Sivan Magen

Harpist Sivan Magen enjoys exploring the capabilities of his instrument and showing many more aspects of its sound than most audiences are used to hearing. As a child, he began learning piano at the Jerusalem Academy for Music and Dance, taking up harp when it became physically manageable for him. In France, he studied with Germaine Lorenzini, then with Isabelle Moretti at the Paris Conservatoire. He then went to Juilliard to study with Nancy Allen. In 2006, Magen became the first Israeli to win the International Harp Contest in Israel in its 47-year history. Magen spent a formative four years attending the Marlboro Music Festival, where he met many of the musicians with whom he collaborates. He released his first solo album, Fantasien, in 2014.