Shahar Regev, born in 1992, is an interdisciplinary Composer based in New York City. Her compositions range from solo, small, and large chamber ensembles to orchestral, choral music, arrangements, and music for theater. Regev is passionate about the encounter of ensembles with audiences through live performances. Her writing is often based on horizontal and melodic lines while forming a direct, expressive, and accessible contemporary voice. Many of her works focus on social subjects such as violence against women, indifference, and environmental changes.

Regev received the honorable Acum 2022 award in memory of Mark Kopytman for "Black Bird" for Symphony Orchestra and Mezzo-Soprano. Recently Regev was also announced as the 2024 Carl Kanter Prize winner for her Symphony Orchestra “Yellow Butterflies.” She also received the Sandra Fivecoat Memorial Composition Contest Award in 2022. She is a recipient of the AAUW grant for Doctoral Studies (2023), the Felix Salzer Techniques of Music Award (2021), the Jerusalem Institute of Contemporary Music Grant (2021), The Hebrew Free Loan Society Scholarship (2019-22), and the Academic Excellence Award of the IAF Foundation (2015).

Her works were performed by ensembles at concerts and festivals worldwide. Artistic engagements include commissions and collaborations with The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers (USA), Toscanini Quartet (Israel), Symphonette Raanana Orchestra (Israel), Ensemble diX (Germany), The Moran Singers Ensemble (Israel), Bulgarian Concert Evenings in New York (Bulgaria, USA), Mestizo Sax Quartet (Italy), MMS project - Mediterranean Miniature Sketches (Greece), Finale Ensemble (Israel), Alambic duo (Italy).

Besides her work as a composer, Regev regularly performs as a singer and cellist in Israeli folklore ensembles. She performed in important halls, such as Carnegie Hall, the Tel Aviv Culture Center - Lowy Concert Hall, The Czech Center in New York, and the Jerusalem Theater. In addition, Regev teaches Theory and composition in several educational projects.

Regev is currently a Doctoral of Musical Arts candidate at the Manhattan School of Music with the guidance of Dr. Reiko Fueting, Susan Botti and Dr. J. Mark Stambaugh. Regev completed her master's degree in composition at Mannes School of Music, studying with Dr. Lowell Liebermann. She graduated from the Composition Department at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. She was instructed by famous Israeli musicians - Professor Josef Bardanashvili, Professor Yinam Leef, and Professor Michael Klinghoffer.