Amit Gilutz
FINALIST OF THE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN COMPOSITION 2011
Composer's Biography
Currently studying at Cornell University with Steven Stucky and Roberto Sierra, as well as Fabien Lévy (Columbia), Amit Gilutz (b.1983) is a graduate of the Israel Arts and Sciences Academy in Jerusalem and the Rubin Music Academy in Jerusalem. Among his principle teachers there were Andre Hajdu, Yinam Leef and Mark Kopytman. Amit participated in Master Classes and summer programs working with such leading composers as Esa-Pekka Salonen, Brian Ferneyhough, Chaya Czernowin, Doina Rotaru , Michael Jarell, , Boguslaw Schaffer, Fabian Panisello and Allain Gaussin. Among the prizes and scholarships Amit has won are the Israeli-American Culture Fund scholarships for composition (1999-2008), first prize of the 2003 Mediterranean Music Center Composition Competition (Greece), prize for outstanding achievement from the director of the Jerusalem Music Academy, first prize for the Chana Idor Avni Composition Competition, Klon Scholarship for young composers, the 2007 ACUM award for his "White Darkness", the Prix Nadia Boulanger of the 2010 Ecoles D'Art Americaines de Fontainebleau, and the 2011 NewEar composition competition for student category for his song cycle "The Cat Saved My Life". His music has been performed by ensembles and orchestras among which are the Argento Ensemble, Tel-Aviv Soloists Ensemble, Meitar Ensemble, the Israeli Chamber Project, Ensemble Adapter, and many others.
Finalist Work: Advanced Level
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