Omri Abram

Omri Abram is a composer of acoustic and electroacoustic music currently based in Haifa, Israel/Palestine. Constantly curious, Omri sets out in his compositions to examine perception, ambiguity and the experiences and meanings of music, all the while putting the sonic material front and center.

Past performances of his music include performances on many stages in Israel, Switzerland, Italy, Holland, Germany, Austria, Hungary and the USA by ensembles such as Neue Vocalisolisten Stuttgart, Ensemble Phoenix Basel, Riot Ensemble, Meitar Ensemble, the East Coast Contemporary Ensemble in New York, Ensemble Proton Bern, the Tel Aviv Wind Quintet, Ensemble Lemniscate, Duo Alto and others. Festivals and concert series in which his works have been and will be performed include HCMF, Impuls, Archipel, Zeitraüme Basel, Bludenzer Tage zeitgemässer Musik, Tzlil Meudcan, Crossroads Salzburg, Jerusalem International Chamber Music, CEME, Composit, Nachtstrom and Attacca. 

Omri is currently a PhD candidate at the Basel Music Academy and the Institut für Musikinformatik und Musikwissenschaft, Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe, where his thesis will focus on live-electronics as a means for enhanced listening and audience engagement. Born in 1986 in Jerusalem, Omri's formal education includes a double Bachelor’s degree at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance in composition and piano; he holds both a Master’s degree and a Specialized Master's degree in composition, with distinction, from the Music Academy of Basel, Switzerland (class of Erik Oña), as well as a Master’s degree in musicology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has had the privilege to undertake further studies with a variety of world-renown composers, benefitting from the knowledge and artistry of Amnon Wolman, Chaya Czernowin, Salvatore Sciarrino, Rebecca Saunders, Pierluigi Billone, Clara Iannotta, Peter Eötvös, Beat Furrer, and Georges Aphergis, amongst others. 

He is a graduate of Meitar Ensemble’s “Tedarim” internship program for outstanding young musicians in contemporary music; has received grants from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation for the years 2010–2016; and was a recipient of the Siday Fellowship for Musical Creativity for the years 2015–2017. 

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