Excerpts from his compositions are featured in Somewhere, a production by Passport Ensemble. He also composed original music for the ensemble's production Under the Sign of the Lotus.

He holds a PhD from Northwestern University and teaches at the Music Department of Levinsky College of Education. He founded the Jewish-Arab Youth Orchestra as part of Jeunesses Musicales Israel.

In 2019, Ronen invented the Cultural Piano, an instrument that uses alternative tuning systems to produce sounds resembling Tibetan bells, Middle Eastern maqams, non-equal-tempered African scales, electric bass, and percussion.

His compositions have been performed by various orchestras and ensembles at prestigious venues, including Carnegie Hall, Bartók Hall, Steinway Hall, the Liszt Academy Concert Hall, Heichal HaTarbut, Kai Theatre in Tokyo, the Israeli Opera, and the Israel Festival.

Discography: The World Belongs to the Mediocre (1996), The Smile (1999), There Will Be Wind (2006), and Hammers (2011).

Awards: Prime Minister's Prize for Composers (2005), Music Award at the French Short Film Festival (2009), ACUM Award for Best Composition (2010), and Mifal HaPais Prize (2012).