Noam Sheriff (; 7 January 1935 – ) was 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 def ...

, conductor,

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, and

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. Noam Sheriff was Artistic Director of the Kibbutz Chamber Orchestra, Music Director of the Israel Rishon LeZion Symphony Orchestra, Professor of Composition and Conducting at the Samuel Rubin Academy of Music at Tel Aviv University, and Director of the Academy from 1998 to 2000. He was also artistic director of the Israel Chamber Orchestra and the Haifa Symphony Orchestra.

Awards

* In 1991, Sheriff won the ACUM Prize for his life's work.Resume of Noam Sherriff ''(in Hebrew)''
Israel Prize website. * In 2003, he was awarded the

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Prize for music. * In 2011, he was awarded the

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Prize for music.Composer Noam Sheriff wins Israel Prize for music
''Haaretz'', March 9, 2011

Personal life

Noam Sheriff was married to the Israeli composer

Ella Milch-Sheriff Ella Milch-Sheriff (Hebrew: אלה מילך-שריף) is an Israeli composer, winner of ACUM award for lifetime achievement (2022). Born in Haifa, Israel on September 1, 1954, Milch-Sheriff began her career as a composer at the age of 12. Durin ...

from 1982 until Noam Sheriff's death in 2018.

References

External links

Noam Sheriff's website

Sheriff's home page at C.F. Peters edition
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