Yardena Alotin
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Yardena Alotin was an Israel
i composer and pianist.
and then from 1950 to 1952 at the Israel Music Academy. Among her teachers were Alexander Uriah Boskovich (theory), Mordecai Seter (harmony, counterpoint), Paul Ben-Haim
(orchestrator), Ilona Vincze-Kraus
(piano) and Odon Partos
(composition). She married Yohanan Riverant.
Her first work was Yefei Nof for mixed choir, which won the Nissimov Prize and was premiered by the Rinat Choir in Tel Aviv and at the Paris International Festival in 1956. She produced both didactic and commissioned work, and rewrote Yefei Nof for solo flute (1978) for James Galway
. In 1984 she received a commission from the Tel Aviv Foundation of Literature and the Arts to mark Tel Aviv's seventy-fifth anniversary. In 1975 and 1976, Alotin was the composer-in-residence at Bar-Ilan University. In 1998 Alotin's husband donated a fund in her name for the support of Israeli music performance.
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i composer and pianist.
Biography
Yardena Alotin studied from 1948 to 1950 at the Music Teachers' College in Tel AvivTel Aviv
Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...
and then from 1950 to 1952 at the Israel Music Academy. Among her teachers were Alexander Uriah Boskovich (theory), Mordecai Seter (harmony, counterpoint), Paul Ben-Haim
Paul Ben-Haim
Paul Ben-Haim was an Israeli composer. Born Paul Frankenburger in Munich, Germany, he studied composition with Friedrich Klose and he was assistant conductor to Bruno Walter and Hans Knappertsbusch from 1920 to 1924...
(orchestrator), Ilona Vincze-Kraus
Ilona Vincze-Kraus
Ilona Vincze-Kraus was a well known teacher of current classical piano pedagogues in the US.- Education and Professional History :...
(piano) and Odon Partos
Ödön Pártos
Ödön Pártos [alternate English transcription: Oedeon Partos; Hungarian original: Pártos Ödön, Hebrew: עֵדֶן פרטוש ] , was a Hungarian-Israeli violist and composer...
(composition). She married Yohanan Riverant.
Her first work was Yefei Nof for mixed choir, which won the Nissimov Prize and was premiered by the Rinat Choir in Tel Aviv and at the Paris International Festival in 1956. She produced both didactic and commissioned work, and rewrote Yefei Nof for solo flute (1978) for James Galway
James Galway
- External links : IMGArtists.com 15 September 2008. AllAboutJazz.com 5 August 2008.*...
. In 1984 she received a commission from the Tel Aviv Foundation of Literature and the Arts to mark Tel Aviv's seventy-fifth anniversary. In 1975 and 1976, Alotin was the composer-in-residence at Bar-Ilan University. In 1998 Alotin's husband donated a fund in her name for the support of Israeli music performance.
Works
Selected works composed by Yardena Alotin include:- Passacaglia (1964)
- Six Piano Pieces for Children (1982)
- Suite (1974)
- Suite (1992)
- Three Preludes for Piano (1978)
- Trio for Piano, Violin, Cello (1983)