Vortrag „Technology and Contemporary Composition“ von Talia Amar

Vortrag wird in englischer Sprache abgehalten /
Lecture will be held in English

Dr. Talia Amar: Head of Innovation and Technology — Department of Music Theory, Composition, and Conducting (The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance)

Dr. Talia Amar is an Israeli composer and pianist. Described as “a master composer… (she) has a fine ear for sound as well as sure compositional technique” (David Schulenberg, The Boston Musical Intelligencer), she is the recipient of many international awards including the Prime Minister prestigious award 2018, The Acum prize for “best piece of the year” 2022, The Acum award 2019, The Rosenblum Prize for Promising Young Artist 2016 by the Tel Aviv Municipality ,the Klon Award for young composers granted by the Israeli Composers League, CIRCE Composition Competition, London Ear Festival, North-South Consonance Composition Competition, International Music Prize for Excellence in Composition, and she also has consecutively been awarded scholarships from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation both in piano and composition (with honors).

Recently, she was selected by the famous violinist Renaud Capuçon to participate in the Festival New Horizons d’Aix en Provence 2022 where her piece, commissioned especially for the festival, will be performed. In 2022 her piece Labyrinth was commissioned and performed at Festival Présences by Radio France in Paris. Her string quartet “Obsession” was featured in Castleton Festival USA after being hand selected by Maestro Lorin Maazel. She was selected to be the Composer Fellow of Collage New Music for 2015—2016 in Boston. She has participated in the IRCAM ManiFeste workshop and the Royaumont composition course in France.