Ariel Lazarus

Dr. Ariel Lazarus is a composer, researcher, concert guitarist, musical director of the Israeli Ladino Orchestra and the winner of the 2021 Yitzhak Navon prize given by the president of Israel for outstanding work in the field of music traditions. His personal yet internationally acclaimed music blends together his Sephardi-Gibraltarian roots with classical, ethno-Jazz and Middle Eastern sounds and other influences from the world of Jewish poetry and thought. Lazarus was invited as composer, performer and musical director to festivals and conferences in Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Germany, the USA, France, Luxembourg, Gibraltar, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Israel. Lazarus's symphonic works where premiered by the Israeli Andalusian Orchestra, Ashdod, the Ra'anana Symphony Orchestra and the Arab-Jewish Orchestra TLV. Lazarus's recordings where released by labels such as "Smoothfactor" and “Orpheus”, gaining critical acclaim by the media .His works are published by IMI and “Or Tav”. As the co-founder and the musical director of the Israeli Ladino Orchestra, Lazarus collaborated with top Israeli artists such as Koby Aflalo, Lior Elmalea, Emil Zrihan, Shir Ifrah and many more. Lazarus has earned his Ph.D. at the Bar Ilan University, studying composition with Prof. Betty Olivero and Prof. Gideon Lewensohn and conducted research under the supervision of Prof. Edwin Seroussi from the Hebrew University. His PhD thesis touched upon the rare repertoire of the Spanish & Portuguese dirges (Kinot). Lazarus has received awards from the ACUM and Israel's Pais art council. Lazarus currently holds positions as music lecturer at the Ono music academy,"Givat Washington" college and the "Rimon" School of Music. Lazarus is a postdoctoral researcher at the Salti center for Ladino studies at the Bar Ilan University.
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