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Jonathan Albalak----------------------------------------------------- Guitar player, composer, arranger, producer and sound designer.--------------------------------------------------- ------------------------Twenty four years old, graduate of the Rubin academy of music in the cross-disciplinary composition department. ------------------------------------------------------------ ---Studied guitar with Steve Peskoff and composition with Slava Ganelin.---------------------------------------------------- ----------Awards and scholarships:----------------------------------------------- ----------------------*) 1st prize in the academy jazz competition in 2006.---------------- *) Winner of the AICF scholarship in 2004-2006.----------------------------- *) Score for the dance piece “Pause†(Meirav Shekel & Ohad Kolombus) - outstanding commendation in the Hanna Ydor Avni/Gertrude Krauss competition in 2007.--------------------------------- *) Score for the dance piece “C Factor†(Ruth Valensi) - outstanding commendation in the Gertrude Krauss competition in 2008.----------------------------------- *) Score for the animation film “Illuminations†(Itay Fromin) – 1st prize in Tel Aviv animation festival in 2007.------------------------------------------ *) Score for the animation film “Pause†(Osnat Wald) 1st prize in Rehovot Women Festival in 2007.-----------------------------------------Composed over 25 scores for film, dance, theater, video-art and T.V. House composer for the dance-theater group “Pyromania†and a regular collaborator with the animation department in Bezalel art academy for the past 4 years----------------------------------------------Prominent projects include:Monstep – an electronic experimental jazz group. Leads the group and composes most of the materials. The group’s debut album “The What & The Why†was released in 2007.---------------------------------------------------- Migdalego – an original modern jazz group.------------------------------------------- Kalapa – an electronic IDM duo. ---------------------------------------------- Saxophonist Daniel Zamir’s group.-------------------------------------------------- Marina Maximillian Blumin's Band.------------------------------------------------------- -- Collaborations with other artists, groups and organizations:-------------------- The Revolution Orchestra (as composer and arranger)---------------- The Jerusalem Kamerata Orchestra (as soloist)------------------ Matisyahu --------------- Double-bass player and composer Omer Avital----------------- Musica Nova Group--------------------- The Haifa Septet------------------------------ The Rubin music academy big band and representative jazz combo (as soloist)-----------------Asaf Amdursky