SHAUL BUSTAN TRIO
Shaul Bustan (double bass, oud and percussion)
Liron Yariv (cello)
Héloïse Lefebvre (violin)
BIOGRAPHY
Shaul Bustan, 35, composer, conductor and multi-instrumentalist has been honored to work with several influential orchestras and ensembles throughout Israel, Germany, Austria, Netherlands and the USA.
He performed with ensembles such as: The Israeli Sinfonietta Beer-Sheva, the Haifa Symphony Orchestra, Kaprizma Ensemble, and with his collective on the premiere of his own opera to high acclaim. In 2007-2011 Shaul worked as the musical director and conductor of the Emek Hayarden Plectrum Ensemble. He founded and worked as the musical director of the Gonenim Music Center 2003-2011.
Shaul received a Master's degree in Composition from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. Among his teachers were violinist Motti Smidt, composer Haim Permont, and conductor and composer Aharon Harlap.
He won the Chana Avni-Yaddor's Composition Competition (2007-2008), the 2005/6 Deborah Grossman Award for Excellence in Music Education, with Das Letzte Kleinod the 'Theaterpreis des Bundes 2015' and 'Hermann-Allmers-Preis', and was awarded scholarships from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation for his compositions and Mandolin playing (2002-2008). In 2017 he received a scholarship from the Berlin Senate. (in the JAZZ / composition section).
CALENDAR
January 2018
20th of January at 8 pm - Café verweile doch, Breite Straße 2a, 13187 Berlin
Reading Performance "We are both meschugge"
with the actress Claudia Schwartz
musical accompaniment: Shaul Bustan
February 2018
3th February at 7:30 pm - Schwartzsche Villa (Großer Salon), Grunewaldstraße 55 12165 Berlin
SHAUL BUSTAN TRIO
Admission: 12 € (10 €) Tickets: shaul@shaulbustan.com
March 2018
12th March at 7:30 pm - Stadtbibliothek - Bremerhaven
Reading Performance "We are both meschugge"
with the actress Claudia Schwartz
musical accompaniment: Shaul Bustan
13th March at 8 pm - Hofbuchhandlung Kathrin Wellmann - Wardenburg
Reading Performance "We are both meschugge"
with the actress Claudia Schwartz
musical accompaniment: Shaul Bustan
May 2018
3th May at 7 pm - Katholischen Familienbildungsstätte - Bonn
Reading "Etty Hillesum"
with the actress Claudia Schwartz
musical accompaniment: Shaul Bustan
5th May at 8 pm - Bühne Bunter Vorhang - Unter den Linden 39, 21255 Tostedt
Reading Performance "We are both meschugge"
with the actress Claudia Schwartz
musical accompaniment: Shaul Bustan
September 2018
2nd September at 5 pm - Ev. Kirchengemeinde Nordend, Schönhauser Str. 32, 13158 Berlin
SHAUL BUSTAN SOLO
Mandolin and Oud, Israeli and Yiddish songs, music from Iran, pieces by Bach, Vivaldi. Ben-Haim and own compositions.
14th September at 7:30 pm - Schwartzsche Villa, Berlin
Reading Performance "We are both meschugge"
with the actress Claudia Schwartz
musical accompaniment: Shaul Bustan
October 2018
6th October at 7:30 pm - Old Parish Church Pankow, Breite Str. 37, 13187 Berlin
SHAUL BUSTAN TRIO
13th October at 8 pm - Kulturzentrum Marstall, Lübecker Straße 8, 22926 Ahrensburg
SHAUL BUSTAN TRIO
14th October at 5 pm - St. Marien Kirche, Flensburg
Reading Performance "We are both meschugge"
with the actress Claudia Schwartz
musical accompaniment: Shaul Bustan
20th October at 7:30 pm - Kulturwirkstatt Ilow e.V., Ilow 18, 23974 Neuburg/OT Ilow
SHAUL BUSTAN TRIO
26th October at 7:30 pm - Johannisklang - Johanniskirchhof 22, Flensburg
SHAUL BUSTAN TRIO
27th October at 7:30 pm - Bühne Bunter Vorhang - Unter den Linden 39, 21255 Tostedt
SHAUL BUSTAN TRIO
November 2018
18h November at 5 pm - Zeuthen
Reading Performance "We are both meschugge"
with the actress Claudia Schwartz
musical accompaniment: Shaul Bustan
14th November at 7:30 pm - Spiekeroog - Kino
Reading Performance "We are both meschugge"
with the actress Claudia Schwartz
musical accompaniment: Shaul Bustan
PRESS
ZDF morgenmagazin
Jüdische Allgemeine
nachtkritik
Deutschlandradio Kultur
Haaretz
Exodus
COMPOSITIONS (selection)
Sirokos
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
The Israel Sinfonietta Beer Sheva
conducted by Doron Salomon
Dur. 14 min. (2006)
Excerpt (mp3 - 42")
Songs for Ilil
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
lyrics by Leah Goldberg - for SATB Choir,The Jerusalem Music Academy students conducted by Tomer Haseg (2006)
1st song (mp3 - 3'03")
Das lange Gedicht
Dur. apx 20 min. (2013) (Download excerpt - Pdf)
*work in progress
MUSIC FOR THEATRE (selection)
Het spoor voorbij - for Singer and Wind ensemble (2015)
Das Letzte Kleinod (Germany) - EXODUS - for Choir and Contrabass. (2014)
Irrfahrt der Holocaust - überlebenden (Deutschlandradio Kultur vom 23. Mai 2014)
With Claudia Schwartz
I, Export - for Contrabass. (2013) Trailer (YouTube - 1'56")
To Die For - for Voice and Contrabass. (2012)
Avgar group (Israel)
King Bahram Gur and His Beautiful Maidservant - Original musical theatre based on a Persian folktale (2010)
EDUCATIONAL MUSIC
Melodies for my nephews
Dur. apx. 26 min. (2012 - Work in progress)
Natalia Pegarkova - Piano, Shiran Eliaserov - Choreographer and Dancer
CARAVANTASTIC
Chamber Opera
Chamber Opera - Hebrew lyrics: Shahar Gabay
Three sopranos, actor, mixed choir, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, percussion, guitar and strings. Dur. 80 min. (2008)
CONDUCTOR
The Jerusalem Music Centre
Poems: Yaakov Barzilai Music: Aharon Harlap
Sharon Rostorf Zamir - soprano. Shir Shahal - oboe
conducted by Shaul Bustan
Broadcast live on The Voice of Music
2010, Jerusalem Music Center - Israel
the Koninklijke Harmoniekapel
Singer: Jeroen Manders
Het spoor voorbij - Werkplaats Spoorzone Delft
Netherlands, February 2015
Hinterhof49 vocal ensemble
Hinterhof49 Vocal Ensemble
Open rehearsal (Berlin - Pankow) June 2017
DOUBLE BASS
With Samweli Mandoo
Double bass, producer and recording engineer: Shaul Bustan
Live recorded at the ‘Ozeanblaue Zug’ (www.das-letzte-kleinod.de), 2015
Rotem Ensemble
OSTWIND - Improvisation
St. Peter Church Berlin, 2013
OUD
Shalma
Music, Oud, Double Bass and Tambourine: Shaul Bustan
Video: Chen Wagshall
Production: Hadar Kostizky
Shalma Road, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, 29.10.2016
Seven pictures (Short film)
A short film by: Dror Verber and Nimrod Sonders
Music, Oud, Piano and Bass: Shaul Bustan
Electronics: Israel Gliksberg
Persian concert 2010
Played by Avgar Group
Bet Avi Chai - Jerusalem - Israel 2010
MANDOLIN
Concerto for Mandolin
for Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, String quartet, Double bass, Mandolin and Accordion. 4 Movements - Dur. 35 min. (2010)
Broadcast live on The Voice of Music Radio 2010, Jerusalem Music Center - Israel
Tahadia ("Restfulness")
The Israel Sinfonietta Beer Sheva
Conductor: Doron Salomon
Mozart - Symphony No 40
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No 40 in G minor, K 550
(Excerpt from the 1st Movement)
Mandolin, Mandola, Guitar, Double bass & arrangement: Shaul Bustan (2014)
DISCOGRAPHY
PHOTOS
