Talk:Yoav Kutner
Yoav Kutner | |
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| Career | |
| Show | The Little Man from the Radio The History of Israeli Rock |
| Style | Disc Jockey |
| Country | Israel |
Yoav Kutner (born 1954; Hebrew יואב קוטנר), is an acclaimed Israeli TV and radio presenter, who has signifcantly promoted performers ranging from Mashina to Radiohead. The 'Little Man from the Radio', is rather, a passionate hero calling for the love of new music.[1] "The attempts to widen the mainstream and to enable [[musicians to move from the margins to the center is my mission since I've been dealing with music".[2]
Life
Yoav Kutner was born in Jerusalem, Israel in May 18th, 1954. At the age of seventeen, while in a vacation in Switzerland he was involved in a ski accident. That resulted in a significant loss of his past memories. He lives and works in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Work
Radio
Kutner edited and presented radio shows in the Israel Army Radio from December, 1974 to December, 1993, and in this period had his own daily show from 1985 onwards. He edited hundreds of other music shows among them "The magical mystery Tour", a 60 hour radio show exploring the history of The Beatles.[3]
TV
Kutner founded the "Pop Corner" in the legendary TV show Zehu Ze! from 1978 to 1996. Through live shows of guest artists and video clips he exposed the audience to new music on a weekly basis. In 1998 he edited and presented "Sof Onat HaTapuzim", a TV series exploring the history of Israeli rock.
Journalism
From 1981 to 1997 Kutner wrote about music in "7 days", Israel's weekly journal of the daily Yedioth Ahronoth.
Honours
Kutner was awarded several prizes for his programs, including "Paul McCartney is Dead" (Israel Army Radio, 1978) and "The History of Israeli Rock" (TV Channel 1,1998). He also edited several books about Israeli music, and was among the founders of the website Mooma, where he was editor-in-chief of the first on-line encyclopedia of Israeli music. [4]
Notes
- ^ http://www.kowner.com/portraits/yoav_kutner.php
- ^ http://mooma.mako.co.il/Article.asp?GroupID=1912&itemID=96546&ArtistID=18403 Assaf Nevo, The Big Man from the Festival
- ^ http://www.am-oved.co.il/HTMLs/author.aspx?C2018=18878&BSP=12266
- ^ http://web.sadna.co.il/icexcellence2/website/topbar/advisory.html