Tel Aviv, 1962, winner of the 2021 Engel Prize, the 2020 Yitzhak Navon Lifetime Achievement Award, winner of the Prime Minister's Prize for Composers 2003. He composed about 50 works - symphonic music, concertos, works for voice and orchestra, chamber music for diverse ensembles, music for solo instruments and multidisciplinary music. His works have been commissioned and performed by: the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, the New Symphony Orchestra-Haifa, the Tel Aviv Soloists Ensemble, the Wine Festival Orchestra-Bordeaux, France, the Israeli Chamber Orchestra, the Israeli Sinfonietta-Beer Sheva, the Israel Festival, the Voice of Music Festival in the Upper Galilee, the "Sounds in the Desert" Festival, the "Meitar" Ensemble, the "Tremolo" Ensemble. The works Performed in Israel, France, Germany, Spain, Russia and the United States.
In 2004, the CD "Gates of Jerusalem" was released, featuring a selection of his works.
In 2019, the CD "When Music Speaks" was released with the "Meitar" ensemble and flutist Lior Eitan, published by the Music Institute