Betty Olivero is an Israel

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i music educator and composer.

Biography

Olivero was born in Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...

, Israel

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 to parents Dora Kapon and Eli Olivero. She graduated with a Bachelor in Music from the Rubin Academy of Music at Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University is a public university located in Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel. With nearly 30,000 students, TAU is Israel's largest university.-History:...

 in 1978, where she studied with Ilona Vincze-Kraus

Ilona Vincze-Kraus

Ilona Vincze-Kraus was a well known teacher of current classical piano pedagogues in the US.- Education and Professional History :...

 for piano and Yizhak Sadai and Leon Schidlowsky

Leon Schidlowsky

Leon Schidlowsky is a well known Chilean-Israeli composer and painter. He has written music for orchestra, chamber ensemble, choir, and instruments including the piano, violin, cello, flute, mandolin, guitar, harp, organ, as well as about sixty-five pieces of music with graphic notation...

 for composition. She continued her studies at Yale University

Yale University

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 where she studied under Jacob Druckman

Jacob Druckman

Jacob Druckman was an American composer born in Philadelphia. A graduate of the Juilliard School, Druckman studied with Vincent Persichetti, Peter Mennin, and Bernard Wagenaar. In 1949 and 1950 he studied with Aaron Copland at Tanglewood and later continued his studies at the École Normale de...

, Bernard Rands

Bernard Rands

Bernard Rands is a composer of contemporary classical music.Rands studied music and English literature at the University of Wales, Bangor, and composition with Pierre Boulez and Bruno Maderna in Darmstadt, Germany, and with Luigi Dallapiccola and Luciano Berio in Milan, Italy.He held residencies...

 and Gilbert Amy

Gilbert Amy

Gilbert Amy is a French composer and conductor. In 1954 he entered the Conservatoire de Paris where he was taught and influenced by Olivier Messiaen and Darius Milhaud and studied piano with Yvonne Loriod and fugue with Simone Plé-Caussade. His first compositions date from 1955...

, and graduated with a Masters in Music in 1981.

She continued her studies in Florence

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 with Luciano Berio

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 from 1983 to 1986 and began her develop career as a composer in Europe

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. She married Raffaello Majoni and had two children, and returned to Israel in 2002 to take a position as professor of composition at Bar-Ilan University

Bar-Ilan University

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. In 2004 she became composer-in-residence at the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra

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.

Olivero's music has been performed internationally by orchestras and ensembles including the BBC Symphony Orchestra

BBC Symphony Orchestra

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, the Juilliard Ensemble, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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, the New York Philharmonic

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, the London Sinfonietta

London Sinfonietta

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, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

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, the Israel Camerata and the Arditti Quartet.

Honors and awards

• Leonard Bernstein scholarship
• Fromm Music Foundation Award (U.S.A., 1986)
• Koussevitzky Award (USA, 2000)
• Prime Minister’s Prize (Israel, 2001)
• Rosenblum Award for the Performing Arts (Israel, 2003)
• Landau Award for the Performing Arts (Israel, 2004)
• ACUM Prize for Life Achievement (Israel, 2004)

Works

Olivero composes for orchestra, chamber ensemble, solo instrument and voice. Selected works include:

Instrumental music

• Pan, 5 flutes, 1984, revised, 1988
• Batnun (Double Bass), double bass and chamber orchestra, 1985
• Presenze, 10 instruments, 1986
• Ketarim (Crowns), violin, orchestra, 1989
• Adagio, chamber orchestra, 1990
• Tenuot, orchestra 1990, revised, 1999
• Sofim (Endings), piano, 1991
• Per Viola, viola, 1993
• Mareot (Mirrors), flute, violin, 1994
• Carosello, string orchestra, percussion, children’s chamber orchestra, 1994
• Kavei-avir (A Volo d’Uccello, Air Lines), 10 instruments, 1996
• Der Golem (Suites Nos. 1 and 2), clarinet, string quartet, and clarinet, string orchestra (respectively) 1997–1998
• Mizrach, clarinet, string orchestra, metal wind chimes, 1997
• Kavei-or (Light Lines), orchestra, 1999
• Merkavot (Chariots) orchestra, 1999
• Bashrav, flute, clarinet, trumpet, percussion, piano/celeste, string quartet, 2004
• Neharót Neharót (נהרות, נהרות) for solo viola, accordion, percussion, 2 string orchestras and tape (2006–2007)

Vocal music

• Cantes Amargos, female voice and chamber orchestra, 1984
• Makamat, 5 Middle-Eastern folk songs for female voice, 9 instruments, 1988
• Behind the Wall, for puppet theatre, Mezzo, 8 instruments, 1989
• Juego de Siempre (The Never-Ending Game), 12 folk songs in Ladino, female voice (alto), chamber orchestra or 7 instruments, 1991, revised 1994
• Bakashot (Supplications), clarinet, choir, orchestra, 1996
• Masken, Soprano, Mezzo, Bariton/narrator, violin, viola, cello, piano, percussion, 1999
• Achot ketana (Little Sister), Soprano, 3 solo violins, string orchestra, clarinet, 2000
• Hosha’anot, soprano, orchestra, 2000, revised 2003
• Serafim (Angels), Soprano, violin, clarinet, cello, piano, 2002
• Zimaar, Soprano, 2 violins, cello, harpsichord, percussion, 2003
• L’Ombra che porta il sogno (The Shadow That Brings Dreams), 2005

Discography

Olivero's works have been recorded and issued on CD, including:

• Cantigas Sephardies, Folkways Records, 1985
• Makamat, CD- Ricordi, 1989
• Juego de Siempre, Beth Hatefutsoth Museum, Tel Aviv, 1991
• Shtiler, Shtiler; Mode ani for Clarinet, Mezzo-Soprano and mixed choir, Pläne 1995
• Bakashot, Koch-Schwann, 1996
• Der Golem: Suite No. 1, and Der Golem: 6 Yidishe Lieder un Tantz for Clarinet and String Quartet, Pläne 1997
• Mizrach, Pläne, 1998
• Achot ketana, Angel, 2001
• Sofim, (Israeli Music Center, ACUM), 2003