Micha Haran (formerly Michael Haran) was born in Jerusalem. He studied at the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem and at the Paris National Conservatory of Music. His principal teachers were Andre Navarra and Bernard Greenhouse, he also studied chamber music with violinist Joseph Calvet and conducting with Aldo Ceccato. He won the Paris National Music Conservatory's 1st prize for Cello-1964, international prizes in Geneva-1967, New York-(Concert Artists guilde-1968), Firenze-1973 and the Antonio Janigro Prize for the best performance of Bach in the Geneva competition.  As a soloist he appeared with orchestras such as the Israel Philharmonic, Academia of Santa Cecilia, Milano R.A.I, Genova Opera, Bergen Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony and Mexican National Symphony collaborating with conductors Paul Paray, Leonard Bernstein, Zubin Mehta, Christoff  Echenbach, Charles Dutoit, Genadi Rozdestvensky, Raphael Frubeck de Burgos, Mendi Rodan, Daniel Oren and Aldo Ceccato. He performed Claude Pascal's Cello Concerto in the New York premiere at Carnegie Hall with conductor John Barnett-1969. He also performed as a soloist without conductor in concertos by classical composers with I.P.O, Orquesta Sinfonica de Chile, Cordoba Chamber Orchestra and Rishon Symphony Orchestra.  In recitals and chamber music concerts he played with Pnina Salzman, Sergiu Luca, Yitzhak Perlman, Emanuel Ax and Alexander Fiorillo. In the years 1970- 1976 he taught at Temple University- College of Music in Philadelphia were he was a member of the Temple Trio. Since 1976 he is principal cellist of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. He also teaches at Tel-Aviv University's Buchman-Mehta School of Music, as well as at Master Classes in Israel and abroad.  He took part as a cellist and bass player in chamber music concerts in Israel, Belgium, Brasil and the U.S. As a conductor he appeared with the I.P.O, Jerusalem Symphony, Israel Chamber Orchestra, Cordoba Chamber Orchestra, Pro Arte- Brazil and ensembles Philocamera and Kaprizma. Micha Haran finds a special interest in performing the works of his friend- composer Jan Freidlin who's 2nd Symphony he premiered in South America- conducting the Orquesta Sinfonica de Chile on August 2006. In June 2006 he has performed the Bach 6 suites for cello at the church of Robledo de Chavela near Madrid.  He also plays viola (cello position), improvisation and Jazz. 

In France Mrs. Rroji conducted a career as a soloist and was also very active as a chamber musician. She won her first international prize at the age of 14 at the ‘Concours International de Migron’ in France. A year later she was a prizewinner at the ‘Concours International de Musique en Aquitaine’ and ‘Concours International de Hyères-Maryse Cheylan’. Among other prizes she was, for three consecutive times, the recipient of the Rotary Club Scholarship and the Soroptimist Club prize. She has given recitals in leading parisian venues such as Salle Pléyel, Salle Gaveau, Salle Cortot and Palais des Congrés . As a concerto soloist she has performed with the Bordeaux-Aquitaine Chamber Orchestra,‘Les Musiciens de la Prée’, L’Orchestre de Chambre de Toulouse, L’Orchestre du Conservatoire de Paris, the Philharmonic Orchestra of the National Radio and the Opera Symphony Orchestra in Albania. Mrs. Rroji arrived in New York in 1998 and has been active as a soloist and as a collaborator ever since. She was invited to perform at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Symphony Space in 2003, Elebash Hall, Riverside Cathedral, Steinway Hall and has been featured in WQXR and WNYC. Her recent orchestra engagements in New York include appearances with the Ossia Symphony Orchestra, the New York Chamber Orchestra, the Manhattan Philharmonia, the Astoria Symphony and the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra.

An avid chamber musician Mrs. Rroji regularly performs with musicians of the Ossia Symphony Orchestra, of which she is the founder and co-artistic director. Most recently she was heard in collaboration with the acclaimed violinist Lara St. John at Le Poisson Rouge, a concert that celebrated the life and work of Andre Previn’s.

Xheni is attached to renewal in creation and is committed to promoting music of young classical composers both through her orchestra as well as a soloist. In addition, her interest and research on women composers has led to the rediscovery of the astonishing French-Alsatian composer Marie Jaëll. A new CD featuring Jaëll’s complete piano work will be released in 2010.  

Mrs. Rroji holds master degrees from the Conservatoire Superieur de Musique de Paris, Manhattan School of Music and is currently completing her doctorate degree in piano performance at the CUNY Graduate Center.