Yoav Talmi (; born April 28, 1943), is an Israeli

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and

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Biography

Yoav Talmi was born in Kibbutz Merhavia. He studied

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and orchestral direction, first in Israel at the Rubin Academy of Music (later renamed The Buchmann-Mehta School of Music) in

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, and then in the United States of America at the

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. In 1966 Talmi was awarded the Koussevitzky Conducting Prize at the

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. In 1973 he won the Rupert Foundation Conducting Competition in London. Yoav Talmi is married to Er'ella, flautist and author of children's books and adult novels. They have two children. In 2001, the

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awarded Talmi an Honorary Doctorate. In 2009, he was made an Officer of the

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. Yoav Talmi won the 2013 Israeli Prime Minister's Prize for Composers.

Music career

Talmi was music director of the Arnhem Philharmonic from 1974 to 1980. Between 1977 and 1979 he served as the Principal Guest Conductor of the

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and From 1984 to 1988, he was music director of the Israel Chamber Orchestra (ICO) and the

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, and later held the title of principal guest conductor with the ICO. Talmi served as music director of the

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from 1987 to 1996, and made several recordings with them for the Naxos label. He was artistic director and Principal Conductor of l' Orchestre Symphonique de Québec (Québec Symphony Orchestra) from 1998 to 2011, and now has the title of conductor emeritus of the orchestra. He was Chief Conductor of the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra from 2000 to 2004. In February 2013, Talmi returned to the ICO as its music director, a post he held until 2015. Talmi's compositions include the official march of the

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, Tsahal Tso'ed, a
''Elegy for Strings, Timpani and Accordion ("Dachau Reflections")''
His compositio
"De Profundis for Choir and Orchestra"
premiered in

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in May 2011. Hi
"Animi Motus"
For Children's (or Women) Choir was premiered by the Jerusalem Symphony in 2015.
Clarinet Quintet
(2017) and many other compositions and arrangements. Talmi is the head of the conducting department at The Buchmann-Mehta School of Music. Tel Aviv University. His compositions are published by the

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(IMI)
Kalmus Edition
USA,

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Broekmans en van Poppel
Amsterdam an
Les Production d'Oz
Canada.

References

External links

Yoav Talmi's official website

Yoav Talmi's General Management
Schmidt Artists International

* ttp://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Talmi-Yoav.htm Bach Cantatas.com biography of Yoav Talmi* https://forward.com/schmooze/144656/conductor-yoav-talmi-is-marching-to-glory/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Talmi, Yoav 1943 births Living people Israeli composers Officers of the National Order of Quebec 21st-century Israeli conductors (music) Centaur Records artists

Biography

Music career

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