Education
- 1987-89
- B.F.A. in Film & TV at New York University - With Honors on a full scholarship from Maestro Leonard Bernstein
- 1985-86
- French Literature and Language at Tel Aviv University
- 1983-84
- Trumpet with Ilan Eshed (Israel Philharmonic Orchestra)
- 1979-87
- Classical Guitar with Joseph Urshalmi - on a scholarship from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation
- 1974-79
- Classical Guitar with Menashe Baquiche and Music Theory with Zvi Zory at the Givatayim Conservatory of Music - With Excellence
Selected Works
- 2017
- The Legend of King Solomon (animated feature film by Albert Hanan Kaminski)
- 2016
- Measures of Merit (documentary film by Roni Aboulafia)
What A Wonderful Day (animation series, based on Ady’s songs, for BabyTV) - 2015
- Fire Birds (feature film by Amir Wolf)
The Taming of the Shrew (play by William Shakespeare) - 2014
- The Merry Wives of Windsor (play by William Shakespeare)
- 2013
- Reflections (animation film by Alon Ziv and Bosmat Agayoff)
The Truth (play by Florian Zeller) - 2012
- The Imaginary Invalid (play by Molière)
The Rooster Who Lost His Voice (story application for smartphones) - 2011
- Peacemaker Mac – The Island of Dispute (animation film by Yotam Cohen)
- 2009
- Wollmond [animation film by Gil Alkabetz (Run Lola Run), Germany]
- 2008-10
- Deus (TV series by Gidi Dar)
- 2007
- When Shall We Kiss (TV series by Dalit Kahan)
Trunk Tales (animation film by Noam Meshulam and Sharon Cohen)
Sunny Day [animation film by Gil Alkabetz, Germany, for SWR-TV]
The Mythological Ex (TV series by Segahl Avin – remade in the US as CBS’s “The Ex List”) - 2004
- Caspion (animation film by Noam Meshulam – winner of the ACUM Award for Best Original Score for an Audio-Visual Production for Children)
- 2002
- Travel to China [animation film by Gil Alkabetz, Germany]
- 2001
- Piazzolla Song-Cycle (world premiere - Carnegie Hall, New York, USA)
More and More (album by Dana International) – arrangements & playing - 1998
- Dangerous Acts (feature film by Shemi Zarhin – winner of 7 Israeli Academy Awards, including Best Score)
Family Secrets (feature film by Nitzah Gonen) - 1996
- The Land of Rape and Honey (dance by Liat Dror Nir Ben-Gal Company)
- 1995
- Passover Fever (feature film by Shemi Zarhin; Best Screenplay Award - The World Film Festival, Montreal 1995)
- 1994
- Song of the Siren [feature film by Eytan Fox (Walk on Water)]
- 2005-2018
- Music for children’s TV channels BabyTV (Fox International Channels), BabyFirst TV and others
- 1990-2018
- Music for commercials (Microsoft, Verizon, Target, Thomson-Reuters, Palmolive, Prudential, Freecreditscore.com, Cheetos, Cheerios, El Al, Lexmark, and many others)
Awards for Film and Theater Scores
- 2012
- The Association of Composers, Authors and Publishers of Music in Israel (ACUM) Award (for Caspion)
The Cinema South Film Festival Honorable Mention (for Strings) - 2008
- The “Other Songs” 3rd International Song Contest Special Mention Prize (for Song for Bavat)
- 2007
- The “Other Songs” 2nd International Song Contest Special Mention Prize (for Sandra’s Letter)
- 2005
- The Park City Film Music Festival’s Gold Medal Award for Excellence (for Dogwoman & Magicman and The Sisters O’Malley)
- 2001
- The Haifa International Children's Theater Festival Award (for By Accident)
- 2000
- The 2nd International Competition for Film and Documentary of the Mediterranean Award (for Shabbat)
- 1999
- The Haifa International Children's Theater Festival Award (for How to Prepare a Boy)
- 1998
- The Israeli Academy of Motion Pictures & Television Award (for Dangerous Acts)
- 1994
- The Israeli Film Institute Honorable Mention (for The Price is Right)
The Sam Spiegel Film & TV School Award (for The Price is Right and Marilyn) - 1992
- The Israeli Film Institute Honorable Mention (for Rear Bench)
- 1987
- The Tel Aviv University School of Film and Television Award (for Grand papa’s Last Magic and Holes in the Hands)
Teaching
- 2018
- Associate Professor at Berklee College of Music’s Contemporary Writing and Production Department, Boston, MA
- 2005-17
- Film Music and Soundtrack Design at the Screen-Based Arts Dept., Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
- 2005-17
- Film Music and Soundtrack Design at the Israeli Animation College, Israel
- 2013-2015
- New Media and Computerized Orchestration at the Ono Academic College School of Music, Tel Aviv, Israel
- 2012-13
- Film Music and Soundtrack Design at the Alon High School for the Arts, Ramat Hasharon, Israel
- 2005-13
- Film Music and Soundtrack Design at the Animation and Post Production Depts., The Open University, Israel
- 2011-12
- Film Music and Soundtrack Design at Minshar Art School, Tel Aviv, Israel
- 2004-07
- Film Music and Music History at the Film and TV Dept., Sapir College, Israel
General
- 2017
- Visiting teacher at Middlesex University, London, England, as a winner of the Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility Teaching Grant
- 2012
- AICF and JFNA’s August 2012 “Israeli Artist of the Month”
- 2006
- Participant in the Fourth Berlinale Talent Campus, Berlin, Germany
- 1992
- Special Film Composer grant from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation
- 1988-89
- Personal assistant to Oscar-winning director (Tango) Zbigniew Rybczynski in New York, USA
- 1987
- Personal assistant to director Humphrey Burton, CBE, on the film “Leonard Bernstein in Salzau”
- 1984-87
- Service in the Israeli Defense Forces Orchestra as Trumpeter, Guitarist, Arranger and Singer
Languages
Hebrew, English, French