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First name: Menachem
Last name: Zur
Dates: 1942
Category: Quartet
Nationality: Israeli
Opus name: Discussions No. 9, for Piano Quartet (2004)
Publisher: Israel Music Centre
Peculiarities: http://www.israelcomposers.org/Members.aspx?lang=English&letter=Z&id=162 http://www.israelcomposers.org/CompositionDetails.aspx?lang=English&id=106&search=true
Information: Menachem Zur, composer, was born in Israel in 1942. He is a graduate of The Rubin Academy of Music and Dance in Jerusalem. In the United States he received degrees from the Mannes College of Music, Sarah Lawrence College, and Columbia University, where he was awarded the DMA degree in 1976. Prof. Zur has taught at Queens College, CUNY, and New York University, and is on the faculty of the Rubin Academy of Music and Dance in Jerusalem. Prof. Zur has composed numerous works, including chamber, vocal, symphonic and electronic music, and one full-scale opera. He was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship in 1981, and has received other commissions and awards as well. In 1991-1992 M. Zur received four national prizes. Most of his works have been published in the United States and in Israel. His orchestral works have received numerous performances by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and the Jerusalem Radio Symphony Orchestra. In 1992-1994, Prof. Zur served as the chairman of the Israel League of Composers. Between 1992-1996 he served as the official Israeli delegate to the ISCM.