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BIOGRAPHY
"Bustan's music moves and pulls the heart, at times bursting with longing whilst then reassembling itself anew in an european-elegant way. Its harmonies suddenly change from a campfire in the desert to Johann Sebastian Bach in the Thomaskirche - and back again. What is so impressive is with what ease the distances and differences are overcome, with what ease Bustans tunes unite what supposedly do not fit together." Jüdische Allgemeine
Born in 1983 in a small kibbuz in the Negev desert, the Israeli composer, conductor and multi-instrumentalist Shaul Bustan started playing classical music on the mandolin from a very young age. Growing up between two worlds, to a Persian mother and an Eastern European father, he was not only influenced by this on a personal level. Also musically, he has been a frequent traveler between these two worlds. Till today, Shauls musical language are the unique sounds and combinations of orient and occident.
Shaul graduated from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance in 2009, holding a master’s degree in composition. Among his teachers were violinist Motti Smidt, composer Haim Permont, and conductor and composer Aharon Harlap.
Throughout his career, he has composed over 300 pieces; from opera to chamber and orchestral music to music for film, theatre and dance. Shauls music has been performed in concerts internationally by the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra, the Israeli Chamber Orchestra, the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony (USA), the Tiroler Ensemble für Neue Musik - Innsbruck (Austria), Musica Nova Ensemble (Israel), Meitar Ensemble (Israel) as well as by the mandolinist Avi Avital, the klezmer maestro Giora Feidman and at the Schleswig-Holstein music festival.
Shaul graduated from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance in 2009, holding a master’s degree in composition. Among his teachers were violinist Motti Smidt, composer Haim Permont, and conductor and composer Aharon Harlap.
Throughout his career, he has composed over 300 pieces; from opera to chamber and orchestral music to music for film, theatre and dance. Shauls music has been performed in concerts internationally by the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra, the Israeli Chamber Orchestra, the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony (USA), the Tiroler Ensemble für Neue Musik - Innsbruck (Austria), Musica Nova Ensemble (Israel), Meitar Ensemble (Israel) as well as by the mandolinist Avi Avital, the klezmer maestro Giora Feidman and at the Schleswig-Holstein music festival.
Since 2011, Shauls is based in Berlin. As well as working as a musical director and composer in diverse theatre projects, he conducts several choirs in Berlin and performs regularly throughout Germany with his trio.
And he has put his focus on composing and performing his own music on the Oud.
He won the Chana Avni-Yaddor's Composition Competition (2007-2008), the 2005/6 Deborah Grossman Award for Excellence in Music Education, and was awarded scholarships from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation (2002-08) and the Berlin Senate in the JAZZ composition section (2017).
He won the Chana Avni-Yaddor's Composition Competition (2007-2008), the 2005/6 Deborah Grossman Award for Excellence in Music Education, and was awarded scholarships from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation (2002-08) and the Berlin Senate in the JAZZ composition section (2017).
CALENDAR
January 2019
20th January at 16:00 - French Cathedral, Gendarmenmarkt 5, 10117 Berlin
SHAUL BUSTAN TRIO
29th January 2019 at 19:30 - Schloß Ritzebüttel, Cuxhaven
Reading performance "We are both meschugge"
with the actress Claudia Schwartz
musical accompaniment: Shaul Bustan
February 2019
16th February at 19:30 - Centre Bagatelle FrohnauAbsolutely Unterhaltsam
23rd February at 20:00 - Bühne Bunter Vorhang - Unter den Linden 39, 21255 Tostedt
"Etty Hillesum" - reading with the actress Claudia Schwartz
musical accompaniment: Shaul Bustan
24th February at 17:00 - Jugendstil-Kirchsaal Berlin-Nordend
Reading performance "We are both meschugge" with the actress Claudia Schwartz
musical accompaniment: Shaul Bustan
March 2019
22nd March 2019 at 19:30 - Literaturhaus, ImmenstadtReading performance "We are both meschugge" with the actress Claudia Schwartz
musical accompaniment: Shaul Bustan
23nd March 2019 at 19:30 - Interkulturelle Woche, Stadtbibliothek Germering
Reading performance "We are both meschugge" with the actress Claudia Schwartz
musical accompaniment: Shaul Bustan
April 2019
2nd April 2019 - Jewish Culture Days Rhine-Ruhr, BonnReading performance "We are both meschugge" with the actress Claudia Schwartz
musical accompaniment: Shaul Bustan
May 2019
12th May 2019 at 18:00 - Musikzeit Epiphanien, Epiphanienkirche HamburgReading performance "We are both meschugge" with the actress Claudia Schwartz
musical accompaniment: Shaul Bustan
19th May 2019 at 11:00 - Kulturfestival Fohrde
Reading performance "We are both meschugge" with the actress Claudia Schwartz
musical accompaniment: Shaul Bustan
June 2019
17th June 2019 at 20:00 - Kapelle der Caritas-Klinik Maria Heimsuchung, Berlin-Pankow.Hinterhof49 Vokalensemble Berlin - A Cappella concert
23rd June 2019 at 17:00 - L’écritoire, Schönwalder Str. 20, 13347 Berlin
Oud solo - J. S. Bach and Bustan
July 2019
6th July 2019 - Rosengarten am Heiligen See, Potsdam15th July 2019 - Stadtbibliothek Trossingen
17th July 2019 - Kusterdingen
18th July 2019 at 19:30 - Versöhnungskirche in der KZ-Gedenkstätte Dachau
Reading performance "We are both meschugge" with the actress Claudia Schwartz
musical accompaniment: Shaul Bustan
September 2019
29th September 2019 at 18:00 - Kaiser-Friedrich-Gedächtnis-Kirche in Berlin-TiergartenCharlottenburger Kammerchor - J.S. Bach: Motet BWV 227 'Jesu, meine Freude'", Vivaldi: Magnificat, RV 610, Piazzola, Lavri, Bustan
October 2019
10th October 2019 - LengerichReading performance "We are both meschugge" with the actress Claudia Schwartz
musical accompaniment: Shaul Bustan
November 2019
23rd November at 20:00 - UFA-Fabrik BerlinAbsolutely Unterhaltsam
24th November at 20:00 Uhr - UFA-Fabrik Berlin
Absolutely Unterhaltsam
PRESS
Jüdische Allgemeine
So klingt die Wüste, 14.09.2018
ZDF morgenmagazin
Junge Israelis in Deutschland, 11.11.2013
nachtkritik
Goetzen / Liemba – Das letzte Kleinod erzählen in Geestenseth die Kolonialgeschichte eines Schiffes, 1. Juli 2015 - von Andreas Schnell
Jüdische Allgemeine
Berliner Mischung, Das Rotem Ensemble vereint israelische Musik mit europäischen Klängen, 04.12.2014 – von Jonathan Scheiner
Deutschlandradio Kultur
Irrfahrt der Holocaust - überlebenden, 23. Mai 2014
Haaretz
Shaul's musical past, 15.6.2010, By Noam Ben-Zeev
COMPOSITIONS
Sirokos
Sirokos - for Violin, Bass Clarinet and Double bass,
Dur. apx. 40 min. (2013) (Download excerpt - Pdf)
Music Lab and drafts: Excerpt (mp3 - 5'46")
Violin: Neta Rudich, Bass Clarinet: Florian Bergmann,
Double bass: Shaul Bustan
Dur. apx. 40 min. (2013) (Download excerpt - Pdf)
Music Lab and drafts: Excerpt (mp3 - 5'46")
Violin: Neta Rudich, Bass Clarinet: Florian Bergmann,
Double bass: Shaul Bustan
Kaddish
Kaddish (Jewish prayer of mourning) - Symphony orchestra
The Israel Sinfonietta Beer Sheva
conducted by Doron Salomon
Dur. 14 min. (2006)
Excerpt (mp3 - 42")
The Israel Sinfonietta Beer Sheva
conducted by Doron Salomon
Dur. 14 min. (2006)
Excerpt (mp3 - 42")
Songs for Ilil
Songs for Ilil - lyrics by Shaul Tchernichovsky (6 Songs)
Flute/Piccolo, Clarinet/Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Piano, Soprano, Violin/Viola, and Cello, Meitar Ensemble conducted by Guy Feder,
Soprano: Tehila Nini- Goldstein (2009)
1st song (mp3 - 3'22")
Excerpt from the 4th song (mp3 - 1'10")
Flute/Piccolo, Clarinet/Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Piano, Soprano, Violin/Viola, and Cello, Meitar Ensemble conducted by Guy Feder,
Soprano: Tehila Nini- Goldstein (2009)
1st song (mp3 - 3'22")
Excerpt from the 4th song (mp3 - 1'10")
River Songs
River Songs (4 Songs) - The river sings to the stone
lyrics by Leah Goldberg - for SATB Choir,The Jerusalem Music Academy students conducted by Tomer Haseg (2006)
1st song (mp3 - 3'03")
lyrics by Leah Goldberg - for SATB Choir,The Jerusalem Music Academy students conducted by Tomer Haseg (2006)
1st song (mp3 - 3'03")
COMPOSITION FOR FILM & THEATRE
MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST AND CONDUCTOR
DISCOGRAPHY
Negev - Shaul Bustan (2018)
KISIWA CHA AMANI TANZANIA
by Samweli Mandoo and Shaul Bustan (2015)
by Samweli Mandoo and Shaul Bustan (2015)
GOETZEN/LIEMBA by Das Letzte Kleinod (2015)
OSTWIND by Shaul Bustan and Nitai Levi (2014)
The Boy's Song to the River (2007)
PHOTOS
