Tsabary, Eldad

Period: Late 20th Century

Born: Saturday, November 29, 1969 in Petach Tiqva, Israel

As of November 2003 this composer is still living.
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Nation of Origin: Israel/Canada

Major Works:

1. June 5^th, 1973 (1998) for trombone and string orchestra – will be recorded September 2003 with the Bulgarian National Symphony Orchestra for the CD "Masterworks of the New Era".
   
2. Tarot Images (1999) for piano – played at the Soroptimist fund-raising concert, NYC 2001
   
3. New Kid on the Mountain (2000) for trombone and electronics – premiered at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, November 2000.
   
4. Bendicho juez de la verdad (2000) for trombone and electronics – numerous performances including Stanford University's CCRMA, Music Under Construction (New York), CUNY's Elebash Hall, Bar Ilan University (Israel), and UMBC's art@radio.
   
5. God is Good to Daddy (2003) for electronics alone – premiered at the Synthese 2003 Festival in Bourges, France.
   

Other Information:
A native of Israel, Montreal-based composer Eldad Tsabary (1969) spent seven years in New York City where he composed chamber and orchestral music with special interest in trombone, guitar, and electro-acoustics. Recent performances include Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall, Stanford University's CCRMA, and the Bourges Festival in France.
Mr. Tsabary received his education at CUNY's Graduate School and University Center PhD program, the Mannes College of Music, and the Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music in Israel. He studied composition under David Loeb, David Del Tredici, David Olan, and Tim Brady and theory under Carl Schachter, Philip Rupprecht, and Philip Lambert.

General Bibliography:
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN: 0198691629

Lampert, Vera; Kemp, Ian; and White, Eric Walter, The New Grove Modern Masters (The New Grove Series), W. W. Norton & Company, November 1997, ISBN: 0393315924

Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc., January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390

Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group, December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257

Slonimsky, Nicolas, Music Since 1900, Schirmer Books, July 1994, ISBN: 0028724186

Links to essays at other sites:

Modern Music and After: Directions Since 1945 by Paul Griffiths

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Home Page of Mr. Tsabary
ERM Media
Classical Composer Database entry

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