Claude Abravanel (16 July 1924 – 14 December 2012) was a Swiss-Israeli pianist and composer of classical music.

Activities

He studied piano with

Dinu Lipatti Constantin "Dinu" Lipatti (; 2 December 1950) was a Romanian classical pianist and composer whose career was cut short by his death from effects related to Hodgkin's disease at age 33. He was elected posthumously to the Romanian Academy. He comp ...

at the Geneva Conservatory of Music. He also studied composition with

Arthur Honegger Arthur Honegger (; 10 March 1892 – 27 November 1955) was a Swiss composer who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris. A member of Les Six, his best known work is probably ''Antigone'', composed between 1924 and 1927 t ...

and piano with

Yvonne Lefébure Yvonne Lefébure (29 June 1898, Ermont – 23 January 1986, Paris) was a French pianist and teacher. Born in Ermont, she studied with Alfred Cortot at the Conservatoire de Paris, taking a ''premier prix'' in piano and numerous other subjects. She ...

at the Ecole Normale de Musique in

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...

.Abravanel Claude
/ref> A lecturer and director of the library at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance (Rubin Academy) until 1992, Abravanel became director of the Archives of Israeli Music at the Academy.

Ensemble compositions ''Chamber Music''

* ''Elegy'', for low Voice & Flute* Four Songs or Alto & Cello* ''Hymn of Praise on a Yemenite Motive'' or high voice & piano* ''Les Amours de Ronsard'', or high voice & piano* Prelude, Aria & Postlude for clarinet & piano *''Supplication'', Choreographical Poem or flute & piano*''Three Psalms'' or High Voice & Piano* ''Tre Sonetti di Petrarca'' or high voice & piano Israel composers league
retrieved 23/9/11

Personal history

Abravanel was born in

Montreux Montreux (, , ; frp, Montrolx) is a Swiss municipality and town on the shoreline of Lake Geneva at the foot of the Alps. It belongs to the district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, and has a population of approxima ...

, Switzerland, and settled in

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

in 1951.

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