Tzvi Avni

Tzvi Avni
צבי אבני
Tzvi Avni and Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
Born
Hermann Jakob Steinke

(1927-09-02) 2 September 1927 (age 97)
Saarbrücken, Territory of the Saar Basin
Nationality Israel
Alma materJerusalem Academy of Music and Dance
OccupationComposer
Awards

Tzvi Jacob Avni (first name sometimes spelled Zvi; Hebrew: צבי אבני; born Hermann Jakob Steinke, September 2, 1927; Saarbrücken) is an Israeli composer.

Biography

Tzvi Avni was born in Saarbrücken, (now 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 an 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. Archived from the original on 2014-04-12. Retrieved 2012-09-29.

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.

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