} Roy Zu-Arets ( Hebrew: רועי זו-ארץ, born January 22, 1969) is an

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Biography

Roy Zu-Arets grew up in Tel Aviv, Israel. He was classically trained from the age of 3, and between the ages 5 and 18 he studied at the Israeli Music Conservatory in Tel Aviv. Zu-Arets developed an interest in contemporary classical music, pop, and rock in his teens and released his first album at 12 years old. During the early 1990s, Zu-Arets scored music for various Israeli TV series, theater productions, and movies. He also played with and produced music for many Israeli musicians including

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, Danny Sanderson, Uzi Hitman,

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. In the late 1990s Zu-Arets moved to

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and studied music composition and theory at Juilliard School and later at Mannes College. In addition to his academic studies, Zu-Arets wrote music for theater and recorded with various artists including Taking Back Sunday and Omar Hakim. In 2007 Zu-Arets played as a keyboardist in the Kaveret U.S. tour. In 2009 Zu-Arets scored the music for the movie MacHEADS, released three albums, and started documenting his composition process and publishing it to his YouTube channel. He now lives in Los Angeles.

Discography

* ''Snowflakes - Piano Holiday Classics'' (2009) * ''Confessions of a Composer'' (2009) * ''Emanuel'' (2009) * ''New York Analogue Ensemble'' (2004) * ''Roy Zu-Arets'' (1980)

Compositions

Chamber music

*''The Zrazuvian Colour'', a piece calling for a marimba and four cellos. Premiered at The 12th Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival in September 2009 and performed by Asaf Roth, Frans Helmerson,

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, Kyril Zlotnikov and Zvi Plesser.

Music for film

* ''MacHEADS'' (2009) * ''1906'' (2007) * ''Connecting Dots'' (2003)

Music for theatre

* ''One Hundred Gates'',

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off-Broadway production featuring

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* ''The American Jew'',

off-Broadway production * ''Bridges and Harmonies'', off-Broadway production * ''In the Realm of Chelm'', Juilliard School of Drama (2004)

Other recorded appearances

*'' Where You Want to Be'' by Taking Back Sunday (2004) - piano, keyboard, string arrangement, conducting *''The Wandering Tune'' by

(1996) - piano, keyboard *''Metziut Nifredet'' by

(1995) - music production, piano *''Mithch Tochi'' by Uzi Hitman (1993) - piano, arrangement

References

External links

Roy Zu-Arets's YouTube Channel

Roy Zu-Arets's Albums
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