{"id":21107,"date":"2025-10-16T11:43:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T09:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.israel-opera.co.il\/cast\/cnaan-yonatan-composer\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T12:59:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T10:59:13","slug":"%d7%9b%d7%a0%d7%a2%d7%9f-%d7%99%d7%95%d7%a0%d7%aa%d7%9f-%d7%9e%d7%9c%d7%97%d7%99%d7%9f","status":"publish","type":"cast","link":"https:\/\/www.israel-opera.co.il\/en\/cast\/%d7%9b%d7%a0%d7%a2%d7%9f-%d7%99%d7%95%d7%a0%d7%aa%d7%9f-%d7%9e%d7%9c%d7%97%d7%99%d7%9f\/","title":{"rendered":"Cnaan Yonatan, composer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Yonatan Cnaan<\/strong>, composer, was born in Israel. He is a composer, arranger and conductor who writes above all musical works for the lyric stage. He graduated from the Buchman Mehta School of Music at the Tel Aviv University and from the College Conservatory of Music at the Cincinnati University. 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