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Template:Infobox Person Eran Egozy is the Chief Technical Officer and VP of Engineering of Harmonix Music Systems, a company he founded with Alex Rigopulos in 1995.

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Eran is a native of Israel. He moved to Lexington, MA at the age of 12, from Israel. He earned a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT in 1995, where he worked with renowned electronic music composer Tod Machover at the MIT Media Laboratory. [1] During his stay at MIT, he met then future co-founder of Harmonix, Alex Rigopulos, in the computer-music department of MIT's Media Lab. [2]

Harmonix

Immediately after graduating, Eran co-founded Cambridge, MA based Harmonix Music Systems with fellow MIT alumn Alex Rigopulos. Harmonix is an interactive computer music company specializing in the development of real-time music generating computer programs for the entertainment industry. Currently, Eran is the Chief Technical Officer at Harmonix. [2] Egozy and Rigopulos were listed in Time Magazine's 2008 list of the 100 most influential people for their work on Rock Band[3].

Music

Eran studied clarinet at the New England Conservatory of Music, with Jonathan Cohler and William Wrzecien. Eran has performed with Symphonies in the Greater Boston Area, including the Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra, the MIT Symphony Orchestra and the Newton Symphony Orchestra. While he attended MIT, he performed several solo recitals. He also performed the Nielsen Clarinet Concerto with the MIT Symphony. Eran has played with the MIT Chamber Music Society for 7 years, and is one of the founding member of the Aurelius Ensemble. He is also credited as a long time participant in the Apple Hill Chamber Music festival. [4]

Games Credited

Game Year Publisher
Rock Band 2007 MTV Networks
Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s 2007 Activision Publishing, Inc.
Phase 2007 MTV Networks
CMT Presents: Karaoke Revolution Country 2006 Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.
Guitar Hero II 2006 Activision Publishing, Inc.
Guitar Hero 2005 RedOctane, Inc.
Karaoke Revolution Party 2005 Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.
EyeToy: AntiGrav 2004 SCEA
Karaoke Revolution Volume 2 2004 Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.
Karaoke Revolution Volume 3 2004 Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.
Amplitude 2003 Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc.
Karaoke Revolution 2003 Konami of America, Inc.
Frequency 2001 SCEA

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