Eres Holz

  • 1977 Born in Rechovot/Israel
  • 1998-2002 Bachelor in composition with Ruben Seroussi at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, Tel Aviv
  • 2003-2012 Diplom and Master studies in composition with Professor Hanspeter Kyburz and computer music with Professor Wolfgang Heiniger at the Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin
  • Numerous performances in Germany and internationally, at various festivals and concert series, including Ultraschall, Klangwerkstatt, Unerhörte Musik, Randspiele, Tonlagen, Brücken, Ars Nova, Schwere Reiter, ZeitGenuss, Akademie der Künste, Podium Worpswede e.V., Staatsoper im Schiller Theater, Theater und Musik in Ahrensburg e.V., ZKM, Totally-Trumpet, and Tagliot
  • Numerous radio broadcasts with Deutschlandradio, SWR2 and the Hessischer Rundfunk
  • 2000 Scholarship for gifted students from Tel Aviv University
  • 2005, 2008, and 2010, prizewinner in the category composition, Hanns Eisler Prize for Composition and the Interpretation of Contemporary Music
  • 2012 Nominated for the Deutsche Musikautorenpreis in the category "youth development"
  • 2013 Residence scholarship at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris (scholarship from the Berlin Senate)
  • 2013, 2014, and 2015, composition scholarship from the Berlin Senate
  • 2008 Lecturer in algorithmic composition at the University of the Arts Berlin
  • 2008 Participation in the ECMCT-Projekt: European Course for Musical Composition and Technologies at the Technische Universität Berlin, coordinated by IRCAM (Institut de Recherche et coordination Acoustique/Musique)
  • 2011-2012 Artistic direction of the team at the Kurt-Schwitters-Schule in the framework of the music teaching project "Querklang": a cooperation project of the University of the Arts Berlin in collaboration with the "MaerzMusik" festival for contemporary music
  • 2011 Coaching in the framework of the education program of the Berliner Philharmoniker
  • Since 2014 member of the Akademie Deutscher Musikautoren
  • 2015, 2016 Jury member with the inm – initiative neue musik berlin e. V.
  • Since 2008 Lecturer in algorithmic composition at the Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin