Yonatan Keret, composer, was born in Israel. He graduated from the Buchman Mehta School of Music at the Tel Aviv University. His works and arrangements are regularly performed by most Israeli orchestras including the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, the Israel Chamber Orchestra, the Raanana Symphonette, the Army Orchestra and others. He wrote the opera Mitz Petel (Raspberry Juice) based on the book by Haya Shenhav and the musical-theatrical works Story Telling Hour and Who Murdered Hani from the Complex. He teaches at the Thelma Yellin High School for the Arts.