Gad Avrahami
{{Short description|Israeli composer}}
Gad Avrahami ({{Langx|he|גד אברהמי}}; born 1952 in Kibbutz Shamir){{cite web |url= http://www.hkcg.org/iscm_site/program%20detail/14_10_e1430.html#gad |title=Gad Avrahami (b. 1952) |work=Hong Kong Composers Guild |year=2006 |accessdate=27 September 2015}} is a composer active in Israel and elsewhere.
Biographical information
Studied under the Professor of Composition and Music Theory Leon Schidlowsky (active also in graphic multi-media and the fine arts) at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music (previously: Rubin Academy) in Tel Aviv University.{{cite web |url= http://www.composers21.com/compdocs/schidlol.htm |title=León Schidlowsky |work=The Living Composers Project |year=2015 |accessdate=27 September 2015}}
Compositions written by Avrahami have received radio broadcasts in Israel, the Netherlands, Germany, Scotland, Turkey and Hong Kong.
{{cite web |url= http://www.israelcomposers.org/Members.aspx?lang=English |title=Gad Abrahami |work=Israel Composers' League |year=2015 |accessdate=27 September 2015}} He has stated that his greatest musical influences are Alban Berg, who studied with Arnold Schoenberg (associated with German Expressionism) for six years,{{cite web |url= http://www.theartstory.org/artist-kandinsky-wassily.htm |title=Wassily Kandinsky Biography, Art, and Analysis of Works |work=The Art Story |year=2015 |accessdate=27 September 2015}} and Olivier Messiaen (a person who stated his experiences of synaesthesia influenced his composing activities).
In 1997 and also 2005 he received the Israeli Prime Minister award.[http://www.imi.org.il/News.aspx?type=3&archive=Y Israel Music Institute] Retrieved 2011-09-02 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325103728/http://www.imi.org.il/News.aspx?type=3&archive=Y |date=March 25, 2012 }} The award ceremony took place at the Israel Music Conservatory, Tel Aviv, on June 30, 2005.
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External links
- [http://www.israelcomposers.org/Members.aspx?lang=English Israel music Centre] a list of compositions
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