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Rotem Sivan

Rotem Sivan is an Israeli jazz guitarist and composer based in New York City, known for his studio albums released since 2013.

Jazz guitarThe album For Emotional Use OnlyPerforming with his jazz trio

Occupation: jazz guitarist
Education: The School of Design (University of Haifa), Tel Aviv University

The story of Rotem Sivan's life

Rotem Sivan is an Israeli jazz guitarist and composer. He lives in New York City.

He studied at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music at Tel Aviv University and earned a degree in classical composition. In 2008 he moved to New York City to study at The New School for Jazz & Contemporary Music.

Sivan has released 5 studio albums. His first, Enchanted Sun, came out in 2013, and his second, For Emotional Use Only, followed in 2014 and received 4.5 stars in Down Beat magazine. He then released A New Dance in 2015, Antidote in 2017 and My Favorite Monster in 2018.

My Favorite Monster drew on influences outside jazz, including R&B, hip-hop and North Indian music. Sivan has performed with musicians such as Peter Bernstein, Ari Hoenig and Ben Street. He plays in New York clubs and appears with his trio at festivals around the world.