Alla Elana Cohen

Alla Elana Cohen

Alla Elana Cohen is a composer, pianist and music theorist. She is on the faculty at Berklee College of Music, and the New England Conservatory, where she teaches composition, harmony, counterpoint and ear-training by her own method. She received her education in Moscow, Russia graduating from the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory with the greatest honors of distinction.

As a composer, she works in all the genres of orchestral and chamber music. Her compositions have been performed with much success throughout the USA. Many composition students of Professor Cohen have been winners of numerous prestigious Young Composers' Competitions, at state, national and international levels. She has been recognized as a composer by ASCAP, being a recipient of ASCAPLUS Awards and has received commissions from the Music Teachers National Association (USA). As a teacher, she has been awarded for "inspiring, educating and mentoring young musicians to become composers of tomorrow" by ASCAP, as well as being the recipient of numerous Certificates of Recognition and Awards as a teacher of MTNA Young Composers' Competition National level winners.

Many composition students of Professor Cohen have been winners of numerous prestigious Young Composers' Competitions, at state, national and international levels, including:
Queen Elizabeth Competition, (Belgium),
Robert Helps Prize (USA),
Lepo Sumera Estonia),
Brazilian All National Competition,
International Young Artist Competition (Connecticut, USA),
Wagner College Young Composers' National Competition(USA),
New York Art Ensemble National Young Composers' Competition,
Pikes Peak National Young Composers' Competition (Colorado),
Morton Gould (ASCAP) Award,
Young Composers' Competition, National Jewish Music Competition, USA,
Hartford University National Young Composers' Competition,
MTNA Young Composers' Competition at National, Division, and State Levels.