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Žibuoklė Martinaitytė

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Žibuoklė Martinaitytė (born 4 May 1973) is a Lithuanian composer based in New York City. In 2022 she was awarded the Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Arts. In 2020 Martinaitytė received a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Lithuanian Government Prize for Culture and Arts for her creative achievements. Her work In Search of Lost Beauty…. received two gold medals at the Global Music Awards for “Best Composer” and Best Album. Life Žibuoklė Martinaitytė studied music from 1979 to 1991 at the Kaunas J. Naujalis Art school. From 1991 to 1997 she studied composition at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre in Vilnius under Professor Bronius Kutavičius and Julius Juzeliūnas. After graduating in 1997, she attended various summer courses for composers: Darmstädter Ferienkurse, the 6th International Academy for New Composition and Audio Art in Schwaz/Tirol, Austria with Bogusław Schaeffer and Marek Chołoniewski, Fondation Royaumont in France with Brian Ferneyhough, José Evangelista and Jean-Luc Herve, IRCAM/Centre Acanthes in France with Jonathan Harvey and Michael Jarrell and the Stavanger orchestral music course in Norway with Ole Lützow-Holm. When Vilnius became the European Ca

Žiga Hirschler

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Žiga Hirschler (21 March 1894, Velika Trnovitica near Bjelovar – 1941 Jasenovac concentration camp) was a Croatian-Jewish composer, music critic and publicist who was killed during the Holocaust. Life Hirschler was born in Zagreb, to a Croatian Jewish family. He completed musical studies in 1917 at the Agram conservatory of the Croatian Music Institute in Zagreb. Hirschler composed orchestral, piano, vocal and dramatic works, and showed a tendency towards popular music. He was one of the most famous music critics in Zagreb between the two world wars. Hirschler was editor of Musician magazine. With his writing in the Večernji vjesnik and Jutarnji list he closely followed Croatian composers. As a Jew Hirschler faced persecution by Ustaše and Nazis. During the last days of his life, Hirschler didn’t leave his apartment. He just had an intense correspondence with Paula Rendi, waiting for her to give him a pass so that he could cross over to a “free zone”. That unfortunately never happened. Hirschler wrote his last letters on 12 September 1941. In one such letter, he dedicated a song to Rendi for her birthday. In late 1941 Hirschler was killed at the Jasenovac concentration camp. Works

Zikmund Schul

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Zikmund Schul (11 January 1916 – 2 June 1944) was a German Jewish composer. Life Schul was born in Chemnitz, Germany, into an Eastern European Jewish family, and grew up in Kassel. Only little is known about his life. He moved to Prague in 1933. In 1937 he started to study composition in Prague, where he was a pupil of Alois Hába. During his time in Prague he became a friend of Viktor Ullmann. In Prague he started also to archive a collection of synagogal-songs from the synagogue of Prague (under the direction of Salomon Lieben). Schul married Olga Stern in 1941, and both were deported to Terezin on 30 November 1941. Schul died in Theresienstadt concentration camp from tuberculosis. Worklist Literature * Initiative Hans Krása in Hamburg, Germany: Komponisten in Theresienstadt Recordings * Chassidische Tänze Op. 15 – Ensemble Alraune; Cd Novantiqua * Chassidische Tänze Op. 15 – Julia Rebekka Adler, viola Thomas Ruge, cello; Cd NEOS Music * Die Nischt-Gewesenen – Wolfgang Holzmair, baritone, Russell Ryan, piano; Bridge Records The whole music written in Concentration Camps are contained in the CD-Encyclopedia KZ MUSIK created by Francesco Lotoro References External links *Meet … Ge

Zinovy Feldman

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:To be distinguished from the Russian film director (Zinovy Levovich Feldman ru) (1919—1989) Zinovii Petrovich Feldman also Zinovy, and in German sources Sinowi (Фельдман Зиновий Петрович. 1893, Berdychiv – 1942) was a Soviet composer. He was a member of the Moscow Society for Jewish Music and composed various pieces of chamber music. He was a friend of, and influenced by Alexander Krein. Prokofiev regarded Feldman highly, and entrusted him with the orchestration of some of his works. Feldman died during the Second World War at the age of 49. References

Zircon (composer)

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Andrew Aversa (born June 23, 1987), known professionally as zircon, is an American electronic musician, sample library developer, and composer primarily known for his work on video game soundtracks, including Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge Special Edition, Soulcalibur V, Pump It Up, and Newgrounds. He is an adjunct professor at Drexel University and co-founder and CEO of Impact Soundworks, a virtual instrument company. Career Aversa began arranging video game music, which he uploaded to OverClocked ReMix, in the early 2000s. Personal life Aversa lives in Maryland with his wife, Jillian Aversa, who is a vocalist, songwriter, and performer on video game soundtracks. He is also an adjunct professor at Drexel University as well as a Drexel graduate. He has made multiple appearances at conventions and festivals, such as MAGFest and Otakon. Releases Albums * Phasma Elementum (2004) * Impulse Prime (2005) * Antigravity (2007) * The World Circuit (2007) * Mass Media Constant (2009) * Fittest – Original Soundtrack (2009) * Vastlands (2009) * Return All Robots! Original Soundtrack (2010) * Unearthed (2012) * Globulous Original Soundtrack (2012) * I

Ziv Cojocaru

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Ziv Cojocaru () is an Israeli composer, conductor, arranger, and pianist. He serves as Associate Professor and Head of the Music Division in the Department of the Arts at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He is also Composer-in-Residence with the Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion. Cojocaru is the recipient of the ACUM Prize (2025) and the Prime Minister’s Award for Composers (2015). Biography Ziv Cojocaru was born and raised in Beersheba. He began his musical training studying piano at the city’s conservatory. Cojocaru studied composition and conducting at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, earning both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in both fields, and completed his doctorate in composition at Bar-Ilan University. He has also participated in masterclasses with Philippe Leroux, Pierre-André Valade, Ivan Fedele, Fabian Panisello, and others. From 2018 to 2023, he served as Conductor in Residence for the Israel Sinfonietta Beersheba. Currently, he serves as Associate Professor and Head of the Music Division in the Department of the Arts at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, as Composer-in-Residence of the Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion (since 2024), and as a