Dalit Raij

Dalit Nachmias- Raij was born in March 3 1962 in Hadera, Israel. Her music is played frequently both in Israel and abroad. Dalit studied at the Levinsky College in Tel Aviv and at the Rubin Music Academy in Jerusalem. She studied composition with some of the leading composers in Israel including Professor Zvi Avni, the late Professor Arie Shapira, and the late Professor Andre Haidu. In addition, she studied classical guitar with the late Robert Israel, the late Misha Applebaum and Professor Joseph Urshalmi. In 1992 Dalit won first prize in the composition category in the Israel International Guitar Festival, for her work:' Fugue Number 2'. Her music is played by well-known musicians among whom is the guitarist Aniello Desiderio who played her work 'Moments' and the Duo - guitarist Shiri Coneh and mandolin player Shmuel Elbaz who recorded her composition 'Oracion'. 'Moments' became a mandatory piece in the 2015 Israeli National Classical Guitar Competition dedicated to the late Orian Urshalmi. Her great passion is composing for the classical guitar and also composes for singers and choirs. Dalit is married to Marcelo Raij and they have 3 children, Gal, Michal and Dana who at the age of 16, was tragically killed an a traffic accident. Dalit and Marcelo together established the 'Tenor Music' studio, which is a warm home for guitar lovers.