NOAM SIVAN

Noam Sivan is an original and versatile musician, combining composition, piano performance, improvisation, and conducting. His compositional output includes works in most genres, among them the opera Fruits of Folia premiered by the Mannes Opera, Homage to Ravel premiered by the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, the song cycle The Cabin of Loneliness premiered by Talamus voices and members of the Israel Philharmonic, and the Piano Concerto which Mr. Sivan premiered himself in the double role of soloist & conductor. He has also composed works for dance in collaboration with Juilliard choreographers that were presented in Alice Tully Hall and the Juilliard Theater. As a pianist he has performed the Asian premiere of Viktor Ullmann Piano Concerto with the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, and Bach’s Goldberg Variations encored by an original improvisation on the piece for TV broadcast in his native Israel. Known for his “fanciful improvisations” (Washington Post), Noam Sivan is on the faculty at Mannes College where he founded the Improvisation Workshop and is a doctoral fellow at the Juilliard School.
He has lectured as guest composer at SUNY Stony-Brook and Bar Ilan Universities.