Supporting Artists
Sivan Magen
Following the Israeli harpist Sivan Magen’s performance at Alice Tully Hall, the New-York Sun wrote: “Sivan Magen dazzled…Mr. Magen delivered a dramatically charged, suitably mysterious, and stunningly strong-handed realization…His tone was superb”.
Sivan Magen is the First Prize winner (as well as the winner of Renie and Propes prizes) of the 16th International Harp Contest in Israel (2006), and as such is the first Israeli to have won this prestigious competition since it was founded in 1959. His 2008-09 season included recital and concerto performances in the USA, Israel and Europe, including debut recitals in NYC’s Merkin Hall and in London's Wigmore Hall, sponsored by the Victor Salvi Foundation, who is also sponsoring his debut solo CD recording for the Egan label.
Besides his growing activity as a soloist, Sivan is an avid chamber musician, in which capacity he performed at Le Trianon and Salle Gaveau in Paris, recorded for Israeli Radio and Television as well as New York’s WQXR and the French television channel Mezzo, and participated in chamber-music festivals in Marlboro(USA), Kuhmo (Finland), Giverny (France), Kfar-Blum and the International Chamber Music Festival in Jerusalem, collaborating with artists such as Kim Kashkashian, Nobuko Imai, Shmuel Ashkenazi, Vladimir Mendelssohn, Franklin Cohen, Carol Wincenc, Emmanuel Pahud, and members of the Guarneri quartet. As a soloist he performed with all of the major Israeli orchestras, including the Israeli Philharmonic. In the 2007-2008 season Sivan performed in recitals in the USA, Taiwan, Colombia, Italy, France and Israel, as well as in the opening concert of the 10th World Harp Congress in Amsterdam, and participated in the premiere recording of Compline by Christopher Rouse for Koch International.
Sivan has also lately gained renown as a teacher, presenting masterclasses in the USA, Taiwan and Israel, London’s Guildhall School and Trinity College, and at the Jerusalem Music Academy’s International “Music in the Valley” seminar for strings. In addition, he has been invited to serve as member of the jury of the first Netherlands International Harp Competition, the Lyon & Healy Awards, and served as Head of the Jury of the 2007 National Harp Contest in Taiwan.
Born in Jerusalem, Sivan Magen studied the piano with Professor Benjamin Oren and Talma Cohen and the harp with Irena Kaganovsky at the Jerusalem Academy for Music and Dance. After finishing his military service as an "Outstanding Musician" in 2001, he continued his studies with Germaine Lorenzini in France and was accepted to Isabelle Moretti’s harp class at the Paris Conservatory (CNSMDP) from which he graduated in June 2005 with a “Premier Prix”. In May 2008 he graduated with his Master’s degree from Nancy Allen’s studio in the Juilliard School.
Sivan Magen was a winner of the America-Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarships from 1995-2008.
Sivan Magen is the First Prize winner (as well as the winner of Renie and Propes prizes) of the 16th International Harp Contest in Israel (2006), and as such is the first Israeli to have won this prestigious competition since it was founded in 1959. His 2008-09 season included recital and concerto performances in the USA, Israel and Europe, including debut recitals in NYC’s Merkin Hall and in London's Wigmore Hall, sponsored by the Victor Salvi Foundation, who is also sponsoring his debut solo CD recording for the Egan label.
Besides his growing activity as a soloist, Sivan is an avid chamber musician, in which capacity he performed at Le Trianon and Salle Gaveau in Paris, recorded for Israeli Radio and Television as well as New York’s WQXR and the French television channel Mezzo, and participated in chamber-music festivals in Marlboro(USA), Kuhmo (Finland), Giverny (France), Kfar-Blum and the International Chamber Music Festival in Jerusalem, collaborating with artists such as Kim Kashkashian, Nobuko Imai, Shmuel Ashkenazi, Vladimir Mendelssohn, Franklin Cohen, Carol Wincenc, Emmanuel Pahud, and members of the Guarneri quartet. As a soloist he performed with all of the major Israeli orchestras, including the Israeli Philharmonic. In the 2007-2008 season Sivan performed in recitals in the USA, Taiwan, Colombia, Italy, France and Israel, as well as in the opening concert of the 10th World Harp Congress in Amsterdam, and participated in the premiere recording of Compline by Christopher Rouse for Koch International.
Sivan has also lately gained renown as a teacher, presenting masterclasses in the USA, Taiwan and Israel, London’s Guildhall School and Trinity College, and at the Jerusalem Music Academy’s International “Music in the Valley” seminar for strings. In addition, he has been invited to serve as member of the jury of the first Netherlands International Harp Competition, the Lyon & Healy Awards, and served as Head of the Jury of the 2007 National Harp Contest in Taiwan.
Born in Jerusalem, Sivan Magen studied the piano with Professor Benjamin Oren and Talma Cohen and the harp with Irena Kaganovsky at the Jerusalem Academy for Music and Dance. After finishing his military service as an "Outstanding Musician" in 2001, he continued his studies with Germaine Lorenzini in France and was accepted to Isabelle Moretti’s harp class at the Paris Conservatory (CNSMDP) from which he graduated in June 2005 with a “Premier Prix”. In May 2008 he graduated with his Master’s degree from Nancy Allen’s studio in the Juilliard School.
Sivan Magen was a winner of the America-Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarships from 1995-2008.