Career
During that time he had published more than 5000 articles, reviews, columns, editorials, news items and interviews. In his journalistic writing, he concentrates on 20th Century and contemporary music, the sociological aspects of music, music education, and Israeli and Jewish music He has traveled and reported from London, Berlin, Palermo, New York, Beijing, Istanbul, Seoul, Paris, Rome and Seville.
In November 2015, after resigning Haaretz, Ben-Zeev was appointed Musical Director at Elma Arts Center, Zichron Yaakov, Israel.
Since 2011 he is a music lecturer at Sapir Academic College. He cooperated with director Reuven Hecker as a musical advisor on two documentary films about music: Luciano Berio (2000.
59 minimum, video), a portrait of the late contemporary Italian composer Luciano Berio (1925–2003), shot throughout Italy and at the Salzburg Festival. And Go in Peace, Rain (2007.
Hebrew: Lekh Leshalom Geshem.
90 minimum, video), a film which follows an ancient Jewish liturgical melody and thus reflects a diminishing musical culture of Sephardic Synagogue music This film was shot throughout Spain, France, Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey, Romania, England, the Netherlands, and Italy.
