The work of composer Sivan Eldar engages with the sensory experience of sound, the intimacy of live performance, and the experience of time and memory at the threshold of human perception. Her music has been described as “vividly imagined” (The Boston Globe), “ethereal” (Oakland Musical Examiner), “beautifully melancholic” (Opera Plus) and "with a unique sensitivity to dramaturgy" (Diapason). She has had the privilege of working with many of today’s leading ensembles, including the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, Berkeley Symphony, International Ensemble Modern Academy, Divertimento Ensemble, and members of ensemble Multilatérale, at diverse venues such as Boston’s Symphony Hall, Paris’ Maison de la Radio and Le Centquatre, Oslo’s Baerum Kulturhaus, NY's The Cell, and Berlin’s RADIOALSYSTEM-V. Sivan holds degrees in composition from the New England Conservatory (BM) and UC Berkeley (PhD), where she was affiliated with the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT) and the Berkeley Center for New Media (BCNM), and where she worked under the guidance of Franck Bedorssian, Ed Campion, and Cindy Cox. She has also been trained at IRCAM (Cursus) under the guidance of Hèctor Parra. She is currently working on commissions from the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence and Voix-Nouvelles Académie at Royaumont.