Michael Shani
Michael Shani was the music director of the Tel Aviv Philharmonic Choir, the new Israeli Opera Choir and the Vocal Music festivals of Tel Aviv and Abu Ghosh.He was among the founders of the Israeli School of Choral singing, established in 1986 in Tel Aviv and he continues to act as its academic director and principal conductor while also teaching at the Rubin Academy of Music in Tel Aviv and in the Department of Music in the University of Haifa.Michael Shani is the music director of the Zimriya World Assembly of Choirs in Israel.He founded the Tel-Aviv Chamber Choir in 1987 and since that time continues to serve as its music director.He is the Head of Choral Conducting Department at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music in Tel-Aviv University.