Biography
Artistic Director
Gropius Ensemble
Daniel Cohen is:
Daniel Cohen is chief conductor of the Jersey Chamber Orchestra and music director of the Eden Sinfonia in London, with which he has made his Queen Elizabeth Hall debut. Daniel is also and artistic director of the Gropius Ensemble, which specializes in a synthesis of Music and Theater in collaboration with actor Itay Tiran. In 2010 Daniel was appointed permanent guest conductor of the Israel Chamber Orchestra.
Following his graduation from the postgraduate conducting program at London's Royal Academy of Music, Daniel won 1st prizes at the Admont International Conducting Competition and the Aviv Competitions. Recently Daniel received the third prize at the Evgeny Svetlanov Conducting Competition.
Daniel is an assistant to Maestro Daniel Barenboim at the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra were he was involved in the preparation of the Beethoven symphonies cycle as well as major works by Schoenberg and Boulez. Daniel also assisted Maestro Pierre Boulez at the Lucerne Festival Academy and took part in his conducting Masterclasses. During the next two years Daniel Will take part in Pierre Boulez's composers project at the Lucerne Festvial Academy.
Daniel conducted such orchestras as the Israel Philharmonic, the Orchestre National de Montpellier, the Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, the Kammerphilharmonie Graz, the Kiev Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, and the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra. During the coming season he is to make his debut with the Oxford Philomusica, the Orchestra Internazionale d 'Italia and the Chamber Orchestra of the European Union.
At the Israeli Opera Daniel conducted Tchaikovsky's Pique Dame, Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mzensk and Verdi's La Traviata. In the coming season Daniel will conduct Berg's Wozzeck, Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov, and Verdi's Othello. Daniel Also conducted the Israeli Opera Studio productions of Rossini's La Cenerentola and Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro. Daniel was invited to open the operatic season of the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari with a new production of Massenet's Don Quichotte.
Daniel was supported by the America-Israel Cultural Foundation throughout his studies.
The Gropius Ensemble
Israel's Interdisciplinary Ensemble
Artisric Director - Daniel Cohen
Named after the pioneering modernist architect and founder of Bauhaus, Walter Gropius, and inspired by his theories and creations, the Gropius Ensemble was founded by some of Israel's top young musicians, the Ensemble specializes in creating new artistic genres that draw on different disciplines of Art, such as Music, Theater, and Dance.
The Gropius Ensemble was founded by its artistic director, Daniel Cohen, who gathered a very fine group of young artists, dedicated to finding a new language for the stage. A fruitful collaboration was soon formed with the multitalented actor Itay Tiran, who is now the Ensemble leading actor.
Jersey Chamber Orchestra
Chief Conductor - Daniel Cohen
The Jersey Chamber Orchestra presents a concert series which includes such bright young stars as Nichola Benedetti, Alison Balsom and Elizabeth Watts along side some of the greatest names on the international stage like Lawrence Power, Carlos Bonell and Michael Collins.
Located in the beautiful island of Jersey (Channel Islands, UK), the Orchestra also promotes and supports the development of music in Jersey by organizing cultural events of the highest caliber while working together with other deserving Jersey charities.
Combined with each event will be opportunities for Jersey's children and the disadvantaged to be inspired and educated by some of the best musicians in the world working hand in hand with the best of Jersey. All the proceeds of each event go to charity.
Eden Sinfonia, London
Music Director - Daniel Cohen
The Eden Sinfonia is an exciting and diverse orchestra made up of the finest young professional players in London.
The Orchestra's repertoire extends from the Baroque to the 21st century and from the Chamber to the Symphonic. One of the aims of the Eden Sinfonia is to introduce the British audience to Israeli and Middle-Eastern classical music. The Eden Sinfonia is responsible for British premieres and world premieres of piece by young and established composers alike.
The Eden Sinfonia was founded by Daniel Cohen in 2004. It has since performed in such prestigious venues as St. Martin-in-the-fields, St, James's Piccadilly and the Queen Elizabeth Hall.
Music Director
Eden Sinfonia, London
Cheif Conductor
Jersey Chamber Orchestra
Permanent Guest Conductor
Israel Chamber Orchestra
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