Shoshana Riseman facts for kids
Shosh Riseman (born April 10, 1948) is a talented Israeli music teacher, theater director, and composer. A composer is someone who writes music. She has created music for many plays and teaches about theater.
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.
She continued to study music composition and orchestration. Composition is the art of writing music. Orchestration is about arranging music for different instruments in an orchestra. She learned from famous teachers like Noam Sheriff in Israel, Hans Heimler in England, and Ralph Shapy in the USA. She also studied electronic music and singing.
Today, Shosh Riseman teaches theater arts at Tel Aviv University in Israel. She is very well-known for writing music for theater plays.
Awards and Achievements
Shosh Riseman has received several awards for her amazing work:
- 1969 - She won a prize from the America Israel Culture Fund.
- 1986 - She won first prize for her music for a play called "Hymn for David" at the Acre Festival.
- 1987 - She received a special prize, also at the Acre Festival.
- 2001 - She was nominated for the Israeli Theater Prize, which is a big honor in theater.
Music She Created
Shosh Riseman has written music for about 50 plays! Here are some of her selected works:
- 1972 - The Good Soldier Svejk, an operetta (a short, light opera).
- 1972 - Background music for the Media, for KPM Records in London.
- 1973 - Shchunat Chaim, music for television.
- 1976 - What a Lovely Day, for 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 (a play where the words are sung).
- 1999 - Dylan Thomas, Under Milk Wood.
- 2001 - Oscar Wild, The Rose and the Nightingale, another opera.
- Everything is Here, a musical.
