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Tzvi Jacob Avni (first name sometimes spelled Zvi; he, צבי אבני; born Hermann Jakob Steinke, September 2, 1927; Saarbrücken) is an Israeli
composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...
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Biography

Tzvi Avni was born in
Saarbrücken Saarbrücken (; french: link=no, Sarrebruck ; Rhine Franconian: ''Saarbrigge'' ; lb, Saarbrécken ; lat, Saravipons, lit=The Bridge(s) across the Saar river) is the capital and largest city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken is S ...
, Germany, and emigrated to Mandate Palestine as a child. He studied with Paul Ben-Haim. On the recommendation of
Edgard Varèse Edgard Victor Achille Charles Varèse (; also spelled Edgar; December 22, 1883 – November 6, 1965) was a French-born composer who spent the greater part of his career in the United States. Varèse's music emphasizes timbre and rhythm; he coined ...
, 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 The Israel Prize ( he, פרס ישראל; ''pras israél'') is an award bestowed by the State of Israel, and regarded as the state's highest cultural honor. History The Israel Prize is awarded annually, on Israeli Independence Day, in a state cer ...
, 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


See also

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List of Israel Prize recipients This is a complete list of recipients of the Israel Prize from the inception of the Prize in 1953 through to 2022. List For each year, the recipients are, in most instances, listed in the order in which they appear on the official Israel Prize ...
1927 births Living people Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to Mandatory Palestine 20th-century classical composers 21st-century classical composers 20th-century Israeli composers 21st-century Israeli composers Israeli male composers Israel Prize in music recipients People from Saarbrücken {{Israel-musician-stub