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Amos Elkana (Hebrew: ; born August 20, 1967) is an Israeli composer and improviser. ==Biography== Amos Elkana was born in the United States but grew up in Israel. He began playing guitar and studying music at age 15. After his compulsory army service in Israel he returned to Boston to study jazz guitar at the Berklee College of Music and Composition at the New England Conservatory of Music.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Amos Elkana )〕 In 1990 he moved to France. While in Europe he studied composition with Michele Reverdy in Paris, Erik Norby in Copenhagen and master classes with Paul-Heinz Dittrich and Edison Denisov in Berlin. In 1992 he settled back in Israel where his two children were born. Elkana continued his studies at Bard College, New York where he earned an MFA in Music and Sound. At Bard he focused on electronic music and took lessons with Pauline Oliveros, David Behrman, Richard Teitelbaum, George Lewis, Maryanne Amacher, Larry Polansky and more. Elkana’s works have been performed and recorded around the world. His first saxophone quartet was premiered in Carnegie Hall in New York City in 1993.〔 The Berlin Festival commissioned his song-cycle Arabic Lessons and premiered it in 1998. His concerto for clarinet Tru’a was recorded by clarinetist Richard Stoltzman and the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. Elkana also performs his own works on the electric guitar and computer and he frequently collaborates with artists from other disciplines on joint projects. In 2003 he received the ''Golden Feather Prize'' for music composition.〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Amos Elkana」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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