Gilad Hochman is widely considered as one of Israel's most prominent composers and as an original and innovative voice in the international music scene. He was described as “a rising star in the classical music world” by France 24 and as "an already a well-known classical composer” by the BBC. The New York Times stated that “most impressive is Mr. Hochman’s gift for assembling musical gestures that come across as psychologically revealing” in an elaborated review, while the Israeli Prime Minister's Prize committee described him as “a fascinating, original and colorful creator”. Ma'ariv concluded – “Hochman writes with a true artist's hand”.
Born in Israel in 1982, Hochman resides in Berlin since 2007. He started learning the piano at the age of six, composing at age nine, and at twenty-four 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 other world cultures, while striving for a balance between rational and emotional expressions.
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 Parliament. He is also the winner of various international competitions, like the 2017 S&R Foundation's Washington Award.
Hochman's works are regularly commissioned and played by leading musicians, soloists, ensembles, choirs and orchestras. His music has been recorded for six albums and performed in venues such as Carnegie Hall (New York), Berlin Philharmonie, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, St James's Piccadilly (London), Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and Henry Crown Symphony Hall (Jerusalem), and in numerous festivals and concert series worldwide.