Prof. Yehuda Somer Cohen
Dean of the School of Music of the Ono Academic Library
Contact
yuda.cohen@ono.ac.ilAbout
Conductor and orchestra director, arranger, entrepreneur and leader of music study frameworks in Israel for over 50 years, senior music lecturer, researcher and founder of the Association of Scholars and Performers ‘Duke Ellington – Israel’. Founder and director of the Yehud Conservatory and “Echo – College of Contemporary Music, Tel Aviv”.
Education
B.Mus.
Berkeley College, Boston, USA
M.Mus.
Opera Symphony Analysis University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA
LL.M
Master of Laws, Bar Ilan University
M.B.A
Master's Degree in Business Administration, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
PhD
PhD in Philosophy, Bar Ilan University
Teaching Areas
Conducting, building and managing an orchestra, the music of Duke Ellington.
Research interests
המוסיקה של דיוק אלינגטון ותפקיד הג'אז בשיפור מעמדו החברתי של כלל הציבור האפרו-אמריקאי בארצות הברית.
