Described by the NY Times as a "harpist of extraordinary range", Sivan Magen is the only Israeli to have ever won the International Harp Contest in Israel, and is a winner of the Pro Musicis International Award as well as of the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award. In fall 2017 he was appointed principal harpist of the Finnish Radio Orchestra, and he is currently professor for harp at Berlin’s Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler. Magen appeared around the globe in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, the Sydney Opera House and the Vienna Konzerthaus, and with orchestras such as the Israel, Tampere and Strasbourg Philharmonics, the Saint-Paul, Vienna and Scottish Chamber Orchestras, and others. An avid chamber musician, Magen has performed at the Marlboro, Aspen, Rosendal, Kuhmo, Delft, and Jerusalem International Chamber Music festivals. His recent recording of the harp concerto "Sigla" by Lotta Wennäkoski, won the 2023 Gramophone Award in the "contemporary" category.