Talia Amar

Talia Amar (; born 1989) is an Israeli composer and pianist. Since 2017, she has been a composition faculty member at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, where she serves as the Head of Innovation and Technology in Pedagogy. Many of her works focus on the connection between music and technology and their points of interaction. Biography Amar was born in Jerusalem. Her mother and grandmother are piano teachers who immigrated to Israel from Paris. She began playing the piano at five, studying under Luisa Yoffe. She commenced composition studies at fourteen with composer Mark Kopytman. Career From a young age, Amar participated in international competitions. At seven, she won the Shostakovich International Competition in Germany; at eleven, she secured first place in the International Piano Competition in Vicenza and the national competition in Paris. Amar earned her Bachelor of Music with honors in composition from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, studying under professors Mark Kopytman, Ari Ben-Shabetai, and Yinam Leef. She also studied piano at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music under prof. Emanuel Krasovsky. Between 2007 and 2013, she received scholarships from the