Menachem Avidom
Menachem Avidom | |
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מנחם אבידום | |
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| Born | Mendel Mahler-Kalkstein January 6, 1908 |
| Died | August 5, 1995 (aged 87) |
| Education | American University of Beirut, Paris Conservatory |
| Occupation | Composer |
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| Awards | Israel Prize (1961) |
Menachem Avidom (Hebrew: מנחם אבידום; January 6, 1908 – August 5, 1995) was an Israeli composer. His Hebrew surname is the combination of the names of his daughters Daniella and Miriam (Avi - the father of; D - for Daniella; O - and; M - for Miriam).
Biography
[edit | edit source]Avidom was born Mendel Mahler-Kalkstein in Stanislaviv, Austria-Hungary on January 6, 1908.[1] This put him in Poland after World War I. He emigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1925 and, soon after, went to study at the American University of Beirut (from 1926 to 1928). After further studies at the Paris Conservatory (from 1928 to 1931) with Henri Rabaud, he moved to Tel Aviv, where he taught music theory. From 1945 through 1952 he served as general secretary of the Israeli Philharmonic.[2] In 1955 he was named director of the Society of Authors, Composers and Music Publishers in Israel (ACUM); a post he remained in for twenty five years.[1][3] He was also chair of the Israel Composer's League from 1958 through 1971.[1]
He died in Tel Aviv, Israel, on August 5, 1995.[2]
Awards
[edit | edit source]- In 1961, Avidom was awarded the Israel Prize for music,[4] in recognition of his opera Alexandra ha'Hashmonait.[1]
Works
[edit | edit source]- Vocal
- In Every Generation, opera, 1955
- Alexandra ha'Hashmonait, opera, 1961
- The Farewell, opera, 1971
- The First Sin, opera, 1980
- Me'Arat Yodfat, opera
- 4 other operas
- Kantatat t'hilim, cantata, 1955
- 12 Hills, cantata, 1976
- Orchestral
- Symphony No. 3: Yam tichonit, 1952
- 9 other symphonies
- Flute Concerto
- Concertino for violin and orchestra
- Chamber music
- Suite on B-A-C-H, chamber ensemble, 1964
- Brass Quintet, 1969
- Sonata for unaccompanied viola, 1984
See also
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Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Don Randel. The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. Harvard, 1996, p. 32.
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- 1908 births
- 1995 deaths
- People from Ivano-Frankivsk
- Musicians from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
- Jewish Ukrainian musicians
- Jews from Galicia (Eastern Europe)
- Polish emigrants to Mandatory Palestine
- Jews from Mandatory Palestine
- Israeli people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent
- 20th-century Israeli classical composers
- Israeli composers
- Israeli male classical composers
- 20th-century male composers
- American University of Beirut alumni
- Israel Prize in music recipients
- Immigrants of the Fourth Aliyah
- 20th-century Polish Jews