Gilad Hochman

Who is Gilad Hochman?

Gilad Hochman is an Israeli classical music composer.

Gilad Hochman was born to an Odessa native father and a Paris native mother and currently resides in Berlin, Germany. Hochman began his musical life at the age of 6, studying the piano. He started composing at the age of 9 and at 18 graduated from the Herzeli'ya Music Conservatory, where he studied under composer Ilya Heifets and pianist Mark Shaviner. In 2007 Hochman graduated with honors from the Buchman-Mehta School of Music at Tel Aviv University, studying composition under Gil Shohat and theoretical subjects under some of Israel’s leading senior musicians.

Hochman’s music was described as “written with a true artist’s hand”, “the highpoint of an exciting performance”, “sheds new light on customary expressions in music” and as “original, fascinating, unusual and colorful” by the Israeli Prime Minister Award committee in 2007. Hochman was also defined as “one of Israel’s most important composers” in an article concerning “composer Gilad Hochman’s meteoric career", as "a rising star in the classical music world" and as an "already well known classical composer" by the BBC.