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Tzvi Avni

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Tzvi Avni and Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer.

Tzvi Avni (first name sometimes spelled Zvi; Hebrew: צבי אבני; born Hermann Jakob Steinke 1927) is an Israeli composer.

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.

Awards

In 2001, Avni was awarded the Israel Prize, for music. [1][2]

References

  1. ^ "Israel Prize Official Site (in Hebrew) – Recipient's C.V."
  2. ^ "Israel Prize Official Site (in Hebrew) – Judges' Rationale for Grant to Recipient".

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

See also

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