Israel Sharon

Israel Sharon (Hebrew: ישראל שרון) (born in Tel Aviv, 25 May 1966) is an Israeli composer, pianist, arranger and conductor.
As a young man Israel Sharon studied piano with Alexander Volkov and composition with Abel Ehrlich. He later studied at the Music Rubin Academy, Tel Aviv, where he continued his composition studies with Leon Schidlowsky. Israel Sharon also studied at Rice University in Houston, Texas.
Since 1992 he has been a leading member of the Israeli Kaprizma Ensemble as a composer, conductor and pianist. He has composed numerous works for the ensemble many of which were also recorded by the ensemble.
He has done arrangements of other compositions including one of Maurice Ravel's "Daphnis and Chloe" for 16 instruments.
His works have been performed by Kaprizma as well as by leading international artists such as Pierre Strauch, Alain Damiens, Julius Berger, Wolfgang Meyer, Cihat Askin, Sava Stoianov and members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center to name but few. His composition were presented concerts and festivals in many countries including Germany, Austria, Russia, South Korea, USA, Cyprus, Hungary and Israel.
Compositions.
Opera.
premiered at the Jerusalem Music Centre - December 24, 2009
Educational Activities.
Israel Sharon is a faculty member of the Israel Arts and Science Academy and of the Buchman Mehta School of Music in Tel Aviv.
In the last five years he has also been leading in Israel a pioneering program of composition studies for young musicians within the frameworks of The Israeli Center for Excellence Through Education.
Awards.
In 2002 Israel Sharon was awarded the Israeli Prime Minister Composition award.
Recordings.
Many of Israel Sharon's works has been recorded by the Kaprizma Ensemble and are available for free listening and downloading at the ensemble's website.