Ella Milch-Sheriff (Hebrew: אלה מילך-שריף) is an Israeli composer, winner of ACUM award for lifetime achievfment (2022). Born in Haifa, Israel on September 1, 1954, Milch-Sheriff began her career as a composer at the age of 12. During her military service she composed, performed and interpreted her own songs after which she returned to classical music studying composition under the direction of Professor Tzvi Avni and graduating in composition from the Rubin Academy of Music at Tel Aviv University. Milch-Sheriff, who is based in Tel Aviv, has composed operas, chamber, orchestral and vocal music as well as popular music and solo works.

Selected works

Future projects

New opera for Volkaoper Vienna Performances in Boston, Santa Barbara, Stockholm, Parma,Spain,

Awards

2022, winner of ACUM award for lifetime achievement. (ACUM: Israeli organization of composers and authors). In 2005, Ella Milch-Sheriff was awarded the prestigious “Israeli Prime-Minister Prize” for her compositional works and the same year, her opera, "And the Rat Laughed” conceived with Nava Semel and based on her book received the “Rosenblume Prize” for achievement. Best music for a film for "Past Life", Montreal JFF, 2017. Festival du Cinéma Israélien de Montréal

Personal life

Ella Milch-Sheriff was married to the Israeli composer Noam Sheriff from 1982 until his death in 2018.