About Amit Weiner
Israeli-born Amit Weiner grew up as a concert pianist, and as a classical composer. Classically trained, and with a flourishing international career as a composer of concert music, music for film, trailers, TV and other media, Amit Weiner is active in a variety of musical fields - as a composer, pianist, arranger and producer.
His compositions, arrangements, and music for films and TV have been performed, recorded, and broadcasted across the United States - including New York's Carnegie Hall, and in England, Japan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Nepal, Ireland, Israel, Austria, and Hong Kong and Macau in China.
With music for two feature films, writing music for libraries in Europe and the U.S, two piano concertos, works for orchestras, and chamber and vocal ensembles, Weiner divides his career between the classical world and the popular.
Dr. Weiner is a senior member of the faculty of the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. Teaching composition, theory, harmony, and ear training at JAMD, and holds the position of The Head of The Cross-Disciplinary Composition Division at JAMD.
He holds a Ph.D. in Composition from Bar Ilan University, with undergraduate and graduate degrees in Composition from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance.
His works are published by the Israeli Music Institute and the Israeli Composers’ League.
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Scholarships and Awards
2022
Israel Prime Minister Award for Composers 2022.
The most prestigious prize for composers in Israel
2018
Amit Weiner's composition "Suite No. 1 - For Viola and Piano Songs of Hope, Sorrow and Frenzy" has been selected for the next publication of the SCI Journal of Music Scores.
2017
Amit Weiner's composition "Anagram no. 2 - for solo piano" – has been chosen from hundreds of pieces from around the world, by the RMN International Call for Piano Solo Works.
The piece was chosen to be performed by pianist Jelena Makarova, during the Contemporary Workshop Events in London, UK on November 2017.
2017
Amit Weiner's composition "Suite for horn, tuba and piano" – has been chosen has been chosen to be performed at the SCI (Society of Composers Inc.) Conference VII, in Arizona State University, USA, on October 2017.
2017
Amit Weiner's composition "At The Gates of Jerusalem" has been chosen to be performed duting the Contemporary Music Festival in the University of Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, on October 2017.
Dr. Amit Weiner was also chosen to deliver a paper about the composer Arvo Part, during the festival.
2016
Amit Weiner's composition "Rage Against the Piano" – a concertino for piano and 13 instruments, has won the 2nd Prize at the Alfred Schnittke International Composers Forum and Competition 2016, Lviv, Ukraine.
The piece was performed by KLKNewMusic, and will be published by Aldebaran Editions.
2016
Amit Weiner's piece: Passacaglia Funebre (2015) For Viola da Gamba (Bass Viol) and Piano, won the 2015 VdG Call for Scores, Boston, USA.
The piece will be recorded and featured on a CD devoted to new music for viola da gamba by violist da gamba: Andrew Arceci
2016
Amit Weiner's piece At the Gates of Jerusalem chosen to be performed during ITG Conference, Anaheim, California, June 2nd, 2016.
Trumpet: Fred Sienkiewicz. Piano: Amit Weiner
2015
Amit Weiner's piece Pulsating Waves won the "15 Minutes of Fame" of ACL Malaysia, and has been premiered in Kyoto, Japan in a concert held on 31-5-2015.
2014
Weiner's piece If This is a Man? Won the Israeli / Irish project from the Irish section of ISCM, to be broadcast in the Israeli and Irish radio, a competition held by the Israeli Composers’ League.
2013
ACUM grant – Advancement Scholarship from the ACUM support fund for the encouragement and support of the Israeli composer, for the recording of an album of music written by Amit Weiner for the silent Jewish film “Breaking Home Ties”.
2005
The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance: Scholarship for Excellence in M.Mus. studies.
2000-2006
America-Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarships for excellence in Composition.
2004
The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance: first prize for piano performance of an Israeli work Amit Weiner: “The Rain” for piano and alto voice).