Ammiel Bushakevitz
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{{Infobox musical artist
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| name = Ammiel Bushakevitz
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|9 April 1986}}
| birth_place = Jerusalem, Israel
| origin =
| genre = Classical
| occupation = Classical Pianist
| label = BIS Records
Hänssler Classic
Gramola
| website = [http://www.bushakevitz.com www.bushakevitz.com]
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Ammiel Issaschar Bushakevitz (born 9 April 1986 in Jerusalem) is an Israeli-South African pianist.{{cite web|author=Autore Redazione |url=http://www.ilcorrieremusicale.it/lisraeliano-ammiel-bushakevitz-interpreta-schubert-e-chopin/ |title=L'israeliano Ammiel Bushakevitz interpreta Schubert e Chopin | Il Corriere Musicale |language=it |publisher=Ilcorrieremusicale.it |date=2011-02-23 |accessdate=2012-11-15}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ovguide.com/ammiel-bushakevitz-9202a8c04000641f800000000f834079 |title=Ammiel Bushakevitz Video | Interviews |publisher=Ovguide.com |date= |accessdate=2012-11-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064700/http://www.ovguide.com/ammiel-bushakevitz-9202a8c04000641f800000000f834079 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead |df= }} He began piano lessons at age 4.{{Cite web |title=Ammiel Bushakevitz • Salzburg Festival |url=https://www.salzburgerfestspiele.at/en/a/ammiel-bushakevitz |access-date=2024-10-07 |website=Salzburg Festival |language=en-US}} He was one of the last private students of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.
Early life
Ammiel Bushakevitz moved at a young age with his family from Jerusalem, Israel to George, Western Cape in South Africa.
Bushakevitz studied at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris in Paris, France and the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy in Leipzig, Germany.{{Cite web|url=http://www.classicsa.co.za/site/events/view/avigail_violin_ammiel_bushakevitz_piano/South|title=Avigail (Violin) & Ammiel Bushakevitz (Piano) - ClassicSA Events|website=www.classicsa.co.za|access-date=2018-01-09}}{{cite web|url=http://www.litnet.co.za/cgi-bin/giga.cgi?cmd=cause_dir_news_item&cause_id=1270&news_id=76957 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911072840/http://www.litnet.co.za/cgi-bin/giga.cgi?cmd=cause_dir_news_item&cause_id=1270&news_id=76957 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-09-11 |title=Young Expats: Ammiel Bushakevitz on Leipzig, Germany |publisher=LitNet |date=2009-11-04 |accessdate=2012-11-15 }}
Awards and fellowships
He has been awarded the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst's International Scholarship for Artists,[https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:sfE3Nmq6xrcJ:ic.daad.de/johannesburg/Newsletters/2009/DAAD%2520Johannesburg%2520Newsletter%2520November%25202009.pdf+ammiel+bushakevitz&hl=en&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESicnWiOidvjkPuLUzIOjYvyn29-rrTCAhn9-m2RkWYIRyNuakOyP4f_WIFf7fvbEPABjCmq-joUsOJ_zDgvFmYwC_TF-HY7WE2f8Oxg5EeulkQrGYaG7bDVnD7quB1pV0RtjtC7&sig=AHIEtbSA4egrbh9BvzrvrI9SxE3l2fRbQg The fall of the wall at Witts ] European Commission Award, French-German Forum for Young Artists Award, HMT Freundeskreis Scholarship, Ad-Infinitum-Stiftung Award, Oppenheimer Memorial Trust Scholarship, Bill Venter/FAK Bursary, Pretorium Trust Postgraduate Bursary, FAK Senior Music Award, PJ Lemmer Scholarship, Southern African Music Rights Organisation SAMRO Undergraduate Bursary, Isaac Greenberg Scholarship for Jewish Students, Du Toit/Van Tonder Award, Gladwell Scholarship, Gideon Roos/Esther Mentz Award, UP General Study Scholarship, Stellenbosch Vrouevereniging Award and Brenda Rein Scholarship. In 2014 Ammiel Bushakevitz was named Edison Fellow of the British Library, London.
Discography
- 2017 - Franz Schubert: Impromptus & Klavierstücke {{cite web|title=Franz Schubert, Ammiel Bushakevitz – Impromptus & Klavierstücke Hänssler Classic. Recorded in Lisbon, Portugal.|url=https://www.discogs.com/Franz-Schubert-Ammiel-Bushakevitz-Impromptus-Klavierst%C3%BCcke/release/10233305}} Solo Piano album (Hänssler Classic)
- 2017 - Liszt: 15 Songs {{cite web|title=Album Information|url=https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/liszt-15-songs-timothy-fallon|accessdate=2017-07-08}} Liszt: 15 Songs, Timothy Fallon, tenor, Ammiel Bushakevitz, piano. Recorded at the (Jerusalem Music Centre), Israel. (BIS Records)
- 2017 - Fries: Sisi Poems - Lieder der Kaiserin Elisabeth {{cite web|title=Album Information|url=https://www.amazon.com/Fries-Poems-Lieder-Kaiserin-Elisabeth/dp/B07796VD5V|accessdate=2017-07-19}} Nina Bernsteiner, mezzo-soprano, Ammiel Bushakevitz. Vienna, Austria. (Gramola)
- 2016 - Lieder aus der Jugendstil. Thuille, Wolf, Pfitzner, Mahler, Marx, Zemlinsky {{cite web|title='Ammiel Bushakevitz, piano' Album Information|url=https://www.amazon.com/Ammiel-Bushakevitz-spielt-Schubert/dp/B00H26OD80/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1504598446&sr=8-4&keywords=bushakevitz|accessdate=2017-07-08}} Hagar Sharvit, mezzo-soprano; Ammiel Bushakevitz, piano. Recorded in Mürzzuschlag, Austria.
- 2015 - Mozart - Sonatas for piano and violin {{cite web|title='Ammiel Bushakevitz, piano' Album Information|url=http://solfa.cat/cataleg/ammiel-avigail-bushakevitz-plays-mozart|accessdate=2017-07-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905183014/http://solfa.cat/cataleg/ammiel-avigail-bushakevitz-plays-mozart|archive-date=2017-09-05|url-status=dead}} Avigail Bushakevitz, piano; Ammiel Bushakevitz, violin. Recorded in Capellades, Spain (Solfa Records)
- 2014 - Duo Aurelius live in Catalonia. Mozart, Szymanowski, Beethoven, Tahberer {{cite web|title='Ammiel Bushakevitz, piano' Album Information|url=https://www.amazon.com/Aurelius-Ammiel-Bushakevitz-Deniz-Tahberer/dp/B00RZW07AE}} Deniz Tahberer, violin; Ammiel Bushakevitz, piano. (Solfa Records)
- 2013 - Ammiel Bushakevitz plays Schubert Ammiel Bushakevitz, piano. Recorded in Paris, France. (IAWS)
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.discogs.com/artist/5731950-Ammiel-Bushakevitz Discogs Discography]
- [https://www.bushakevitz.com Official Website]
- [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7255293/ IMDb Profile]
- [http://www.ilcorrieremusicale.it/lisraeliano-ammiel-bushakevitz-interpreta-schubert-e-chopin/]
- [http://www.owenwhitemanagement.com/artist/ammiel-bushakevitz/ Website of Management Agency]
- [https://open.spotify.com/artist/08Alw8eY97LDGGlkv0i8zg Ammiel Bushakevitz on Spotify]
- [https://music.apple.com/us/artist/ammiel-bushakevitz/770862951 Ammiel Bushakevitz on Apple Music - iTunes]
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Category:University of Pretoria alumni
Category:Israeli classical pianists
Category:Musicians from Jerusalem
Category:Conservatoire de Paris alumni
Category:Israeli emigrants to South Africa