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Tzvi Jacob Avni (first name sometimes spelled Zvi; Hebrew: צבי אבני; born Hermann Jakob Steinke, September 2, 1927; Saarbrücken) is an Israeli composer.
Biography
Tzvi Avni was born in Saarbrücken, (now Germany), and emigrated to Mandate Palestine as a child. He studied with Paul Ben-Haim.
On the recommendation of Edgard Varèse, he became involved with 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.
On September 11, 2012, Avni was made an honorary citizen of Saarbrücken.
Notes
References
Gluck, Bob. “Go Find Your Own Tricks!: Interview with Israeli Composer Tzvi Avni.” eContact! 14.4 — TES 2011: Toronto Electroacoustic Symposium / Symposium électroacoustique de Toronto (March 2013). Montréal: CEC.
Gluck, Robert J. “The Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center: Educating international composers.” Computer Music Journal 31/2 (Summer 2007), pp. 20–38.
External links
Official webpage
Tzvi Avni biography on The Israel Music Institute (IMI) website
"Tzvi Avni" in Ronit Seter, "Israeli Art Music", on Oxford Bibliographies (accessed 2 April, 2024)
Tzvi Avni and Friedrich Spangemacher in a Zoom Interview with Ronit Seter
See also
List of Israel Prize recipients
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Daftar penerima Penghargaan Israel
- Tzvi Avni
- Saarbrücken
- Aharon Avni
- List of German Jews
- List of music students by teacher: C to F
- List of 21st-century classical composers
- List of music students by teacher: A to B
- Bassoon concerto
- Eden Sinfonia
- The International Harp Contest in Israel
