Ziv Slama, a PhD candidate at the Joint PhD Composition track at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, is a composer and a saxophone player specializing in contemporary art music in addition to classical Turkish and Egyptian music. Slama earned his M.Mus. and B.Mus. in composition from the Jerusalem academy of music and dance, and is currently a member of the Tel Aviv saxophone quartet, a classical saxophone teacher, and a music educator. His music is performed regularly worldwide. Slama’s dissertation studies art music in Israel and the immanent link between Westernness and the choices made and rejected across its development.