His compositions include works for solo instruments, ensembles, orchestra, film, dance, musical theater and opera. Mr. Finberg participated in the highly selective Composers and the Voice workshop in Brooklyn, NY. His first opera, A Taste of Damnation, was first produced as a special student project at Manhattan School of Music on April 2015. The opera is based on a short story by the celebrated Israeli writer Etgar Keret, with a libretto written by Edward Einhorn. He is the winner of the 2011 Bard Prize and the 2014 Kol Emet Young Composers competition, and he officially represented Israel at the 2013 ISCM New Music Days in Vienna, Austria. His music was performed by Meitar Ensemble, ensemble mise-en, Ensemble Platypus Wien, the Mannes Orchestra, and the Manhattan School of Music Philharmonic, among others. His teachers include Robert Cuckson, Susan Botti, Samuel Adler and Steven Stucky.