Ofer Ben-Amots

Ofer Ben-Amots (Hebrew: עופר בן-אמוץ; born October 20, 1955) is an Israeli-American composer and teacher of music composition and theory at Colorado College.The interweaving of folk elements with contemporary textures creates the dynamic tension that permeates and defines Ben-Amots' musical language.Ben-Amots is an alumnus of the Hochschule für Musik in Detmold, Germany, where he studied with Martin C. Redel and Dietrich Manicke and graduated with degrees in composition, music theory, and piano.Upon his arrival in the United States in 1987, Ben-Amots studied with George Crumb[2] at the University of Pennsylvania where he received his Ph.D. in music composition.Though short, the story includes a rich scope of important life experiences such as childhood and adolescence, love, death, resurrection.
IsraelComposerHebrewColorado CollegeJewish folkloreYiddishJudeo-Spanish LadinoTel Aviv UniversityConservatoire de MusiqueGeneva, SwitzerlandAlberto GinasteraHochschule für MusikDetmold, GermanyGeorge CrumbUniversity of PennsylvaniaMilken Archive of American-Jewish MusicNaxos RecordsFool's Paradise (opera)Isaac Bashevis SingerViennaOpernhaus ZürichAaron CoplandJudeo-SpanishThe Klezmer Concerto