Dalia Cohen, musicologist and educator, of the staunch nucleus of the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. As of 1956, Dalia has been teaching at the JAMD a variety of subjects, among them Acoustics, Ear Training, Harmony and Counterpoint, Musical Analysis, Science of Musical Instruments, Methodology of Music Teaching, non-European Music, and more.
At the same time, she has taught in the Faculty of Musicology of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In addition to her PhD. in Musicology, Dalia Cohen held a masters degree in Physics and Mathematics.
Dalia has written more than 80 articles in various fields, among them Ethnomusicology, Musical Cognition and Aesthetics, Folk Music and the Classification of Instruments, research on birdsong and Trope (Ta’ame Hamikra), research of the brain, the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, and more. She has also written many books on such subjects as Acoustics, Music in Eastern- and Western cultures, the Maqams of Arabic music, Music Education and Music Theory.
Dalia was a recipient of the 2012 Israel Prize for her achievement in the field of music research.