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Amos Meller (1938 – January 23, 2007) is best remembered as an
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retrieved 3rd June 2010 and conductor. He was born in Kibbutz Ein HaHoresh
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and died in Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the ...
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In his lifetime, he was a member if the Israeli volleyball team, a flutist, a violinist, and a poet.
During his career he led orchestras in China, Moscow
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, and France
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. In March 2003 he was asked to direct the Beijing Philharmonic Orchestra and also the Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra of Taiwan
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. He was the first Israeli to direct these orchestras.
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1938 births
2007 deaths
Israeli conductors (music)
Israeli composers
20th-century conductors (music)
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