Ilan Virtzberg (; born September 12, 1951) is an Israeli composer, arranger, music producer, guitarist, and singer. He is described as "one of the most sought-after composers and producers in Israeli pop in the 80s and early 90s".

Biography

He was born in

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to the family of a

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. During his service in the IDF he was a guitarist in the air force band. After the army he studied in the Samuel Rubin Israel Academy of Music (now

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). During 1982–2024 Virtzberg released 20 albums. His first album (1982, remastered in 2002) in collaboration with based on the songs of

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ranked 18th in the list of 100 best Israeli albums by the newspaper '' Yediot Ahronoth'' in 2005.

Filmography

Virtzberg composed music for about 15 feature, documentary and TV films,סרטים
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Family

His sister is , researcher in the area of

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and activist for

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of mentally deficient people.סיפורו של בני וירצברג, עוזרו בכפייה של מלאך המוות מאושוויץ, ד"ר יוזף מנגלה
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References

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an interview, ''

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