
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, double bassist and oud player Shaul Bustan started playing classical music 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 2020
23rd January 2020 um 19:30 Uhr - VHS Calw, Bad WildbadReading performance „Meschugge sind wir beide“
24th January 2020 - Mariaberg
Reading performance „Ich glaube immer an den tieferen Sinn dieses Lebens“ From the diaries of Etty Hillesum
25th January 2020 - Lutherkirche Arnbach
Reading performance „Ich glaube immer an den tieferen Sinn dieses Lebens“ From the diaries of Etty Hillesum
30th January at 18:00 - Elbphilharmonie Kulturcafé - Hamburg
Shaul Bustan Trio
March 2020
7th March at 18:00 - Kulturhaus Centre Bagatelle - BerlinShaul Bustan Trio
Oud / Mandolin Solo with Piano
April 2020
Oud / Mandolin Solo with Piano
18th April at 20:00 - Horns Erben Kultur e.V., Arndtstr. 33 ,04275 Leipzig
Oud Solo
June 2020
Hinterhof49 Vokalensemble
Hinterhof49 Vokalensemble
September 2020
12th September at 14:00 - Dominikanerkloster PrenzlauOud Solo
19th September at 19:00 - Filmtheater Union - Fürstenwalde
Shaul Bustan Duo
October 2020
4th October at 15:45 - Amerika-Gedenkbibliothek | Salon - BerlinShaul Bustan Duo Concert & Talk
9th October at 19:00 - Petruskirche - Oberhofer Platz, 12209 Berlin-Lichterfelde
Shaul Bustan Duo
January 2021
Oud Solo
February 2021
Shaul Bustan (Oud and Composition) with EOS Chamber Orchestra Köln
March 2021
Shaul Bustan Duo
August 2021
4th August - BergkirchenMeschugge - Leseperformance
13th August - Südbrandenburgische Orgelakademie - Bad Liebenwerda
Shaul Bustan Duo
21th August - Kunsthalle Kühlungsborn
Shaul Bustan Trio
PRESS
"Without a doubt he is one of the up-and-coming, young composers of our time and a cultural enrichment for Germany." Giora Feidman
"His virtuoso lute playing enchanted the audience time and time again." (Westfälische Nachrichten, 11.9.2019)
"devoted joy", "imaginative pieces of music", "stormy applause" (Flensburger Tageblatt, 29.10.2018)
"His virtuoso lute playing enchanted the audience time and time again." (Westfälische Nachrichten, 11.9.2019)
"devoted joy", "imaginative pieces of music", "stormy applause" (Flensburger Tageblatt, 29.10.2018)