Bracha Bdil (1988) is an Israeli-British composer, conductor, and pianist, winner of the Prime Minister’s Award for Composition (Israel, 2022) and the ACUM Award (2019). Her repertoire spans different mediums including orchestral music, chamber, vocal and electronic music.

Bracha has a B.Ed. in Music Education from Levinsky College and a Master’s Degree in Music Education and Composition from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, led by Professor Andre Hajdu, o.b.m. and Professor Haim Permont. Throughout her education Bracha studied classical piano with Dina Orlov and Dr. Irena Berkowitz, jazz with Marina Lewinsky, and piano chamber music with Professor Alexander Tamir o.b.m. Furthermore, Bracha studied classical singing with Hadassah Ben-Haim and conducting with Elli Jaffe and Evgeny Tzirlin.

Bracha also graduated with a Master Degree in General and Comparative Literature from the Hebrew University; her thesis “Composing Prose” dealt with the relationship between music and prose.

Bracha’s compositions have won several first prizes, among them: International Composition Competition named after A.G. Schnittke; George Ștephănescu International Composition Competition, Romania (2024); Symphony Kyoto Concours, County Hall Arts competition, UK (2023); MaestrosVision Awards International Composition Competition, China (2022); The International Symphony Orchestra Composition Contest named after Michal Kleofas Oginski, Belarus; The Electo Silva International Choir Festival, Santiago de Cuba; Donne In Musica XVIII Composition Competition and The VIII and the IX International Piano & Composition Competition, ULJUS, Serbia (2021); The Wolf Durmashkin Composition Award, Germany (2018) and The Yardena Alotin Composition Competition, Bar-Ilan University, Israel (2016).

Bracha’s composition Yizkerem (May Our Lord Remember Them), for a cappella choir, represented Israel at the Asian Composers League Festival, Taiwan (2018). Yizkerem was also awarded a prize in the International Choral Writing Competition named after A.D Kastalsky, Moscow (2018).

In Israel, Bracha’s works have been performed at various events, including: “Excellence-The Future Generation” Series, Eden- Tamir Music Center, Ein Kerem (2014-2024); Israeli Music Festival (2018, 2023); “Witches?” Festival (2022); TARF-Tel Aviv International Recorder Festival (2020) ; Voice of music young artist competition; Zimriya Festival (2018); Israel Festival (2017) ; Piano Festival (2015), and more.

Bracha Bdil is a member of the Israel Composers’ League, her works are broadcast on the Israel Radio Voice of Music program and published by the IMI and ICL.

Bracha has been a lecturer for the faculty of music at the Levinsky College of Music Education, the Jerusalem College, and at the Ron Shulamit Conservatory, she has also worked as a pianist in dance classes and in theater performances. Beginning in the fall of 2018, Bracha became the artistic director and chief conductor of the Zmora Women’s Orchestra in Jerusalem.

 

Site and list of works: http://brachabdil.blogspot.com/p/list-of-compositions.html