Amos Elkana

Quick Facts

Full Name	Amos Elkana
Occupation	Composer
Date Of Birth	Aug 20, 1967(1967-08-20)
Age	57
Birthplace	Boston
Country	United States
Birth City	Massachusetts
Horoscope	Leo

Amos Elkana Biography

Amos Elkana is one of the most popular and richest Composer who was born on August 20, 1967 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Amos was born in Boston, USA in 1967 however he grew up there in Jerusalem, Israel. He started taking guitar lessons and learning about music at the age of 15. Then he returned to Boston to learn jazz guitar at the Berklee College of Music and Composition at the New England Conservatory of Music. His principal composition instructor in the NEC was William Thomas McKinley. After that, he moved into Paris where he attended composition classes by Michele Reverdy and additional lessons with Erik Norby in Copenhagen and with Paul-Heinz Dittrich and Edison Denisov in Berlin. Elkana completed his degree with Bard College, New York City where he received an MFA in music and Sound. At Bard the focus was on electronic music and studied from Pauline Oliveros, David Behrman, Richard Teitelbaum, George Lewis, Maryanne Amacher, Larry Polansky and more.

In 2006, Elkana composed in 2006 “Eight Flowers” for solo piano in celebration of Gyorgy Kurtag’s birthday. The piece was premiered the same year at the Schloss Neuhardenberg area near Berlin in a celebration of Kurtag and Kurtag’s presence. Since then, the piece has performed across the globe, including at during the ISCM World Music Days in Sweden in 2009.

“Casino Umbro” is the title of Elkana’s recent CD released to great critical acclaim on the American label Ravello in 2012. The CD includes four compositions: Casino Umbro, String Quartet No.2, Arabic Lessons and Tru’a. It was reviewed by Frank J. Oteri on New music box.

In 2013-2014 Elkana was invited to be a fellow for a year at the International Research Center »Interweaving Performance Cultures« in Berlin where he worked on his next opera “Nathan the Wise”. This fascinating project brings Lessing’s play to life as a tri-lingual opera. The original text was edited into a libretto in Hebrew, German and Arabic by Elkana’s long time collaborator Michael Roes while preserving Lessing’s unique poetic language.

“Arabic Lessons”, a tri-lingual song cycle in Arabic, Hebrew and German according to Michael Roes’s words. Michael Roes, was composed in the years 97-98. It was premiered at the Berlin Festival in 1998. The work was commissioned by Elkana. Elkana was awarded the Golden Feather Award from ACUM. In the critique of Arabic Lessons, the Jerusalem Post described it as “a perplexing, beguiling 40-minute opus in which the composer challenges the so- called ‘acceptable’ form of the lieder, shattering it and building it anew, as if constructing a new world from its ashes. …Arabic Lessons is one of the most significant works composed in Israel for quite a while.”

Amos Elkana Net Worth

Amos Elkana is one of the richest Composer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Amos Elkana 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Amos Elkana (Hebrew: `mvs Alknh born on 20 August 1967) is an Israeli musician and composer.

In 1993, Elkana made the pleasure of making his Carnegie Hall debut with “Saxophone Quartet No.1” composed for the Berlin Saxophone Quartet. In 1994, Elkana composed “Tru’a”, a concerto for clarinet and orchestra which has been played with Richard Stoltzman and the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. Tru’a was first performed by the orchestra in Israel with Gilad Harel and The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra under Frederic Chaslin and in Taiwan by the TNUA orchestra.

Elkana is also an active performer. He regularly participates in concerts and performances of improvised music where he plays the electric guitar and the computer. In 2010 he opened the International Literature Festival in Berlin giving a concert of his music for Recorded voices of poets, Electric guitar and electronics.

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Amos Ranked on the list of most popular Composer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Amos Elkana celebrates birthday on August 20 of every year.

Top Facts about Amos Elkana

1. Amos Elkana is an Israeli composer and improviser.
2. He has composed for film, theater, and dance productions.
3. Elkana has released several albums as a solo artist.
4. He has collaborated with musicians from around the world.
5. Elkana’s music blends traditional Jewish melodies with modern styles.
6. He has performed at festivals in Europe, Asia, and North America.
7. Elkana teaches composition and improvisation at Tel Aviv University.
8. His compositions have been commissioned by leading orchestras and ensembles.
9. Elkana was awarded the Prime Minister’s Prize for Composition in 2010.
10. He is known for his innovative approach to blending different musical genres.