Sivan Eldar

The work of composer Sivan Eldar has been described as “vividly imagined” (The Boston Globe), “ethereal” (Oakland Musical Examiner), “beautifully melancholic” (Opera Plus), “radiating with poetic sounds and silences” (ResMusica) and "with a unique sensitivity to dramaturgy" (Diapason). She has worked with many of today’s leading ensembles, including the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, Diotima String Quartet, Divertimento Ensemble, Ensemble Multilatérale, Exaudi Vocal Ensemble, International Ensemble Modern Academy and Ensemble Musica Nova, at festivals such as Festival ManiFeste, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Royaumont Voix Nouvelles, Rainy Days Festival, Impuls Festival, Festival Tzlil Meudcan, at diverse venues including Boston’s Symphony Hall, Paris’ Maison de la Radio, Le Centquatre and Pompidou, Oslo’s Baerum Kulturhaus, NY's Bohemian National Hall, and Berlin’s RADIOALSYSTEM-V. 

Sivan began her musical education in Tel Aviv at the age of 5, studying classical piano and voice. At the age of 15 she moved to New Mexico to continue her education at the United World College, where she studied composition while becoming involved in environmental and political work. She continued her studies in Boston at the New England Conservatory (BM), where she studied composition, piano and ethnomusicology, alongside courses in gender studies and ethics. She moved to California to pursue her PhD in composition at UC Berkeley with Franck Bedrossian and Edmund Campion with an emphasis in new media studies at the CNMAT (Center for New Music and Audio Technologies) and the BCNM (Berkeley Center for New Media). She then studied at IRCAM under Hèctor Parra (Cursus 2016-17), where she developed new tools for vocal writing, and began to collaborate with writer Cordelia Lynn and set designer Aurélie Lemaignen. She is currently composer-in-residence at IRCAM (2017-18), where she is working on a new project for voices and electronics with Cordelia and Aurélie, commissioned by IRCAM/Royaumont Foundation for Exaudi Vocal Ensemble. Other upcoming commissions include new works for Diotima String Quartet (Luxembourg Philarmonie) and Accentus Choir.

Sivan is currently based in Brooklyn and Paris. Her music is published by Universal Music Classical - Durand, Paris.