MEET YARDENA

At the age of five, Yardena began piano lessons with Mrs. Miriam Zilberman and learned to read music before she could read or write words. By eight, she had composed a Hasidic song as a birthday gift for her beloved grandfather. Yardena continued her piano studies with Prof. Eliahu Rudiakov and Prof. Edith Krauss, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Rubin Academy of Music at Tel Aviv University in 1973.

She later completed a Master of Arts degree cum laude in composition at Bar-Ilan University,under the mentorship of Prof. André Hajdu and Prof. Gideon Lewensohn, and subsequently studied with Prof. Josef Bardanashvili.
 

During her years at Bar-Ilan University, Yardena served for nine years as the musical director and producer of the Noon Concert Series and taught music theory, sight-singing and ear training for more than a decade. She was also part of the team that developed Israel’s national
music education curriculum for high schools.

Yardena is the co-author of a widely used music theory textbook published by the Israeli Ministry of Education, and widely used by music students across the country.

Yardena’s works were performed in Israel and abroad.