Eitan Avitsur

Eitan Avitsur Born in Jerusalem, 1941. He started his musical career as a conductor of high school ensembles and as a composer. He completed his professional education at the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem and at the Mozarteum of Salzburg where he specialized in advaced conducting. He has conducted all the important orchestras of Israel in concerts, recordings for the Israeli radio and television and for commercial records. He was one of the founders of the Natanya orchestra in 1973, performing with it programs of mainly Israeli contemporary music. He was also the permanent conductor of Tel-Aviv orchestra in the years 1973-76.

Besides his career as a conductor Avitsur is also a well known composer. His list of compositions includes more than 300 works, among them oratorios, cantatas, symphonies, chambre music, background music for about 200 movies and T.V. programs, and arrangements. Most of them have been successfully performed. Many have been commissioned by cultural agencies in Israel and abroad.

He has taught at Bar-Ilan university since 1972 and is now a professor of music in the department of music. In 1990 he founded the Electro-Acoustic Music Program, of which project he is still in charge. He established the Computer Music Laboratory which today is considered the most advanced of its kind in Israel.

In 1987 he was appointed conductor of the Jerusalem Youth Orchestra. Under his guidance the orchestra has achieved a very important role in Israel's musical life, performing educational youth concerts, world premiers of Israeli compositions, recordings for the Israel TV and radio, and various festival concerts, enhancing important official events in Jerusalem. Avitsur toured for many years with his orchestra in Europe and The USA, and many excellent reviews attest to his growing success.
avitsur@mail.biu.ac.il
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Compositions

TitleCategoriesSerial  
Brass Quintet, for horn, 2 trumpets, trombone & tuba Chamber Music / Ensemble, Wind Quintet1920 Details
Divertimento for Winds Chamber Music / Ensemble, Wind Orchestra2164 Details
Grief, for trombone & chamber ensemble Chamber Music / Ensemble, Solo instrument + ensemble2390 Details
Inventions for Flute & Percussions Chamber Music / Ensemble1921 Details
La Blanka Torre, for chamber orchestra Chamber Orchestra349 Details
La Blanka Torre, for symphony orchestra Symphony Orchestra3231 Details
Poema sonoris No. 2, for clarinet, trombone & electric system Chamber Music / Ensemble, Electro-Acoustic2650 Details
Quintet for Woodwind Instruments Chamber Music / Ensemble, Wind Quintet1249 Details
Second Brass Quintet Chamber Music / Ensemble4840 Click to View Details
Seven Duets for Clarinet and Trombone Chamber Music / Ensemble4841 Click to View  MP3 Details
Sonata for Harp & Percussions Chamber Music / Ensemble1919 Details
Sonata for Trumpet & Trombone Chamber Music / Ensemble2788 Details
Suite for Symphonic Band Wind Orchestra2476 Details
The Milky Way by Andre HAJDU, arr. for brass sextet by E. Avitsur Chamber Music / Ensemble1247-ref Details
Three Inventions for Trombone Solo Solo4839 Click to View Details
Trio for Brass instruments Chamber Music / Ensemble4825 Click to View Details
Trio for Clarinet, Bass Clarinet & Harp Chamber Music / Ensemble2046 Details
Trio for Percussions Chamber Music / Ensemble235 Details
Trio for String Instruments Chamber Music / Ensemble, String Trio435 Details
Trio for Trombones Chamber Music / Ensemble4838 Click to View Details
Trio for Trumpet, Trombone & Percussions Chamber Music / Ensemble1922 Details
Within Thy Gates Jerusalem, Fanfara & Fugue, for brass ensemble Chamber Music / Ensemble, Wind Orchestra1248 Details