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Shosh (Shoshana) Riseman is an Israeli music educator, stage director, and composer. She was born on April 10, 1948.

About Shosh Riseman

Shosh Riseman was born in Cyprus in 1948. Her parents were traveling at the time. She loved music and graduated from the Tel Aviv Academy of Music in 1970.

Her Education

Shosh continued her studies at Tel Aviv University in Israel. There, she learned about composing music and arranging it for orchestras. Her teachers included Noam Sheriff, Leon Shidlovsky, and Yosef Dorfman. She also studied in other countries. She learned at Guilford University in England with Hans Heimler. Later, she studied at Chicago University in the USA with Ralph Shapy. Shosh also explored electroacoustic music and voice at Tel Aviv University.

Her Career

Today, Shosh Riseman teaches theater arts at Tel Aviv University in Israel. She is well-known for creating music for plays.

Awards and Recognition

Shosh Riseman has received several awards for her musical talents:

  • 1969 - She won a prize from the America Israel Culture Fund.
  • 1986 - She received first prize for her music for "Hymn for David" at the Acre Festival.
  • 1987 - She earned a special prize, also at the Acre Festival.
  • 2001 - She was nominated for the Israeli Theater Prize.

Her Musical Works

Shosh Riseman has composed music for about fifty different plays. Here are some of her notable works:

  • 1972 - The Good Soldier Svejk, an operetta (a short, light opera)
  • 1972 - Background music for the Media, released by KPM Records in London
  • 1973 - Shchunat Chaim, music for a television show
  • 1976 - What a Lovely Day, released by CBS Records
  • 1983 - 9 Haiku Songs
  • 1987 - Avishai Milshtein, Then is Death
  • 1989 - Euripides - Iphigenia at Aulis, for Seminar Hakibutzim
  • 1990 - Sam Sheperd, Love/Death, for Tetroneto
  • 1992 - The Toledo Girls, an opera with a story by Joshua Sobol
  • 1999 - Dylan Thomas, Under Milk Wood
  • 2001 - Oscar Wild, The Rose and the Nightingale, an opera with a story by Moshe Prives
  • Everything is Here, a musical
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