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Alona Epshtein was born in 1975 in Baku, Azerbaijan, in 1990 immigrated to Israel. She graduated from Buchman-Mehta school of Music in Tel-Aviv University, where studied composition with prof. Leon Schidlowsky and Ruben Seroussi (M.Mus. Summa Cum Laude) and was a recipient of America-Israel Cultural Foundation scholarship (2003-2005), Wolfson scholarship (2006) and Buchman Foundation Doctoral   scholarship (2007-2010). She accomplished her PhD studies at Bar-Ilan University, PhD projects were supervised by prof. Betty Olivero and prof. Marina Ritzareva.  
Epshtein’s music was commissioned, performed and broadcasted in Israel and abroad, to mention ”Aviv” Competitions, The Adele and John Gray Endowement Fund (Tel-Aviv 2005) , “Young Euro Classics” International Festival(Berlin 2006), Kfar-Blum Chamber Music festival (Kfar-Blum 2010),ACL festival (Taipei 2011),Contemporary Music Days (Nuremberg 2013),’’Cortazar- Life in music and words” conference (Long Beach 2014), Israeli Music Festival,(Tel-Aviv, 2014), ‘The Present of Orchestral Asia” festival (Kyoto 2015), Teiva Marathon (Tel-Aviv, 2016), China ASEAN festival (Nanning, 2018), concert series in Tel-Aviv, New York and Buenos Aires . Two of her orchestral pieces won first prizes,”Shearim” in 2006 (Israeli Young Philharmonic Orchestra competition) and “Mal’achei Stav” in 2010 (Acum  Prize-ASAP) ,she was a recipient of Israeli Prime Minister Award for composition (2013), received Acum (ASAP) Prize for her chamber work ‘Casa Tomada’ (2015),won second prize on Red Note International Festival Composition Competition (USA) for her work ‘Snow’(2017) and first prize on Artistes en Herbe Composition Competition (Luxembourg) for her work ‘Aspects of Sarah’ (2020)
Between 2010-2015 and in 2019 Epshtein was a chairperson of Israeli Women Composers Forum, she is a founder and an artistic director of Vox Feminae Music festival in Tel-Aviv.
In 2020 was a part of Israeli Acum Composition Competition Jury, in years 2014-2019 served as a part of Performance Evaluation comitee at Israeli Ministry of Culture.
 Alona Epshtein was teaching harmony at Open University, today is teaching ear training, theory and composition at Rosh-Ha Ayin and Bat Yam conservatories.

Brad Rau Classical Guitar, Music Teacher. bradraumusic.com
Brad Rau has been performing music for over 20 years all over Boston, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, as a classical guitarist, rock guitarist, and rock drummer. Brad received a scholarship to attend New England Conservatory (NEC) and received a Master’s degree in 2015 with academic honors. At NEC, he studied classical guitar under Eliot Fisk who was the last pupil of Andres Segovia. Brad has performed in countless masterclasses with instructors including; Sharon Isbin, Andrew York and Jason Vieaux, all Grammy award-winning guitarists. Brad was recently a featured performer on Live WRTI Performance Studio. Brad’s personal learning methods have enabled him to surpass his competition memorizing over 8 hours of the most difficult repertoire for the classical guitar. Brad was a semi-finalist in the International Texas Guitar Competition of 2008. In addition to his performing career, Brad has mentored hundreds of students of all ages, styles, and levels. Many of Brad's students have gone on to develop their own music careers and teaching studios. Brad's unique teaching style combines music, physics, philosophy, and humor, making him a well-rounded instructor for a variety of students.
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_flutist based in Germany
_artistic director of the „Konzerte in der Elfenbeinstadt Erbach(i.Odenwald)“
_founder of new music ensembles Lunaire & Broken Frames Syndicate, the Duo Zweisam, Duo |H:S|, and the chamber orchestra O!Contraire
_part of Ensemble Sargo, Asambura ensemble & the artist collective Intertwining Arts
_International Ensemble Modern Academy 2017/18

WOMEN* COMPOSERS Project
I am currently working on a repertoire list for flute music by women* composers.  Please get in touch with me...
...if you are a women* composer and would like to be included
...or if you know pieces that should be included in the list. 

The full list is available on my website. Any exchange about this topic or remarks are welcome! Thank you!

I compose choral works inspired by mediaeval music and Norwegian folk songs. Contact me: andrew.ajs (at) gmail.com

rarescale is a flexible-instrumentation contemporary chamber music ensemble, which since its formation by Carla Rees in 2003 has gained an international reputation for its work promoting and creating new repertoire for alto and bass flute. 

The group performs regularly in the UK and abroad and has international links with several composers. Since its formation, rarescale has premiered several hundred new works, including many written specifically for the ensemble.

rarescale runs an annual masterclass course for composers and instrumentalists, and records for its own label, with five discs currently available. Many of the pieces composed for rarescale are published by Tetractys Publishing

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COMPOSER-CONDUCTOR
BUENOS AIRES-ARGENTINA

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