Works

“Strange land“ for voice and ensemble
World Premiere May 27th, 2023
commissioned by the United Instruments of Lucilin May 27th, 2023
Tel Aviv Museum


“Strange land “  for voice and ensemble
World Premiere May 21th, 2023 
commissioned by the United Instruments of Lucilin,
Theater des Capucins, Luxembourg


When the time is stillness for accordion solo
World Premiere March 8th, 2023
Ensemble Reconsil,
Reaktor,Vienna, Austria


“Shirei Daphna” for flute and guitar
December 27th, 2022
Commissioned by the Rabinovich Foundation
Festival “Sounds in the desert”, Sde Boker, Israel


“Riddle” for Symphonic Orchestra and big choir
World Premiere December 5th, 2022
commissioned by the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra and the Adele and John Gray Endowment Fund.
Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, conductor – Yishai Steckler, soprano – Tali Ketzef. Premiered at the Henry Crown Symphony Hall, Jerusalem Theater


“Anagrams” for flute, clarinet and oboe
World Premiere July 7th, 2022
commissioned by the festival Tzlil Meudcan,
Riot Ensemble, Tel Aviv, Studio Annette


“Rekhifa” for chamber ensemble
World Premiere December 21th, 2021
commissioned by the Rabinovich Foundation,
Israeli Music Days, the Israel Camerata Jerusalem, conductor Ilan Volkov
Tel Aviv Music Center


“How have not you given up” for soprano and clarinet
World Premiere October 21- 23th, 2021
commissioned by the Regarding Goddesses Festival
and Meitar Ensemble
Tel Aviv


“Cut Glass” – chamber opera by Hana Ajiashvili and Royce Vavrek (libretto)
Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story The Cut Glass Bowl
World Premiere July 31th, 2021
Commissioned by the Adele and John Gray Endowment fund and The Israeli Ministry of Culture | Meitar Ensemble in collaboration with the Felicja Blumenthal Music Festival
Tel Aviv Museum of Arts


“Good Invention” for soprano and piano by texts of Yehuda Amichai
World Premiere July 10th, 2021
dedicated to alto Noa Frenkel
Tel Aviv Museum of Arts, Poem BaLev


“When the time is stillness” for accordion
World Premiere June 8th, 2021
commissioned by Peter Katina (accordion)
Viola Centrum, Slovakia


“Confession” for baritone and string trio 
World Premiere April 10th, 2021
Tel Aviv Museum of Arts, Poem BaLev


Lumineuse for tenor and ensemble
World Premiere April 1th, 2021
Benjamin Alunni and United Instruments of Lucilin, Luxembourg


Reverberations for big ensemble
World Premiere December 5th, 2020
Commissioned by the Ensemble 21st century (Israel), conductor – Ilan Volkov
Tel Aviv Museum of Arts


House of Lovers for soprano and piano, by texts of Yehuda Amichai
World Premiere October 10th, 2019
Festival Israeli Music Days
Soprano – Revital Raviv, piano – Talia Amar
Jerusalem Music Centre


Blue for clarinet, cello, piano, and voice changer
World Premiere July 5th, 2018
Commissioned by the Tzlil Meudcan Festival
Trio Catch (Hamburg), Tel Aviv
International festival World Music Days ISCM, May 8th , 2019
Defunesensemble (Finland), Tallin


Lullaby for stars for soprano and violin, words by Henrich Heine
World Premiere January 22nd, 2019
Keren Motseri – soprano, Joe Pulgia – violin
Tilburg, Holland
November 21 , 2021
Studio Annette, Tel Aviv


ContraBassContra for contrabass
Renewed version in collaboration with Javad Javadzade – contrabass
World Premiere October 10th, 2019
Yarat, Baku, Azeirbaijan


Cut Glass Bowl concert opera
based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story The Cut Glass Bowl
World Premiere April 28th, 2018
Meitar Ensemble, conductor – Yuval Zorn, singers – Keren Motseri, Noa Frenkel, Yair Polishook, Roi Sarouk
Einav Center, Tel Aviv


Fluids for Harp solo
World Premiere 2017
Commissioned by International Harp Competition in Israel
Harp solo – Gittit Boasson
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv


ContraBassContra
World Premiere 2017
for contrabass solo – Grigori Krotenko
BKA Theater, Berlin


Tslalei Or
World Premiere 2016
for Cello – Yoni Gotlibovich and Prepared Piano – Yuval Zorn, dedicated to Yoni Gotlibovich and Yuval Zorn
Composed for the concerts series ” Atnachta” by Chayuta Dvir
The Jerusalem Centre for the Performing Arts, Jerusalem

      Tzlalei Or (2016)

Alice in Wonderland
World Premiere 2015
piano pieces cycle for children premiered by young pianists – Shira and Uriah Doitch – students by Veronika Izchak
Commissioned by EPTA  European Piano Teachers Association
New Music Center, Tel Aviv


Mere Air my words fare
World Premiere 2015
Poetry by Sapho
for 2 sopranos and chamber ensemble
Commissioned by Israeli Women Composers Forum
Felicjia Blumenthal Music Center, Tel Aviv

      Mere Air my words fare (2015)

Words and Meaning
World Premiere 2015
mono-opera
Commissioned by Meitar Ensemble and Ministry of Culture, Israel, dedicated to Meitar Ensemble
18th Israeli Music Celebration – Museum of Art, Tel Aviv

      Words and Meaning (2015)

Four
World Premiere 2015
Momenta Quartet, dedicated to Peter Pohly and Momenta Quartet
commissioned by Peter Pohly (NYC)
Center for Jewish History

      Four (2015)

Elusive Shadows
World Premiere 2015
The Israeli Music Conservatory
Meitar Ensemble


Elusive Obscurity
World Premiere 2014
by Monet’s paintings, in 3 parts
Amit Landau – viola, Ophra Itzhaki – piano, Dani Erdman – clarinet
HaTeiva


Flute Concerto in 3 pats
Dedicated to Meitar Ensemble
The Israeli Music Conservatory
flute Hagar Shahal, conductor – Cuy Feder


Repercussion
World Premiere 2014
HaTeiva, Tel-Aviv
for violin – Yael Barolsky, percussion – Oded Geizhals 

      Repercussion (2014)

The Land which I tread…
World Premiere 2013
for soprano – Mor Kantor, recorder – Inbar Solomon,
percussion – Oded Geizhals, electric  guitar – Gabriel Telecaster and tape.
Libretto by Guy Gutman, choreography by Tami Leibovits,
dancers – Tami Leibovits and Talia de Paris
HaTeiva, Tel Aviv


Cicada’s singing or Fly my broken dreams
World Premiere 2013
for vibraphone
dedicated to Oded Geizhals and to my father David Cohen
HaTeiva, Tel Aviv

      Cicada's singing or Fly my broken dreams (2013)

Words and meanings
World Premiere 2013
for soprano Ayelet Amots-Avramson, flute (alto) – Roy Amots, clarinet (bass clarinet) – Gilad Harel and violin (viola) – Moshe Aharonov, conductor – Yuval Zorn.
By words of Marina Tsvetaeva.
Dedicated to Meitar Ensemble (Israel)

      Words and meanings (2013)

Intersecting Parallels
World Premiere 2013
for violin, clarinet (bass clarinet) and piano dedicated to “Trio Musicale” Madrid
SGAE, Madrid

      Intersecting Parallels (2013)

Pf memories
World Premiere 2012
6 pieces for piano
Asian Music Festival in Israel, Piano Recital of Naaman Wagner
Felicia Blimental Music Center, Tel  Aviv

      Pf memories (2012)

Rainbow in the sky
6  pieces for 5 flutes
Israeli Composers League concert – “Composers compose for children”
played by pupils and Margarita Timoshin
Israeli Music Celebration, Beer Sheva Music center

      Rainbow in the sky (2012)

AirAria
World Premiere 2012
for flute /recorder
dedicated to flutist Margarita Timoshin
The Jerusalem centre for the Performing Arts

      AirAria (2012)

And the Spirit of God hovered over the Water
World Premiere 2010-2012
Commissioned by Trio Vis
Roy Amotz – flute, traverso, Ira Givol – cello, baroque cello, Matan Porat – piano
Club 71 Musical Chairs, Gesher Theatre, Jaffa

      And the Spirit of God hovered over the Water (2012)

Concerto for flute and ensemble
World Premiere 2011
Commissioned by Ensemble Meitar
Roy Amotz – flute, Guy Feder – conductor
Einav Musical Centre, Tel Aviv


Repetitions
for three trumpets, World Premiere 2011
Commissioned by “Dresden Trumpet Nights”
Bill Forman (Germany), Naama Golan (Israel),
Nathan Plante (Germany – USA) – trumpet players


Distant Memories
for bassoon and piano
World Premiere 2011
commissioned by Israeli Composers League
The Felicia Blumental Music Centre


Silent Prayer
6 pieces for oboe,World Premiere2010
Yael Zamir, violin – Yael Barolsky, viola – Amit Landau,
cello – Hila Epshtein and Tam-tam, by Reuven Rubin’s painting.
Rubin Museum, Tel Aviv
Commissioned by Rubin Museum


ZoomInOut
World Premiere 2010-2011
for the ensemble
Tel Aviv Museum of Arts

      Zoominout (2010)

Echoes
World Premiere 2009
for guitar, accordion, bass guitar and Theremin Vox
Synesthetic nights
Hazira@Hamaabada, Derech Hevron, 28, Jerusalem

      Echoes - Synesthesia nights (2009)

Color Games
Ensemble Meitar and professor Jonathan Berger
(Stanford University, USA)
Joint production of Hana Ajiashvili and ensemble Meitar
Hateiva, Tel Aviv – Jaffa, World Premiere. 2009

      Color games (2010)

And there was a light
for flute and violin.
World Premiere 2009
Concert: Ensemble Court – Circuit (France)
Hateiva, Tel Aviv – Jaffa

      And there was a light (2009)

Expressions
for string trio.
World Premiere 2008/2009
The Israeli Chamber Club
Nitay Zory – violin, Gadi Avady – viola, Hillel Zory – cello


Alea per Cello
Aviv Competitions 2008-2009
Commissioned by The Adele and John Gray Endowment Fund
for Young Israeli Composers of AICF.
Jerusalem, “Mishkenot Sheananim”. (21.12.08)
Publisher: Israel Music Institute 2008 IMI 7845

      Alea (2008)

Homage e Berio
for violin
World Premiere 2008
Tel Aviv International Festival of Contemporary Music and Video Art
Dedicated to violinist Yael Barolsky


Points and Lines in space
for flute, clarinet, bassoon, violin, cello and piano.
World Premiere 2008
Commissioned by ensemble “Meitar”
Tel Aviv, “Hateiva”; Jerusalem, “Mishkenot Sheananim”. (16.06.08-17.06.08)
Publisher: Israel Music Institute 2008 IMI 7831 P

      Points and Lines in space (2008)

Per trio mobile
for violin, cello and piano
World Premiere 2008
Commissioned by Israeli Music festival of Music school “Sadna”.
Jerusalem Music Centre, Mishkenot Shaananim (12.05.08)

      Per trio mobile (2008)

My God, the soul you placed within in me…
The piece was written especially for one of the best Israeli
ensembles of contemporary music – “Meitar”
Ensemble “Meitar”, Tel Aviv, Ha-Teiva (01.09.2007)
Publisher: Israel Music Institute 2007 IMI 7786

      My God, the soul you placed within in me… (2007)

Mishakey Eladim (Children’s games)
for children’s chorus,
Tel Aviv, Bar Ilan University, Israel (29.05.07)


Colours Black Yellow Red
for large simphony orchestra (2007)


Postlude
for clarinet, violin and piano,
Bar Ilan University (2007)


Music of silence
for flute and harp, Continuum ensemble,
JCC, New York, USA (13.02.2007)

      Music of Silence (2000)

Cashe egadel lehiot katan
music for ballet,
Teatron Machol Jerusalem (2006)


Miracle – 5 parts
music for film of E.Roman, Israel (2006)


String Quartet
Tel Aviv, Israel (premier 10.12.2005)

      String quartet (1998)

Reflections
for ensemble
World Premiere 2004
Tel Aviv, Israel (05.06.2004)

      Reflections (2004)

Seareh od noshev chazara
for violin and harp
World Premiere 2002
( Tel Aviv, 18.12.02, Jerusalem, 20.12.2002)

      Seareh od noshev chazara (2002)

Five pieces for oboe and ensemble – part 1 and 3
Tel Aviv, Israel (premier, 2001)


Prayer
for flute and percussions
World Premiere 2000
Tel Aviv, Israel


Arpegiatto
for chamber ensemble
World Premiere 2000
Studio New Music, Moscow, Russia (15.01.2000)

      Arpegiatto (2000)

Overblow
for chamber ensemble
World Premiere 1999
Moscow, Russia (24.10.1999)


Three pieces for flute solo (1999)
World Premiere 1999
for festival “Moscow Autumn”,
Moscow, Russia (21.11.1999)

      Three pieces for flute solo (1999)

Autumn day
for soprano and piano,
Tbilisi, Georgia (1998)


Elevations
for chorus
World Premiere 1998
Paris, France (12.07.1998)


Four pieces
for flute, cello and piano
World Premiere 1998
Studio New Music, Moscow, Russia (01.06.1998)

      Four peaces (1998)

String quartet
(1998)

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