Unlocking Growth Potential: Investigating the Significance of Firm Location for Music Startups
International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 21(1)
Read paper →Ph.D., Computer Science · Tel-Aviv University
Researcher·Educator·Community Builder
Bridging music, computer science, and entrepreneurship
at the frontier of music technology.
About
Dr. Revital Hollander-Shabtai is a rare hybrid: a classically trained composer who became a computer scientist, and an academic who builds communities. Starting at the Rimon School of Music and earning aPh.D. in Computer Science (full scholarship) from Tel-Aviv University, she has built a career at the intersection of music, technology, and entrepreneurship.
She has held faculty positions at Reichman University's Adelson School of Entrepreneurship, COLMAN, and Afeka College of Engineering — where she received the Outstanding Lecturer Award four consecutive times. Her research spans music startups, AI and generative music, digital musical interfaces, and human-computer interaction in creative contexts.
She has also studied at CCRMA, Stanford University, developing musical applications that blend software, sensors, and 3D printing — and served as an intelligence officer in the Israel Air Force.
What I Do
Faculty at Reichman University's Adelson School of Entrepreneurship. Research in music technology, AI and generative music, music startup ecosystems, and human-computer interaction in creative contexts.
25 years teaching computer science, entrepreneurship, and music technology across Israel's leading institutions — from algorithms and data structures to computer music and creative AI. Outstanding Lecturer Award ×4.
Founder of Music Technology Israel — Israel's premier music tech community. 40+ meetups organized with Google, Wix, the Austrian Embassy, and Rimon School of Music. Organizer of international hackathons including Hack-A-Tune at ICMC 2018, South Korea.
Board member of the Jerusalem Israeli Kamerata Orchestra. Academic advisor to startups, university programs, and innovation centers in Israel and internationally, including HFMT Hamburg (Germany) and Rimon's music accelerator (with Berklee College of Music).
International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 21(1)
Read paper →Psychology of Music, 50(2), 475–491
Read paper →Handbook of Research on Business Models in Modern Competitive Scenarios, Emerald Publishing
View chapter →Discrete Applied Mathematics, 171, 9–14
Talks & Media
Community
Founded and managed Israel's premier music technology community —Tel-Aviv Music Technology (TMT). Over 40 meetups and hackathons organized in collaboration with Google, Wix.com, the Austrian Embassy in Israel, DLD Conference, and Rimon School of Music.
Invited by Prof. Tae Hong Park (ICMA President, NYU / Purdue) to organize Hack-A-Tune — an international music technology hackathon at ICMC 2018, Daegu, South Korea, with approximately 447 participants.
Part of the founding team of IRMaM — the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Music and Mind at Bar-Ilan University. Co-organized the inaugural international conference on research in music and creativity with renowned scientists from Stanford, Bar-Ilan, and Hebrew University.
Learn More →Contact
Interested in collaboration, speaking engagements, academic partnerships, or the music technology ecosystem? I'd love to hear from you.
Dr. Revital
Hollander-Shabtai
Faculty · Reichman University
Adelson School of Entrepreneurship
Rosh Ha'Ayin, Israel