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Yitzhak Yedid ( Hebrew : יצחק ידיד ; born 29 September 1971) is an Israeli-Australian composer of contemporary classical music . He is also a pianist and an educator. The recipient of numerous awards , Yedid is an Azrieli Prize Laureate in Jewish Music, a Laureate of the Landau Prize for Performing Arts [ he ] , and a Sidney Myer Creative Fellow. His compositional style has been characterised as "eclectic, multicultural, and deeply personal," blending elements of jazz and Jewish cantor music, classical European traditions, and avant-garde experimentation. He has been hailed as one of the most original composers on the international music scene today. Interfaith dialogue and Cross-cultural integration are central to Yedid's artistic practice. Yedid's work is a reflection of his deep interest in Middle Eastern culture , ancient rituals , the aesthetics of classical and liturgical Arabic music , and non-Western music performance practices. Yitzhak Yedid specializes in performing Judaeo-Sephardic and Middle Eastern sacred music in concert piano recitals. The Jerusalem Post . 17 February 2015 . Bartók as ethnomusicologist and composer : folk music and art music influences on his musical language (Thesis).
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Yitzhak Yedid, March 2009 Yitzhak Yedid, March 2009 Yitzhak Yedid ( ) (1971- ) is an Israeli composer and pianist.
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Musical artist Yitzhak Yedid ( , born 29 September 1971) is an Israeli Australian composer of classical music and jazz pianist.
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Musical artist Yitzhak Yedid ( , born 29 September 1971) is an Israeli-Australian composer and pianist. Yitzhak Yedid has been announced as the winner of the 2020 Azrieli Foundation Prize for Jewish Music.His winning composition, Kiddushim Ve’ Killulim (Blessings and Curses) [1] , was unanimously declared the best new major work of Jewish music by the judges of the Canadian prize.Yedid received a total prize package valued at over $200,000 CAD, which includes a cash award of $50,000 CAD; a world premiere performance of his work by Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne; two subsequent international performances; and a recording released on the Analekta label.[2] In 2018 Yedid has won the Sidney Myer Creative Fellowship worth $160,000 over a two-year period.The Sidney Myer Creative Fellowships recognise outstanding talent and exceptional courage .Yedid awarded the top two prizes in Israel for composers and performers: the Prime Minister’s Prize for Composers (2007) and the Landau Prize for Performing Arts (2009) .In 2008 he was awarded the first composition prize for solo work for harp at the 17th International Harp contest which led to numerous performances of the piece worldwide and to two commercial recordings.Yedid has also been awarded a composer-in- residence position at the Judith Wright Centre (Brisbane, 2010) and at the Western Australian Academy of Performing arts (2008).
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Israeli-Australian composer and pianist ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Musical artist Yitzhak Yedid ( ) is an Israeli-Australian contemporary classical music composer and improvising pianist, the recipient of numerous awards.
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israeli composer and pianist
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