Dror Binder

Dror Binder is a composer and conductor. His music stands out for its bold relationship to its origins, often bridging different eras with the present, challenging canonical conceptions and collective nostalgia.

notable commissions and collaborations:
Ensemble Multilatérale (France), Symphonic Orchestra of the Wiener Volksoper (Austria), ENsemble XXI (Israel), Kebyart Quartet (Spain), Kandinsky Quartett (Austria), Meitar ensemble (israel), Ensemble Reconsil (austria), Sonus Cordis Quartet (Hungary), Argo Kollektiv (Vienna), Tel Aviv Saxophone Quartet (Israel).

Notable prizes, awards and subsidies:
austrian ministry of culture - composition Subsidies
city of vienna - composition Subsidies
Prime Minister’s Award of composition - Israel
Aspen Music Festival - full fellowships
America-Israel Cultural Foundation - excellence scholarships
Centcelles Composition prize
abraham & felicia Klon Prize
Israel Conservatory of Music Composition Prize

studies:
mdw - university of music and performing arts Vienna
Postgraduate studies in composition

Liszt academy of music, budapest
Masters degree in composition

Jerusalem academy of music and dance
bachlore’s degree in Piano Performance

Professors
Judit Varga, Detlev Müller-Siemens, Gyula Fekete, Ayal Adler, Irina berkovich & Michael Wolpe

binder is the conductor of the chior at Vienna’s great synagogue stadttempel

his studio located at orf’s funkhaus
as part of the never at home artist collective