Evgeni Irshai

Evgeni Irshai (Slovak transcription Jevgenij Iršai) (b. 15 January 1951 in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg) is a Slovak composer.

From 1969 to 1975 he studied at the Conservatoire in Leningrad. In 1991 he moved to Slovakia and began to work with the theatre and Conservatoire at Banska Bystrica. Since 2001 he has been a teacher at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, where he was appointed Professor in 2010.

Irshai's compositions include chamber and orchestral music, including a number of concertante works. amongst the latter are Ma'ariv for cello and string orchestra (2013), a meditation on a Jewish prayer.