Dror Binder

Dror Binder is an Israeli composer based in Vienna.

His musical language is characterized by a restless energy, rich microtonal harmonies, and a flickering sense of time where reality and fantasy intertwine.

His work often engages with music from the past, bridging different eras with the present while challenging canonical conceptions and collective nostalgia.

Notable Venues and Festivals:
Wien Modern, ARCo, CEME, Unicum, Wiener Musikverein, Wiener Konzerthaus, Charles Bronfman Auditorium,
Tel Aviv Museum of Art.

Recent Commissions and Collaborations:
The Wiener Volksoper (Austria), Kebyart Quartet (Spain), Ensemble Multilatérale (France), Ensemble ICP (Israel), Kandinsky Quartett (Austria), Meitar Ensemble (Israel), Ensemble Reconsil (Austria), Sonus Cordis Quartet (Hungary), Argo Kollektiv (Vienna) and more.

Selected Awards:
2025 - Startstipendium by the Austrian Ministry of Culture
2024 - Israeli Prime Minister’s Award of Composition
2023-2026 Composition Subsidies by the City of Vienna
2023 - Abraham & Felicia Klon Prize
2022 - Centcelles Composition Prize
2015 - Aspen Music Festival - Full Fellowship

Currently:
Binder is the conductor of the choir at Vienna’s Great Synagogue Stadttempel

His studio is located at ORF Funkhaus
as part of the Never At Home artist collective