Ronnie Reshef

Ronnie Reshef is an Israeli composer active across Israel and the US. Praised by the 2022 Israeli Acum
Prize Committee for ‘a solid personal voice and an original, eloquent, and aesthetic musical language’, Reshef
works in various musical genres, including concert music, opera, and music for theater. Her music is inspired by
the wide range of music styles and genres she has experimented with over the years, incorporating asymmetrical
Middle-Eastern meters, cantabile vocal-like melodies, modern aleatoric techniques, rough rock-inspired
grooves, repetitive American rhythms, and drama driven feelings from the theater.
Ronnie has received commissions from The Israeli Opera, Air & String Duo, IMVAJ Masterclasses, The
Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra, The Rabinovich Foundation, Carmel Quartet, The Gray Endowment Fund, The
Israeli Composers’ Association, The Israeli Chamber Project, Modalius Ensemble, among others. Her music
was performed in North America, Europe, and the Middle East, and released on Naxos/Delos, Emmaya
Records, and HaTav-Hashmini Records.
Recent highlights include The Finger / After 30 Years (2024) commissioned and produced by The
Israeli Opera to great praise, Playing Cards (2022), written for and premiered by Mivos Quartet; Night
Moments (2021), commissioned by Air & String Duo; When He Was Good (2019 opera), commissioned and
produced by IMVAJ Masterclasses to great praise by both audience and critiques: “...Uplifting...
...Wonderfully beautiful music...” (Hagai Hitron, Ha’aretz newspaper). When He Was Good is scheduled for a
US premiere in June 2024 with Fresh Squeezed Opera Company (NYC). Also in the US, Reshef has worked
on American Mime Theater’s recent show “Dreams: 12 Variations”, which featured live performance of her
piece ‘Night Moments’.
Current engagements include commissions for Carmel Quartet and for the principal trombone player of
the Israeli Philharmonic, Nir Erez, and American trombone player Haim Avitzur, as well as a new guitar
concerto for Nadav Lev and Mivos Quartet.
Notable prizes include the prestigious Acum Prize (2022), a Mif’al HaPais Grant (2020, 2023), the
Atlanta Opera 24-hours First Prize (2014), Boston Metro Opera Main Stage Prize (2013), among others. Works
for the theater include an ongoing close collaboration with the renown Gesher Theater, multiple projects at the
Juilliard School for Drama, projects with Habima Theater, Haifa Theater, The Living Theater, American Mime
Theater, and others.
Past fellowships and workshops include American Opera Projects’ Composer and the Voice program,
BMI’s Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, Fort-Woth Opera’s Frontiers showcase, and a residency in
Yaddo.
Reshef serves as the head of the Cross-Disciplinary Composition Department at The Jerusalem Music
and Dance Academy, and is an associate professor at The Ono Academic College. She holds a Doctoral degree
from Manhattan School of Music, as well as degrees from Mannes College the New School, and The
Jerusalem Music and Dance Academy. Her main teachers include Richard Danielpour, Reiko Fueting, Steven
Osgood, Robert Cuckson, Rafi Kadishson, and Tzvi Avni.
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