Maoz Ezra studied at the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris and at the Manhattan School of Music in New York. In 2009 he won the Artists International Presentation Award for recital at Carnegie Hall. He has performed in the USA, Europe and Israel. EzraGuitar Publications has published a number of his methodological books and arrangements for guitar. Maoz Ezra and his wife Leilah Dione Ezra - soprano), founded The Ezra Guitar Conservatory in New York in 2008, which is unique in expanding classical guitar instruction from the age of 4 with Maoz Ezra's innovative teaching method. The concert will feature the EzraGuitar Student Quintet: Luciana Alwa, Kyle LaMarita, Beatrice Luna, Liam MacLellan and Charlotte McGuiness, all of them 14- and 15-year-old students, who have been studying here since early childhood – along Maoz Ezra, and faculty member Jordan Dodson, ensemble director. Jordan Dodson described in Performance Today as "one of the best young guitarists of his generation" graduated from the Manhattan School of Music in New York and the Curtis Institute of Music (PA) and has performed and recorded in leading halls in the USA.