Noam Sheriff
Noam Sheriff (7 January 1935 – 2018 8 25) was an Israeli composer, conductor, educator, and arranger. Artistic Director of the Kibbutz Chamber Orchestra, Music Director of the Israel Rishon LeZion Symphony Orchestra, Professor of Composition and Conducting at the Samuel Rubin Academy of Music at Tel Aviv University, and Director of the Academy from 1998 to 2000. He was also artistic director of the Israel Chamber Orchestra and the Haifa Symphony Orchestra.
Noam Sheriff
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- Born
- 1935 · Tel Aviv.
- Died
- 2018 · Netanya.
- Nationality
- Israel
- Occupation
- composer · conductor · pedagogue · university teacher · music arranger · musician
- Education
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Honours
- Israel Prize · The EMET Prize for Art and Science and Culture
- Languages
- Hebrew
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Noam Sheriff (7 January 1935 – 2018 8 25) was an Israeli composer, conductor, educator, and arranger. Artistic Director of the Kibbutz Chamber Orchestra, Music Director of the Israel Rishon LeZion Symphony Orchestra, Professor of Composition and Conducting at the Samuel Rubin Academy of Music at Tel Aviv University, and Director of the Academy from 1998 to 2000. He was also artistic director of the Israel Chamber Orchestra and the Haifa Symphony Orchestra.
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Personal life
Noam Sheriff was married to the Israeli composer Ella Milch-Sheriff from 1982 until Noam Sheriff's death in 2018.
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Identity
Noam Sheriff is recorded as composer, conductor, pedagogue, university teacher and music arranger.
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Composer Mordecai Seter.
IPPA photographer · Dan Hadani collection / National Library of Israel / The Pritzker Family National Photography Collection · This file is available from Dan Hadani collection of the National Library of Israel. link to the source: Composer Mordecai Seter.
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1935
Noam Sheriff born at Tel Aviv.
2018
Noam Sheriff died at Netanya.
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Tel Aviv.
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Netanya.
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Noam Sheriff studied at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The recorded working language is Hebrew. Employment is recorded with Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln and Tel Aviv University. Distinctions recorded are Israel Prize and The EMET Prize for Art, Science and Culture.
• 1991: ACUM Prize for his life's work. • 2003: EMET Prize for music. • 2011: Israel Prize for music.
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- 1."מירי רגב לא מבינה על מה היא מדברת, מה שהיא עושה זה פתטי". www.maariv.co.il. 2017-10-24.
- 2.CODALARIO. Ha muerto Noam Sheriff. www.codalario.com.
- 3.Resume of Noam Sherriff (in Hebrew), Israel Prize website.
- 4.Judges Rationale for grant of Israel Prize (in Hebrew), Israel Prize website
- 5.Composer Noam Sheriff wins Israel Prize for music Haaretz, March 9, 2011
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