Ami Maayani

Ami Maayani
עמי מעייני
Born1936 (1936)
Died17 February 2019(2019-02-17) (aged 83)
Occupations
  • Composer
  • Conductor

Ami Maayani (Hebrew: עמי מעייני; January 1936[1] – February 17, 2019[2]) was an Israeli composer.[3] The founder and conductor of the Israel National Youth Orchestra, the Tel Aviv Youth Orchestra, the Haifa Youth Orchestra and the Technion Symphony Orchestra, from 1970 to 1973 and 1976–1980 he was the chairman of the Israel Composers' League. Of note is Maayani's Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra, Qumran and Serenade in D.[4][5][6] Zvi Keren in his book Contemporary Israeli music: its sources and stylistic development (1980) said "The works of Ami Maayani, which have formed a continuation and extension of this school, have a style which might be described as post-Eastern-Mediterranean."[7] The American Organist said, "The lush improvisatory elements and Arabic modal influences in the music of Ami Maayani complement the pandiatonic polyphony of Yuval Rabin. Sabin Levi, on the other hand, employs minimalism and Sephardic folklore."[8]

Ami Maayani died of cancer on 17 February 2019, at age 82.[2]

Recorded works

Selected recordings of works by Ami Maayani include:

Album / title Works Performers Label / catalogue Reference
Music for Harp Triptique (Toccata, Maqamat, Passacaglia), Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2, Five Pieces for the Young Harpist Naoko Yoshino, harp IMP Digital / FONS 02-9420 [9]
Four Baroque Sonatas Sonata for Solo Violin; Sonata for Solo Cello; Sonatina for Guitar; Sonatine en trio Bing Jing Yu, violin; Natalia Khoma, cello; Tali Roth, guitar; Orit Wolf, piano IMP Digital / FONS 01-2096 [10]
Piano Music – Percussion Music Avant Propos; Deux Préludes pour piano; Deux Impromptus; Concerto for Percussion and Two Pianos; Three Preludes Aviram Reichert, Orit Wolf, Josef Reshef, pianos; Chen Zimbalista, percussion; Israel Academy of Music Percussion Ensemble; Alon Bor, conductor IMP Digital / FONS 02-2096 [10]
Harp Trios Beethoven–Maayani; Ibert; Debussy Amir Sela, flute; Fiona Vanderspar-Simon, violin; Richard L. Simon, viola; Ruth Maayani, harp FONS 36-2001 [10]
Maayani Conducts Maayani Jüdische Lieder – Song Cycle No. 2; Concerto for Percussion and Eight Wind Instruments Edna Prochnik, mezzo-soprano; Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra; Gideon Steiner, percussion; Israel Philharmonic Ensemble FONS 36-2002 [10]
Harp Chamber Music Arabesques Nos. 1 and 2; Trio for Harp, Flute and Viola; Quartet for Harp and String Trio; Deux Madrigaux Ruth Maayani, harp; Noam Buchman, flute; Nitai Zori, violin; Gad Lewertoff, viola; Hillel Zori, cello; Israel Woodwind Quintet FONS 36-2003 [10]
Music for Violin Concerto for Violin and Orchestra; Sonata for Solo Violin Lydia Mordkovitch, violin; Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra; Mendi Rodan FONS 36-2004 [10]
The Harp Concerti Concerto No. 1 for Harp and Orchestra; Concertino for Harp and String Orchestra; Arabesque No. 3 for Harp Quartet Susanna Mildonian, harp; Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra; Carl St. Clair; Ruth Maayani, harp; T. A. String Nonet; Nayden Todorov; Pacific Harp Ensemble FONS 36-2006 [10]
Concerto for Viola and Orchestra / Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra Concerto for Viola and Orchestra; Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra Daniel Benyamini, viola; Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra; David Shallon; Sharon Isbin, guitar; Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra; Kazuhiro Koizumi FONS 36-2007 [10]
Symphonic Music Régalim; Qumran; Ouverture solennelle; Scherzo méditerranéen Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra; Zubin Mehta; Eliahu Inbal; Lawrence Foster FONS 36-2008 [10]
Hebrew Poems from Spain – Books I–IV Hebrew Poems from Spain Anna Skibinsky, Marla Joffe, Silvie Bendova, sopranos; Ira Barsky, mezzo-soprano; Anat Eini, alto; David Sebba, baritone; Guy Bonné, bass-baritone; Ruth Maayani, harp FONS 36-2009 [10]
Chamber Music Poème; Sonatine en trio; Brass Quintet Noam Buchman, flute; Yigal Tuneh, violin; Miriam Hartman, viola; Alexander Kaganovski, cello; Yevgeny Yehudin, clarinet; Hillel Zori, cello; Orit Wolf, piano; Ram Oren, Yigal Meltzer, Michael Slatkin, Stewart Taylor, Shmuel Hershko FONS 36-2010 [10]
Arabesques Nos. 1–5 Arabesques Nos. 1–5 Grace Wong, harp; Noam Buchman, flute; Ruth Maayani, harp; Pacific Harp Ensemble; Chamber Ensemble of the Israel Academy of Music, Tel Aviv University; Ami Maayani; Sabin Levi, organ FONS 36-2011 [10]
Twelve Fantasies for Piano in Prelude and Fugue Form Twelve Fantasies for Piano Artists of the Faculty of the Tel Aviv Academy of Music; children from the Givatayim Conservatory FONS 36-2012-2 [10]
String Quartet / String Trio String Quartet; String Trio Alexander Mayorov, Natalya Yuchimchuk, violins; Anton Yaroshenko, viola; Alexey Makarov, cello FONS 36-2013 [10]
Concerto pour octuor / Concerto symphonique Concerto pour octuor; Concerto symphonique Marcelo Ehrlich, flute; Dima Malkin, oboe d’amore; Elad Avakrat, bass clarinet; Naama Golan, trumpet; Gitit Alpert Boazson, harp; Yizhar Kershon, harpsichord; Amos Boazson, viola; Eyal Ganor, double bass; Israel Sharon, conductor; Florence Sitruk, harp; Philharmonisches Orchester Heidelberg; Romely Pfund FONS 36-2014 [10]
Between Yiddish and Ladino Jüdische Lieder – Song Cycles Nos. 1 and 2; Five Sephardic Songs Willy Haparnass, baritone; Mira Zakai, alto; Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra; Mendi Rodan; Ami Maayani; Vilnius Municipal Choir “Jauna Muzika”; Vaclovas Augustinas FONS 36-2016 [11]
Violin and Harp Music Partita en mode phrygien; Sonata for Solo Violin; Passacaglia dans le style oriental Sivann Maayani Zelikoff, violin; Ruth Maayani, harp FONS 36-2017 [10]
The Polyphonic Violin Arabesque No. 6 for Solo Violin Sivann Maayani Zelikoff, violin FONS Music Foundation [12]
Musikalische Perlen Arabesque No. 2 for Flute and Harp Flute and harp duo album Ars Produktion [13]
Toccata Toccata for harp Elisa Netzer, harp Solo harp album [14]
Music 1967, Violin Concerto, Violoncello Concerto Music 1967; Concerto for Violin and Orchestra; Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra Lydia Mordkovitch, violin; Uzi Wiesel, cello; Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra; Mendi Rodan Israel Classical Productions / IBA [15]
Tal, Maayani, Avni, Kaminski Includes a work by Ami Maayani Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Zubin Mehta Helicon / Israel Music Anthology [16]

References

  1. ↑ Randel, Don Michael (15 June 2003). The Harvard dictionary of music. Harvard University Press. p. 425. ISBN 978-0-674-01163-2. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
  2. 1 2 המלחין עמי מעייני מת בגיל 82 [The composer Ami Maayani dead at age 82]. Haaretz (in Hebrew). 17 February 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  3. ↑ Nocke, Alexandra (15 March 2009). The place of the Mediterranean in modern Israeli identity. BRILL. p. 60. ISBN 978-90-04-17324-8. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
  4. ↑ Isbin, Sharon (1 November 1999). Twenty-first century violinists. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 32. ISBN 978-1-890490-08-9. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
  5. ↑ America-Israel Cultural Foundation (1971). Tarbut. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
  6. ↑ Flegler, Joel (1994). Fanfare. J. Flegler. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
  7. ↑ Keren, Zvi (1 January 1980). Contemporary Israeli music: its sources and stylistic development. Bar Ilan University Press. ISBN 9789652260116. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
  8. ↑ American Guild of Organists; Royal Canadian College of Organists; Associated Pipe Organ Builders of America (2005). The American organist. American Guild of Organists. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
  9. ↑ "Ami Maayani: Music for Harp". Naoko Yoshino Official Website. Retrieved 22 May 2026.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Ami Maayani: Works Catalogue and Recordings" (PDF). Boosey & Hawkes. Retrieved 22 May 2026.
  11. ↑ "Between Yiddish and Ladino". National Library of Israel. Retrieved 22 May 2026.
  12. ↑ "Arabesque No. 6 For Violin Solo (2010)". Shazam. Retrieved 22 May 2026.
  13. ↑ "Musikalische Perlen". MusicWeb International. 18 January 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2026.
  14. ↑ "Review: Toccata – Elisa Netzer, Harp". The Classic Review. 3 January 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2026.
  15. ↑ "Ami Maayani – Lydia Mordkovitch, Uzi Wiesel, Mendi Rodan, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra – Music 1967, Violin Concerto, Violoncello Concerto". Discogs. Retrieved 22 May 2026.
  16. ↑ "Josef Tal, Ami Maayani, Zvi Avni, Joseph Kaminski, Zubin Mehta, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra – Tal, Maayani, Avni, Kaminski". Discogs. Retrieved 22 May 2026.
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