Composer and Pianist Akram Haddad studied at Haifa University and Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance where he received his Master’s Degree in music composition (M.mus). He has previously taught at Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, Haifa University and at Ono College. He recently earned his Graduate Diploma in Contemporary at New England Conservatory (NEC) in Boston. He has composed and orchestrated music for Orchestra, chamber ensembles, electronic and psychoacoustic media and chorus. His music has been featured in numerous theatrical and cinematic productions.  He has been recognized as a composer deeply in touch with not only the music of his Arabic heritage but the richly complex contemporary global musical landscape.