ARTS AND CULTURE

Alexey Shor

Composer

Born in Ukraine in 1970, composer Alexey Shor immigrated to Israel in 1991 and now resides mainly in the US. His compositions have enjoyed an international reception. Shor composes for a variety of musical media, most especially orchestral and chamber works. He is currently composer-in-residence at the InClassica Festival in the United Arab Emirates. Following a concert at the festival in Feb. 2023 where he performed Shor's Piano Concerto No. 2 “From my Bookshelf,” the Israeli pianist Saleem Ashkar praised the composers' "melodic inventiveness." Ashkar said, "The idea of beauty and meaning and depth in lightness, that comes to mind with Shor."  (Photo: AlexeyShor.com)