Yoav Talmi ( he, יואב תלמי; born April 28, 1943, is an Israeli

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Biography

Yoav Talmi was born in Kibbutz Merhavia He studied composition and orchestral direction first in Israel, at the Rubin Academy of Music, later renamed The Buchmann-Mehta School of Music in Tel Aviv, and then in the United States, at the Juilliard School. In 1966, he was awarded the

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at the Tanglewood Music Center. In 1973, he won the Rupert Foundation Conducting Competition in London. Yoav Talmi is married to Er'ella, once a flutist and today an author of children's books and adults novels. They have two children and three grandchildren. In 2001, the Université Laval awarded him an honorary doctorate. In 2009, he was made an Officer of the National Order of Quebec. He is a winner of 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 Munich Philharmonic and From 1984 to 1988, he was music director of the Israel Chamber Orchestra (ICO) and the Israeli Opera, and later held the title of principal guest conductor with the ICO. Talmi served as music director of the San Diego Symphony 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 The Symphoniker Hamburg (''Hamburg Symphony Orchestra'') is a German orchestra based in Hamburg, Germany. Founded in 1957, it is one of the city's three largest orchestras. The Hamburg Symphony Orchestra is the orchestra in residence in the Laei ...

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

Israeli Army The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; he, צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the State of Israel. It consists of three service branc ...

Tsahal Tso'ed IDF March (Hebrew: מארש צה"ל or צה"ל צועד, ''Tzahal Tzo'ed'') is the official march music of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), which is played in ceremonies and parades held by the military. It was written in 1963 by composer Yoav Ta ...

, a
''Elegy for Strings, Timpani and Accordion ("Dachau Reflections")''
His compositio
"De Profundis for Choir and Orchestra"
premiered in Quebec City 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 Israel Music institute (IMI)
Kalmus Edition
USA, Carl Fischer Music
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

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