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's compositions have won several first prizes,
among them: Symphony Kyoto, County
Hall Arts competition, UK-Japan
(2023); MaestrosVision Awards International Composition Competition, China
(2022); The International
Symphony Orchestra Composition Contest named after Michal Kleofas Oginski,
Molodechno, Belarus; The Electo Silva International Choir Festival, Santiago de
Cuba; Donne In Musica XVIII Composition Competition, Belgrade; the
VIII and the IX International Piano & Composition Competition, ULJUS,
Smederevo, Serbia (2021); the Wolf Durmashkin Composition Award, Germany (2018)
and the Yardena Alotin Composition Competition, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
(2016).
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 Israel Music Institute.
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 at the Wingate College 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.