Born in Tel Aviv, Michal Smoira-Cohn studied at the Palestine Academy of Music (graduated 1947), and later at Uppsala University in Sweden (1956-1958). Among her many activities in Israel's music scene are, to name a few: Editor of Bat Kol magazine; director of the Haifa Symphony Orchestra; music critic for Ha'aretz newspaper; and lecturer at Tel Aviv University and at the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem. Her writings discuss subjects such as Israeli folksongs, and various phases in the history of Jewish music.
Sources:
Toeplitz, Uri, Yohanan Boehm, and Naama Ramot. 'Smoira-Cohn, Michal.' Encyclopaedia Judaica; Nulman, Macy. 'Smoira-Cohn, Michal.' Concise Encyclopedia of Jewish Music.
