Micha Kaplan

Micha Kaplan is an Israeli composer, songwriter, bassist and producer. The musician was born in Tel Aviv in 1975 and worked as a bass player in the alternative rock scene in Tel Aviv from the 90's onwards. In 2000 Micha Kaplan moved to Berlin and began his double bass studies at the University of the Arts with Prof. R. Zepperitz. Under the direction of Daniel Barenboim, he was a member of the West-Eastern Diwan Orchestra from 2000 to 2002. Kaplan is active in various musical directions and projects as a bassist, composer or producer, among others with Esther Ofarim, HausWasser, MAKOT, Anali Goldberg, Ofrin. Since 2010 he has been composing and performing for theatres including Berliner Volksbühne, Schauspiel Stuttgart, Maxim Gorki Berlin, Deutsches Theater Berlin, Theater Neumarkt Zürich, Teatr Powszechny Warsaw, Tampereen Työväen Teatteri, Theater St.Gallen, Theater Oberhausen, Theater Rostock, HAU - Hebbel am Ufer Berlin, Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe.