Eitan Steinberg, one of Israel's most prominent and active composers, graduated from the Jerusalem Rubin Academy of Music, and made further studies at the Chigiana Academy in Siena, Italy. He received his Ph.D. in Music Composition from the University of California at Berkeley, where he taught as a Visiting Lecturer in 1999. Among his teachers are composers Mark Kopytman, Richard Felciano, Luciano Berio, Peter Maxwell-Davies and Franco Donatoni. As a man who grew up in Israel, studied in Italy and California and then returned to live, compose and teach in Israel - his music embodies the convergence of different cultures, and is inspired by traditional and folk materials from around the world.