Arie Shapira
Encyclopedia
Arie Shapira is a noted Israeli composer
and music researcher
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Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
and music researcher
Music theory
Music theory is the study of how music works. It examines the language and notation of music. It seeks to identify patterns and structures in composers' techniques across or within genres, styles, or historical periods...
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Scholarships, Awards, Grants
- Israel PrizeIsrael PrizeThe Israel Prize is an award handed out by the State of Israel and is largely regarded as the state's highest honor. It is presented annually, on Israeli Independence Day, in a state ceremony in Jerusalem, in the presence of the President, the Prime Minister, the Knesset chairperson, and the...
for composition (1994) - Council for Art and Culture - CommissionContractA contract is an agreement entered into by two parties or more with the intention of creating a legal obligation, which may have elements in writing. Contracts can be made orally. The remedy for breach of contract can be "damages" or compensation of money. In equity, the remedy can be specific...
for writing a piano concerto (2000) - Dunaueschingen Festival - Commission for writing a string-quartet (Arditty-Quartet) (1997)
- Tel AvivTel AvivTel 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...
Fund for Arts - A Commission for writing a chamber composition (Miscellaneous) (1996) - Akademie der Kunst, Berlin - A Commission for writing a piece (Letzte Briefe aus Stalingrad) (1995)
- Prime-Minister Grant for Composition (1986)
Music for the Theatre and Cinema
- Anton ChekhovAnton ChekhovAnton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics...
, The Clerk's Death. Beer Sheva Theatre (1985) - Hanoch LevinHanoch LevinHanoch Levin , was a prominent Israeli dramatist. He was also a theater director, an author and a poet, but he is best known for his plays.- Early life :...
, Six, Rotten Hour, Beit Lessin TheaterBeit Lessin TheaterBeit Lessin Theater is a theater in Tel Aviv, Israel.Established in 1978 by Yaakov Agmon for the Histadrut, the theater resided in Lessin House until moving to the old residence of the Cameri Theater in 2003....
(1983) - Leo TolstoyLeo TolstoyLev Nikolayevich Tolstoy was a Russian writer who primarily wrote novels and short stories. Later in life, he also wrote plays and essays. His two most famous works, the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, are acknowledged as two of the greatest novels of all time and a pinnacle of realist...
, Kreuzer Sonata, Beit Lessin Theatre (1983) - Hung On The Iron Cross, Goethe Institute, Tel Aviv (1982)
- Shmuel Yosef AgnonShmuel Yosef AgnonShmuel Yosef Agnon , was a Nobel Prize laureate writer and was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew fiction. In Hebrew, he is known by the acronym Shai Agnon . In English, his works are published under the name S. Y. Agnon.Agnon was born in Galicia, Austro-Hungarian Empire...
, Oath Of Loyalty, Acre Festival (1982) - G. Buchner, Wozzeck, Hamadregoth Theatre, Tel Aviv (1982)
- R. Forman, Pampering For The Masses, Hamadregoth Theatre, Tel Aviv (1981)
- Franz KafkaFranz KafkaFranz Kafka was a culturally influential German-language author of short stories and novels. Contemporary critics and academics, including Vladimir Nabokov, regard Kafka as one of the best writers of the 20th century...
, Penal Colony. Hamadregoth Theatre, Tel Aviv (1980) - H. Rechavi, No Place Under the Sun. Theatre for the Young, Tel Aviv (1977)
- Avraham ShlonskyAvraham ShlonskyAvraham Shlonsky was a significant and dynamic Israeli poet and editor born in Russian Empire.He was influential in the development of modern Hebrew and its literature in Israel through his many acclaimed translations of literary classics, particularly from Russian, as well as his own original...
, Micky Mau. The Kibbutz Theatre (1976) - K. Molodowsky, Open the Gate. Theatre for the Young, Tel Aviv (1975)
- M. Binetzky's movie: The Sikkrikim (1971)
- N. Levitan's movie: A Woman in a Garden (1970)
See also
- List of Israel Prize recipients