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The music of Israel is a combination of Jewish and non-Jewish music traditions that have come together over the course of a century to create a distinctive musical culture. For almost 150 years, musicians have sought original stylistic elements that would define the emerging national spirit. [ 1 ]
Tal Zilber is an Israeli-born pianist and composer. He holds an M.M. from Rice University , a Performance Diploma from Indiana University , and a B.M. from the Rubin Israeli Music Academy . He has studied under Brian Connelly, Edmund Battersby , Michael Boguslavsky, Alexander Volkov, Ran Blake , Bert Seager and Wha Kyung Byun . [ 1 ]
In the words of Peter Gradenwitz, from this period onwards, the issue is "no longer the story of Jewish music, but the story of music by Jewish masters." [ 24 ] Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880), a leading composer of operetta in the 19th century, was the son of a cantor, and grew up steeped in traditional Jewish music.
Salaam (Hebrew: סלאם ) or Od Yavo Shalom Aleinu (Hebrew: עוד יבוא שלום עלינו ) is a peace song by Mosh Ben-Ari, composed while he was in the band Sheva.
Nachum Heiman (Hebrew: נחום היימן; May 6, 1934 – August 17, 2016) [1] was an Israeli composer and musician. Some of the over 1,000 songs he composed [2] [3] [4] have become classics of Israeli folk music. [5]
In 2021, Lanyi won third prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition, [4] and was a finalist at the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition. [5] In the same year, he was a prize winner at the inaugural Young Classical Artists Trust (London) [ 6 ] and Concert Artists Guild (New York) International Auditions.
The Israel piano trio was founded in Israel in 1972 by Alexander Volkov (piano), Menahem Breuer (violin), and Zvi Harell (cello). [1] [2] Zvi Harell was later replaced with Marcel Bergman, [1] [3] and later by Hillel Zori. [4] After the death of Alexander Volkov in 2006, [5] [6] the pianist Tomer Lev joined the trio.
He presented a series of violin and piano recitals with Shlomo Mintz in Israel, and has performed extensively with various chamber ensembles in Israel and abroad. He was the first Israeli musician to perform in Egypt after the 1979 peace treaty with Israel, [8] and in 1989, received the annual "Best Performer Award" from the Israeli government. [9]