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Introduction

Liri Ronen is an Israeli-American French horn player and composer, studying classical musical performance and chemistry at Bard College and Conservatory. He currently studies French horn with Julia Pilant and Barbara Jöstlein Currie, and is set to graduate this May. At age 13 he toured in Scotland with the Kiryat Tiv’on Representative Wind Band, and at age 14 he was awarded an excellency scholarship from the America-Israel Cultural Institute, shortly before immigrating to the United States. He then attended Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School, played and toured in Portugal with the Empire State Youth Orchestra, and placed 2nd in the Uel Wade music scholarship competition. While at Bard, he discovered his passion for orchestral playing and music composition, which led him to many collaborations with students from the film department at Bard, producing film scores and soundtracks for various projects.