Dror Elimelech is an Israel

Israel

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i psychiatrist

Psychiatrist

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, psychotherapist

Psychotherapy

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, and poet

Poet

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, and a composer

Composer

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 and performer of contemporary classical music

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Elimelech studied composition with Sergiu Natra

Sergiu Natra

Sergiu Natra is an Israeli composer of Romanian birth. He is particularly well known for his compositions for the harp, including Sonatina , Prayer , and Divertimento .-Life and work:...

 and piano with Bart Berman

Bart Berman

Bart Berman is a Dutch-Israeli pianist and composer, best known as an interpreter of Franz Schubert and 20th century music....

, Ruth Hilman and Pnina Salzman

Pnina Salzman

Pnina Salzman was an Israeli classical pianist and piano pedagogue....

. He composes for a wide range of instrumental settings. His musical style is experimental

Experimental music

Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...

 with avant-garde

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 influences. Elimelech established and organized several concert series in Israel for contemporary music. In 1994 he published a CD by the name of Trans.

Elimelech won the Israeli Prime Minister Prize for Hebrew writers in 2002. He has published seven books of his poetry.

External links

• Biography in English with a picture
• Biography in Hebrew with bibliography in the Lexicon of New Hebrew Literature