Awards and Grants

AWARDS

2012 – Lincoln/Standing Bear Gold Medal
From the City of Lincoln, NE award in appreciation of Yuval Ron Ensemble’s work for peace and justice worldwide.

2009 – Park City Film Music Festival
SILVER MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE
Best Impact of Music in Experimental, Performance Art and Art Films:
Seeker of Truth – Documentary film by Mischa hedges about the Yuval Ron Ensemble at the World Festival of Sacred Music in LA 08

2008 – Breaking the Maya Code
Festival Grand Prize
International Archaeological Film Festival
Bidasoa, Spain

2008 – Breaking the Maya Code
Audience Award for Best Documentary
Red Rock Film Festival, Springdale, Utah

2007 – “Human Relations Award for Entertainment Leadership and Tikkun Olam: Repairing our World”
– 
Valley Interfaith Council, Los Angeles, CA.

2007 – Moondance Film Festival
MOONDANCE GAIA AWARD
Best Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Road To Victory – This award is to encourage and inspire contemplative, meditative, spiritual and inspirational films and scripts. The award is presented to the person who seeks to elucidate and improve the spiritual quality of all life on the planet, and contributes to the betterment of the world spirit.

2007 – West Bank Story (score and songs)
Academy award for Best Live Action Short

2006 – PeaceMaker Award
The Rotary Club of Newbury Park, CA

2004 – Los Angeles Treasures Award

2000 – Chicago International Festival- Gold Medal

2000 – Telluride Festival Award

1991 – CINE Golden Eagle

1991 – TELLY

1991 – INTECOM

1991 – CINDY

1991 – Gvanim Festival Special Award

1990 – Keyboard Magazine’s Soundpage Contest Finalist

1989 – AMI – New England Special Award for Creativity

Yuval Ron is an affiliated artist of the Center for Jewish Culture and Creativity.

GRANTS

2006 – ACTA Grant award to document traditional women and sacred songs of Adan, Yemen with Margalit Oved-Marshal.

2005 – Mid Atlantic Grant for travel support for the appearance of The Yuval Ron Ensemble in the International Folk Music Festival in Lublin, Poland.

2005 – West Hollywood 20th Anniversary Challenge Grant to compose ‘The Legend of the Baal Shem’ for ethnic ensemble and story teller.

2003 – American Composers Forum ‘Subito’ Grant to compose ‘Bedouin Love Song’ for violin and piano.

2001 – American Composers Forum ‘Subito’ Grant for a musical work incorporating elements from the three sacred musical traditions of the Middle East.

2001 – The California Council for Humanities Grant for a lecture/demonstration of the Mystical Music of the Middle East at the Ford Amphitheater in Hollywood, CA.

1998 – National Endowment for the Arts, Rockefeller Foundation and National Dance Project Grants for ‘In Between the Heartbeat’, a collaboration with Butoh master Oguri and Buddhist priest/visual artist Hirokazu Kosaka.

1992 – National Endowment for the Arts Grant for a dance and music work based on Vietnamese mythology and the development of curriculum to strength an identity among immigrant children.

Contemporary Dance Credits

Everywhere Nowhere

LAX new International terminal multi-media site-specific score commission
Choreographer/director: Sarah Elgart
Listen to an excerpt.

Kalpa

Site specific commision –
Choregrapher: Oguri
Installation: Hirokazu Kosaka
Japan America Center, Los Angeles, CA

Mare Nubium (Sea of Clouds)

– Site specific commision –
Choregrapher: Oguri
Installation: Hirokazu Kosaka
Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA

Charocal Pit

Choreographer: Oguri
Installation: Hirokazo Kosaka
Barnsdale Arts Center, Los Angeles, April 2005

In the Shallows

(click to listen)
– Site specific commision –
Renzoku Dance Company
Choreographer: Oguri
Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA

Effect of Salt

Renzoku Dance Company
Choreographer: Oguri

In Between the Heartbeat

(click to listen)
Renzoku Dance Company
Choreographer: Oguri

Metal Spring

American Repertory Ballet
Choreographer: Daniel Ezralow

Rhythmachine Ballet

ISO Dance Company
Choreographer: Daniel Ezralow

Rogos

ISO Dance Company
Choreographer: Ashley Roland

Sheherezade

Tblisi Ballet /St. Petersburg ballet
Choreographers: ISO

KIN

Dancemakers Company
Choreographer: Paula Jose-Jones

Stone Cutter Dance

Collective Company
Choreographer: Dawn Kramer

Full Tilt

Dance Collective Company
Choreographer: Dawn Kramer

Tin Soldier

Arie Burstien
Choreographer: Arie Burstien

Tandu

Tslila Goldstien dance
Choreographer: Tslila Goldstien Company

Dance

Neta Plotzky
Choreographer: Neta Plotzky

Theater Scores Credits

Arab-Israeli Cookbook

– (by Robin Soans/director: Louis Fantesia)
The Met Theater, Los Angeles.

Masada

– The musical Saga (Levi/Danielson)
Shubert Theater, Los Angeles.

The Tempest

(Shakespeare)
Pilgrim Theater, Boston.

Phobias

(J. Anton/J. Schumacher

Casscando

(Samuel Beckett)
Hasimta Theater, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Emer’s Jealousy

(W. B. Yeats)
Israeli Fringe Theater Festival.

Narcissus

(Robert Perez)
Habima-Israeli National theater.

Voice of Peace

• For solo violin (3 min. long)
• For Scarlet Rivera and the “Peace Violin” of Rev. Patrick McCollum

Salome’s Aria

• For soprano voice and piano ( 2 min. long)
• Alternative version: orchestrated for Gamelan orchestra and Soprano Voice ( 3 min. long)
• words: Oscar Wilde (Translated to French by Carolyne Aycaguer)
• music: Yuval Ron

West Bank Story – Orchestral Suite

• For symphony orchestra with 3 ethnic soloists: oud (Middle Eastern lute), ney (Middle Eastern bamboo flute), and Middle Eastern percussionist.
• 10 minunte symphonic suite based on the soundtrack for the Oscar winning film.

Canciones Sefardi

• For symphony orchestra with 4 soloists: oud, flamenco guitar,
alto voice and Middle Eastern percussion.
• 22 min. long symphonic suite based on traditional Sephardic Jewish prayers.
• World premiere 2003 at the International Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA.
• Commissioned by Dr. Noreen Green for the LAJS Orchestra.

Medieval Treasures

Cycle of 7 movements, total time 5 minuntes. Written for oud, lute, guitar and recorder. Commissioned for the Getty audio tour for the exhibition: Medieval Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Maya Variations for the Earth Harp

A multimedia work based on themes written for the score of a documentary film “Breaking the Maya Code” about the research into the language of the Maya people.
• For Earth Harp, Auto Harp, Lap top, woodwinds.
• Includes a video by director David Lebrun
• 45 minute long
• Commissioned by Roxanne Steinberg and Farmlab.org
• World premiere at Farmlab, Downtown Los Angeles 2007

Debke Rafiakh

• For symphony orchestra with 6 ethnic soloists: Alto singer, Oud (Middle Eastern lute), Kanoun (zithar like), Shvi (Middle Eastern bamboo flute), Clarinet and Middle Eastern percussionists.
• 6 minutes symphonic arrangement based on Israeli Hebrew folk dance song originated from a Bedouin folk melody.
• Commissioned by Dr. Noreen Green
• World premiere at Ford Amphitheater by the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony, Los Angeles 2007

Lama Bada

• For symphony orchestra with 6 ethnic soloists: Alto (or Tenor) singer, Oud (Middle Eastern lute), Kanoun (zithar like), Shvi (Middle Eastern bamboo flute), Clarinet and Middle Eastern percussionists.
• 6 minutes symphonic arrangement based on traditional Moorish song from 11th Century Andalusia sang in Spanish, Hebrew, Arabic.
• Commissioned by Dr. Noreen Green
• World premiere at Ford Amphitheater by the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony, Los Angeles 2007

Ashalekh – Yemenite-Jewish Song

• 7 minute ethnic chamber/symphonic arrangement for strings, woodwind and percussion
• Original version written for a tenor singer, string quintet, kamanche, shakuhachi, pipa, and three percussionists, but can be adapted to a western music ensemble, full orchestra, or other strings, woodwind, percussion instruments and female singer key.
• World premiere performed by Yo Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble with Marglait Oved and Barak Marshal (singers) in 2006.
• Commissioned by singer Barak Marshal

Haeckel Violin Suite

• 5 minute suite for solo violin
• Based on themes from feature documentary film PROTEUS about 19th century scientist and artist Ernest Haeckel.
• Can be performed along with projections of images from the film Proteus (DVD or VHS).

Bedouin Love Song

• 5 minute suite for violin and piano
• Based on a traditional Bedouin folk song and incorporate quarter tones (micro tonal).
• World premiere performed in 2004 at Cal Tech, Pasadena, CA.
• Commissioned by violinist Linda Wang.

Miracles & Lights

• For piano, cello, clarinet, soprano singer and actor
• A 20 min. long work with text by Yehuda Hyman after the Hanukkah story.
• World premiere 2002 by the Synergy ensemble, Los Angeles, CA.
• Commissioned by The Center for Jewish Culture and Creativity in 2002.

The Legend of the Baal Shem

• For accordion, clarinet, oud (or guitar), kanoun (or harp), two hand percussion and a story teller.
• Based on Kabalistic mystical story of the Baal Shem Tov.
• Ethnic suite incorporating the flavor of Kliezmer music, along with Middle Eastern styles.
• 30- 70 minutes long. (longer version includes improvisational sections.)
• World premiere 2005 by the Yuval Ron Ensemble, Topanga, CA.
• Commissioned by the Center for Jewish Culture and Creativity with a West Hollywood 20th Anniversary grant.

Williams Song Cycle

• For mixed children choir and cello.
• A setting of 3 poems by Williams Carlos Williams.
• 6 minutes long.
• Commissioned by New England Conservatory Children Choir and premiered in 1992 at the NEC New Music Festival.

Hebrew Folk Dances

• For a symphony orchestra with or without a mixed choir.
• Based on two Hebrew traditional folk songs.
• 3 minutes long.
• Commissioned by choreographer Daniel Ezralow for the CBS special ‘To Life” in 1998.

Cantus Non Verbus

• For amplified string quartet with (or without) electronic tape/CD.
• Based on Georgian traditional chant.
• 6 minutes long.
• Commissioned by choreographer Oguri for “In Between the Heartbeat”.
Premiered in 1998 in Los Angeles, CA.

Seed Dream

• For a strings orchestra with electronic tape/CD.
• 5 minutes long.
• Commissioned by choreographer Oguri for “Effect of Salt”.
Premiered in 1997 in Los Angeles, CA.

Urban Cello Suite

• For solo cello with (or without) electronic tape/CD.
• 5 minutes long.
• Commissioned by director Daniel Matmor for “Urban Jungle” in 1990.

All works are published by Yuval Ron Music (ASCAP).
Scores and parts are available for rental.
Contact Yuval Ron here