Tzvi Avni

Tzvi Avni and Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer.

Tzvi Avni (first name sometimes spelled Zvi; Hebrew: צבי אבני‎; born Hermann Jakob Steinke 1927) is an Israeli composer.

Biography

Tzvi Avni was born in Saarbrücken, Germany, and emigrated to Mandate Palestine as a child. He studied with Paul Ben-Haim.

On the recommendation of Edgard Varèse, 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.[1]

Awards

In 2001, Avni was awarded the Israel Prize, for music.[2][3] On September 11, 2012, Avni was made honorary citizen of Saarbrücken.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Bob Gluck, “Go Find Your Own Tricks!: Interview with Israeli Composer Tzvi Avni.”
  2. ↑ "Israel Prize Official Site (in Hebrew) – Recipient's C.V.".
  3. ↑ "Israel Prize Official Site (in Hebrew) – Judges' Rationale for Grant to Recipient".
  4. ↑ "Tzvi Avni Saarbrücker Ehrenbürger" (in German). Landeshauptstadt Saarbrücken. Retrieved 2012-09-29.

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