Tzvi Avni
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Tzvi Avni (first name sometimes spelled Zvi; Hebrew: צבי אבני; born Hermann Jakob Steinke 1927) is an Israeli composer.
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[edit] Biography
He was born in Saarbrücken, Germany, and emigrated to Mandate Palestine as a child. He studied with Paul Ben-Haim.
On the recommendation of Edgard Varèse, he became involved at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center in the 1960s. Later he founded an electronic studio at the Jerusalem Academy of Music, following the guidelines of his mentor in New York, Vladimir Ussachevsky.
[edit] Awards
In 2001, Avni was awarded the Israel Prize, for music.[1][2]
[edit] References
- ^ "Israel Prize Official Site (in Hebrew) – Recipient’s C.V.". http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/PrasIsrael/Tashsa/TzviAvni/KorotHaimTzviAvni.htm.
- ^ "Israel Prize Official Site (in Hebrew) – Judges' Rationale for Grant to Recipient". http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/PrasIsrael/Tashsa/TzviAvni/NimokyHsoftiom.htm.
[edit] External links
- Tzvi Avni official site
- Tzvi Avni bio
- Gluck, Robert J. "The Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center: Educating international composers" in Computer Music Journal 31 n2 Summer 2007, pp. 20–38
[edit] See also
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