Yoav Talmi

Yoav Talmi OQ (Hebrew: יואב תלמי‎; born April 28, 1943 is an Israeli conductor and composer.

Yoav Talmi

Biography

Yoav Talmi was born in Kibbutz Merhavia He studied composition and orchestral direction first in Israel, at the Rubin Academy of Music, later renamed The Buchmann-Mehta School of Music in Tel Aviv, and then in the United States, at the Juilliard School. In 1966, he was awarded the Koussevitzky Conducting Prize at the Tanglewood Music Center. In 1973, he won the Rupert Foundation Conducting Competition in London.

Yoav Talmi and his wife Er'ella have two children.[1] In 2001, the Université Laval awarded him an honorary doctorate. In 2009, he was made an Officer of the National Order of Quebec.[2]

Music career

Talmi was music director of the Arnhem Philharmonic from 1974 to 1980. Between 1977 and 1979 he served as the Principal Guest Conductor of the Munich Philharmonic and From 1984 to 1988, he was music director of the Israel Chamber Orchestra (ICO) and the Israeli Opera, and later held the title of principal guest conductor with the ICO. Talmi served as music director of the San Diego Symphony from 1987 to 1996, and made several recordings with them for the Naxos label. He was Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of l'Orchestre Symphonique de Québec (Québec Symphony Orchestra) from 1998 to 2011,[3] and now has the title of conductor emeritus of the orchestra. He was Chief Conductor of the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra from 2000 to 2004. In February 2013, Talmi returned to the ICO as its music director, a post he held until 2015.

Talmi's compositions include the official march of the Israeli Army, Tsahal Tso'ed, an Elegy for Strings, Timpani and Accordion ("Dachau Reflections").[1] His composition "De Profundis for Choir and Orchestra" premiered in Quebec City in May 2011. His "Animi Motus" For Children's (or Women) Choir was premiered by the Jerusalem Symphony in 2015. Talmi is the head of the conducting department at The Buchmann-Mehta School of Music. Tel Aviv University. His compositions are published by the Israel Music institute (IMI), Kalmus Edition USA, Carl Fischer Music, Broekmans en van Poppel, Amsterdam and Les Production d'Oz, Canada.

See also

References
  1. Valerie Scher (12 November 2006). "Talmi is back, with an 'Elegy' in hand". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 2009-02-25.
  2. "Yoav Talmi: Officier (2009)" (Press release). Secrétariat de l'Ordre national du Québec. 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-26.
  3. Arthur Kaptainis (3 April 2010). "There's no shortage of Canadian talent to succeed Talmi as musical director of Quebec City orchestra". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
Preceded by
Leo Driehuys		 Chief Conductor, Het Gelders Orkest
1974–1980		 Succeeded by
Roberto Benzi
Preceded by
David Atherton		 Music Director, San Diego Symphony
1987–1996		 Succeeded by
Jung-Ho Pak (artistic director)
Preceded by
Miguel Gomez-Martinez		 Chief Conductor, Hamburg Symphony Orchestra
2000–2004		 Succeeded by
Andrey Boreyko
Preceded by
Roberto Paternostro (artistic adviser)		 Music Director, Israel Chamber Orchestra
2013–2014		 Succeeded by
Ariel Zuckermann
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