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Barel's concert works have been performed by the Ear Unit,
New Century Players, The Formalist Quartet and the
Berlin-based Cornucopia Ensemble. He has written solo
pieces for performers such as Haim Shtrum and Erika
Duke-Kirkpatrick. In 2007 his orchestral piece "Marcovaldo"
was premiered and conducted by Mark Menzies with the
Calarts orchestra.
He has worked with the Bedford Falls Company and Shiwago
Films and composed music for films. These include the
documentary feature "Silhouette City" (directed by Michael
Willson), "The Man On Lincoln's Nose" (directed by Daniel
Raim), which was nominated for an Oscar and "Icewind"
(directed by Chris Silber). In 2006 he wrote music for
"Three Towers", directed by Jonathan Bentovim and Emily
Harris and written by Etgar Keret. The film won the
Raindance award.
In addition, Barel has collaborated with visual artists
such as Adam Berg and Gil Omry.
His music has been featured at museums and galleries
including the Tel Aviv Museum, Haifa Museum, the Artists
House Jerusalem and Overtones Gallery. Barel earned a B.A.
in Music Composition at UCLA where he studied under Paul
Chihara and a Masters degree at CalArts where he studied
primarily with Michael Jon Fink. Other instructors included
Ulrich Krieger, Marc Sabat and Anne LeBaron.
