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Ayal Adler

Ayal Adler is an Israeli composer and an associate professor of composition and theory at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance.

born 1968Orchestral work Resonating SoundsComposer in residence, Meitar EnsembleTeaching at the Jerusalem Academy

Born: 28 March 1968, Jerusalem
Occupation: composer
Education: McGill University, Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance

Ayal Adler was born in 1968 in Jerusalem

Ayal Adler was born in Jerusalem in 1968. He earned a diploma in piano and composition from the Rubin Jerusalem Conservatory. He then studied composition at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance and finished with honors.

From 1997 to 2001 he studied for a doctorate in composition at McGill University in Montreal, with a Fulbright grant. In 1999 he became composer in residence of the McGill University orchestra.

In 2001 he joined the faculty of the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. He served there as dean of students and as head of the composition, conducting and theory department. He also chaired the Israel Composers League and served as its artistic director.

He writes solo, chamber, vocal and orchestral music. Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra premiered his Resonating Sounds in 2014. He was composer in residence of the Meitar Ensemble from 2006 to 2012, and he won the Prime Minister's Award for Composers twice.