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Opus Focus : for percussion and electronics / Amos Elkana
Genre:
Multimedia
Subgenre:
Percussion with multimedia
Scoring:
perc tape
Quarantine Music Nº 2: "Zanshin" : for double bass a cappella / Amos Elkana
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Double bass
Scoring:
db
Beyond the World's Dust : for two oboes, two bassoons, two horns and strings / Amos Elkana
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
2ob 2fg 2h str
latest edition
Mahavishnu : Concerto for electric guitar and chamber ensemble / Amos Elkana
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Guitar and large ensemble
Scoring:
g-el-solo fl/fl-a ob/eh cl fg h tpt trb perc 2vn vla vc db
composer
Elkana, Amos
Born in Boston in 1967, Amos Elkana grew up in Jerusalem. He studied Jazz guitar at Berklee College of Music and composition at the New England Conservatory of Music. He then went on to Bard College, where he earned an MFA in electronic music and sound. Over the years, Elkana has received numerous awards for his compositions, among them the 2011 Israeli Prime Minister’s Prize for Music Composition. Elkana composes concert music for orchestras, ensembles and individual performers as well as for dance, theatre and film. His works have been performed and recorded by ensembles and musicians from all over the world, including the Berlin Symphony Orchestra, the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, The Israel Symphony Orchestra and more. Elkana is also an active performer. He regularly participates in concerts and performances of improvised music where he plays the electric guitar and does computer processing.