Ella Milch-Sheriff

Ella Milch-Sheriff (Hebrew: אלה מילך-שריף) is an Israeli composer, winner of ACUM award for lifetime achievement (2022). Born in Haifa, Israel on September 1, 1954, Milch-Sheriff began her career as a composer at the age of 12. During her military service she composed, performed and interpreted her own songs after which she returned to classical music studying composition under the direction of Professor Tzvi Avni and graduating in composition from the Rubin Academy of Music at Tel Aviv University. Milch-Sheriff, who is based in Tel Aviv, has composed operas, chamber, orchestral and vocal music as well as popular music and solo works. Selected works * Clarinet Quartet, Clarinet, Violin, Viola and Cello, 2022, Intonations festival. Berlin, Germany. Jerusalem Chamber Music Festival. * Abschied (Farewell Eng.), Soprano and Orchestra, 2021, Bochum Symphony Orchestra, Germany. * “The Eternal Stranger” (Der ewige Fremde), Actor and symphony orchestra, 2020, Beethoven’s 250th anniversary, Leipzig, Palermo, London. * “The Banality of Love” (Die Banalitaet der Liebe), Opera, 2018, Staatstheater Regensburg, Germany. * “Baruch’s Silence” (Baruchs Schweigen), A chamber opera, 2010, Staatstheat