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Sivan Eldar
Sivan Eldar is a composer of chamber and electroacoustic works, as well as sound installations. A native of Israel, she has been pursuing her musical education in the US since the age of fifteen, holding degrees from the United World College, New England Conservatory (B.M.), and University of California Berkeley (M.A.), where she is currently a PhD candidate in composition and new media. Eldar’s works have been performed in festivals and galleries across Europe and the US, and have been recognized by awards from the Nicola Di Lorenzo Composition Competition, Josef Dorfman Composition Competition, Accademia Musicale Chigiana, Hearst Foundation, and most recently the Fulbright Foundation. In addition to working on commissions for ensembles, theater and dance, she currently serves on the composition faculty of the John Adams Young Composers Program and theory faculty of the UC Berkeley Department of Music. She is thrilled to be working with the Berkeley Symphony and Joana Carneiro this season as part of the Under Construction New Music Series!
Sivan Eldar: A Thousand Tongues
I have spent the past year living in Prague, collaborating with local musicians, dancers, and visual artists. The work we created together allowed me to see Prague – its streets, its language, its heroes – through their colorful eyes. To discover secret places, stories and sounds. This composition is dedicated to them. It is both personal and voyeuristic. It is a peculiar hybrid organism – at times sentimental, at times playful, at times frightening – brought to life through the symphony orchestra.