Mark Kopytman

After graduating from medical college, Kopytman studied composition with Roman Simovych at the Lysenko Academy of Music in Lviv and with S. Bogatirev at Tchaikovsky State Conservatory in Moscow.After gaining his second PhD in theory and composition, Kopytman taught at the conservatories of Moscow, Almaty and Chişinău.Kopytman eventually served as Chairman of the Theory and Composition Department, and later as Dean and the Deputy Head of the Academy (1974-1994).He has since led seminars and master classes in composition, especially in heterophony,[6] the main focus of his creative work, at universities and music schools throughout Europe and the United States.Kopytman's individual style is inspired by Jewish folklore and combined with economical use of recent innovations and characterized by a strong accent on melodic lines in the web of heterophonic splitting of textures.
HebrewJerusalem Academy of Music and DanceKamianets-PodilskyiUkrainemusic theoryChernivtsiRoman SimovychLysenko Academy of MusicTchaikovsky State ConservatoryMoscowAlmatyChişinăuJewish folkloreVictor TeleucăIon DruțăSüsskind von TrimbergRecha FreierVladislav Zanadvorov