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Yehezkel Braun
Israeli composer

Yehezkel Braun

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Israeli composer
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Gender
Male
Place of birth
Wrocław, Polish People's Republic
Place of death
Tel Aviv, Israel
Age
92 years
Residence
Mishmar HaEmek, Israel
Education
Tel Aviv University
Awards
Israel Prize
(2001)
ACUM award
 
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Biography

Yehezkel Braun (Hebrew: יחזקאל בראון‎; January 18, 1922 – August 27, 2014) was an Israeli composer.

Biography

Yehezkel Braun was born in Breslau, Germany. The family moved toMandate Palestine when he was two. He grew up surrounded by Jewish and East-Mediterranean traditional music that influenced his later compositions.

Braun was a graduate of the Israel Academy of Music and held a master's degree in Classical Studies from Tel Aviv University.

In 1975, Braun studied Gregorian chant with Dom Jean Claire at the Benedictine monastery of Solesmes in France. His main academic interests were traditional Jewish melodies and Gregorian chants. He lectured on these and other subjects at universities and congresses in England, France, the United States and Germany. Yehezkel Braun was Professor Emeritus at Tel Aviv University.

Braun died in Tel Aviv on August 27, 2014. He was 92.

Awards and recognition

In 2001, Braun was awarded the Israel Prize, for music.

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