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Avraham Eilam-Amzallag ( he, אברהם (אבי) אמזלג עילם; born 28 September 1941) is an Israeli musician and composer.
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Avraham Eilam-Amzallag ( he, אברהם (אבי) אמזלג עילם; born 28 September 1941) is an Israeli musician and composer.
Biography
Avraham (Avi) Eilam-Amzallag was born inCasablanca
Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...
, Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...
. He immigrated to Israel as a child. He first studied the flute
The flute is a family of classical music instrument in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, meaning they make sound by vibrating a column of air. However, unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is a reedless ...
and later compositional studies at the Buchman-Mehta Music Academy 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 G ...
.
Music career
He is the founder of an ensemble that performs oriental music. His compositions are described as a fusion of oriental Jewish music with contemporary technique.Selected compositions
* ''Desolation'' :33 minutes* (composition for flute) ( Mawal) :13 minutes* Music for flute and percussion (1975) *''Composition''Published works
* ''Music for flute and percussion'' (1975).National Library of AustraliTrove
Retrieved 2011-09-02
See also
*Music of Israel
The music of Israel is a combination of Jewish and non-Jewish music traditions that have come together over the course of a century to create a distinctive musical culture. For almost 150 years, musicians have sought original stylistic elements ...
References
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