Dr. Ziv Cojocaru

Dr. Ziv Cojocaru

Dr. Ziv Cojocaru

مجالات التعليم: 
الوظائف الرسمية في الأكاديمية: 
Head of the Department of Music theory, Composition & Conducting

Composer, Conductor, Arranger and Pianist, Ziv Cojocaru is a multidisciplinary musician, active in the fields of classical, contemporary and popular music.

Mr. Cojocaru  received his Master degree in Composition (with honors) at the "Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance" studying with  Prof. Zvi Avni and  Prof. Haim Permont. Mr. Cojocaru also attended Master courses under Composers Fabián Panisello (Spain), Philippe Leroux (France) , and Ivan Fedele (Italy). He Completed his Doctoral degree in composition (Ph.D.) at the Bar-Ilan University under supervision of Prof. Gideon Lewensohn, Prof. Betty Olivero and Prof. Michael Wolpe. Cojocaru has also received his Master degree in Orchestral Conducting (with honors),  studying with Dr. Yevgeny Zirlin, and attended Master courses under Conductors Fabián Panisello (Spain) and Pierre Andre Valade (France).

As a composer, Ziv Cojocaru has written commissions for various chamber music

ensembles and orchestras. His compositions have been preformed at various festivals and venues including the “Euro Classic Festival” in Konzerthaus-Berlin, the Arnold Schönberg Center-Wien, the “Tonraum 21 - Festival für neue musik” in Minoritensaal–Graz (Austria), the “MATA Festival” in New York, the ISCM - World Music Days Festival in Ljubliana (Slovenia), the ECCO concert by ECSA (Luxembourg), the "Days of Macedonian Music" festival in Skopje (Macedonia), the “Intrada” festival in Timisoara (Romania), the ACL Festivals, “Israel Music Festival”, the “Desert Sounds Festival”, the ”Galilee Voice of Music Festival”, the “Spring competitions” and more.

The preforming ensembles and orchestras include the Ensemble l'Intinéraire (France), The Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble (Rusia), the Atem Ensemble (Romania), the Zeitfluss Ensemble (Austria), the Reconcil Ensemble (Austria), the United instruments of Lucilin Ensemble (Luxembourg), the Meitar Ensemble, the Israel Contemporary Players, the Tempera Ensemble, the Tel Aviv Soloists Ensemble, the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, the Israel Symphony Orchestra, the Israel Chamber Orchestra, the Israel Sinfonietta, the Israel Camerata - Jerusalem, the Israel Symphonette-Raanana, the Israel Contemporary String Quartet, and more. He collaborated with conductors such as Pierre Andre Valade, Michael Sanderling, Omer.M. Welber, Ilan Volkov, Avner Biron, Nir Kabareti, Edo Mičić, and more. His works are published by the “Israel Music Center” (IMC) and the “Israel Music Institute” (IMI). 

As a  conductor, Cojocaru serves as Conductor in Residence for the Israel Sinfonietta Orchestra. He also performed with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, the Wiener Concert-Verein (Austria), the Israel Chamber Orchestra, the Israel Camerata-Jerusalem, the Filarmonica de Stat Botosani (Romania), the Haifa Symphony Orchestra, the Ashdod Symphony Orchestra , the NK Orchestra, the Israel Symphonette-Raanana, the Meitar ensemble, the Moran Singers Ensemble, the Jerusalem Academy Orchestra, and more.

As an arranger,  Mr. Cojocaru's works are performed regularly by the Israel

Philharmonic Orchestra, the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, the Israel Symphony Orchestra, the Haifa Symphony Orchestra , the Israel Chamber Orchestra, The Israel Sinfonietta, the Tel Aviv Soloists Ensemble, the Raanana Symphonette, the Israel NK Orchestra,  the  Tel Aviv Jazz Big Band, the Meitar ensemble , the Tempera ensemble, and more.

Popular Music Scene activity- Since 1998, Mr. Cojocaru worked regularly on Israel's most prestigious Stage Productions and appeared in Israel's Best selling Albums as a Producer , Musical Director, Arranger, Conductor,  Composer,  Pianist  and Keyboards player. Mr. Cojocaru has Collaborated with renowned Israeli  artists such as: Shlomo Arzi, Gidi Gov, Danny Robas, Alon Oleartchik, Yehuda Poliker, David Broza, Shuli Rand, Amir Benayun, Rami Klienstein, Rita, Yehudit Ravitz, Yoni Rechter, Shlomo Gronich, Eran Zur, Shlomi Shaban, Riki Gal, Yizhar Ashdot, Ninet, Abraham Tal, Kobi Aflalo, David D'aor, Harel Skaat, Maurice El Medioni, and many many more. Mr. Cojocaru also worked for several Israel's top rated TV productions.

Ziv Cojocaru is the recipient of the  2015 Prime minister Award for composers, the  2002 ACUM grant  for excellence in the fields of Composition & Arrangement, the 2000 TAMUZ award (Israel Music Industry Official Prize) for best instrumental performance on a recorded album, and the 2005-2007 Jerusalem Academy of Music & Dance Excellence Scholarships . Dr. Cojocaru is a full-time faculty member of composition and theory at  the “Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance” and serves as Head of Composition, Conducting and Theory Department. He also serves as a board member at the Israeli Composers' League (ICL) and as a member at the Board of Trustees - Prime Minister Award.

Cojocaru's works are often recorded and played on the Israeli Radio.