Described as “a rising star in the classical music world” (France 24) and "an already a well-known classical composer” (BBC), Gilad Hochman is widely considered as one of Israel's most prominent young composers and as an original and innovative voice in the international music scene, praised by The New York Times, Ha'aretz and Deutschland-radio, to name a few.​Among his many achievements, at age 24 Hochman became the youngest to win Israel's prestigious Prime Minister's Prize and, in 2015, the first Israeli composer to present an orchestral work at the German Bundestag. He is also the winner of various international competitions, like the 2017 S&R Foundation's Washington Award.​Born in Israel in 1982, Hochman resides in Berlin since 2007. He started learning the piano at the age of 6 and composing at the age of 9. At 24 he graduated with honors from the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music at Tel Aviv University. Since then, his music has developed its own language – constantly searching yet, at the same time, presenting a clear aesthetic approach. It is uniquely merging classical music traditions with those connected to Jewish music and culture and to his Israeli origin while striving for a balance between rational and emotional expressions.​Hochman's works are regularly played by leading musicians, ensembles, choirs and orchestras in venues such as Carnegie Hall (New York), Berlin Philharmonie, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, St James's Piccadilly (London) and Henry Crown Symphony Hall (Jerusalem), in numerous festivals and concert series worldwide.