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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.
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.
Official webpage
Tzvi Avni biography
on The Israel Music Institute (IMI) website
Tzvi Jacob Avni (first name sometimes spelled Zvi; he, צבי אבני; born Hermann Jakob Steinke, September 2, 1927; Saarbrücken) is an Israeli composer.
Biography
Tzvi Avni was born in Saarbrücken,Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
, and emigrated to Mandate Palestine
Mandatory Palestine ( ar, فلسطين الانتدابية '; he, פָּלֶשְׂתִּינָה (א״י) ', where "E.Y." indicates ''’Eretz Yiśrā’ēl'', the Land of Israel) was a geopolitical entity established between 1920 and 1948 i ...
as a child. He studied with Paul Ben-Haim
Paul Ben-Haim (or Paul Ben-Chaim, Hebrew: פאול בן חיים) (5 July 1897 – 14 January 1984) was an Israeli composer. Born Paul Frankenburger in Munich, Germany, he studied composition with Friedrich Klose and he was assistant conductor t ...
.
On the recommendation of Edgard Varèse, he became involved with the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center
The Computer Music Center (CMC) at Columbia University is the oldest center for electronic and computer music research in the United States. It was founded in the 1950s as the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center.
Location
The CMC is hou ...
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
Vladimir Alexeevich Ussachevsky (November 3, 1911 in Hailar, China – January 2, 1990 in New York, New York) was a composer, particularly known for his work in electronic music.
Biography
Vladimir Ussachevsky was born in the Hailar District ...
.
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
See also
* List of Israel Prize recipients 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