Arie Shapira

Arie Shapira (Hebrew: אריה שפירא; born in Afikim November 29, 1943) is a noted Israeli composer and music researcher. 2Scholarships, Awards, Grants Israel Prize for composition (1994) Council for Art and Culture - Commission for writing a piano concerto (2000) Donaueschingen Festival - Commission for writing a string-quartet (Arditty-Quartet) (1997) Tel Aviv Fund for Arts - A Commission for writing a chamber composition (Miscellaneous) (1996) Akademie der Kunst, Berlin - A Commission for writing a piece (Letzte Briefe aus Stalingrad) (1995) Prime-Minister Grant for Composition (1986) 2Music for the Theatre and Cinema Anton Chekhov, The Clerk's Death. Beer Sheva Theatre (1985) Hanoch Levin, Six, Rotten Hour, Beit Lessin Theater (1983) Leo Tolstoy, Kreuzer Sonata, Beit Lessin Theatre (1983) Hung On The Iron Cross, Goethe Institute, Tel Aviv (1982) Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Oath Of Loyalty, Acre Festival (1982) G. Buchner, Wozzeck, Hamadregoth Theatre, Tel Aviv (1982) R. Forman, Pampering For The Masses, Hamadregoth Theatre, Tel Aviv (1981) Franz Kafka, Penal Colony. Hamadregoth Theatre, Tel Aviv (1980) H. Rechavi, No Place Under the Sun. Theatre for the Young, Tel Aviv (1977) Avraham Shlonsky, Micky Mau. The Kibbutz Theatre (1976) Kadia Molodowsky, Open the Gat