Abel Ehrlich

Abel Ehrlich was an Israeli composer. In 1997, Ehrlich won the Israel Prize for Music.

Biography

Erlich was born in 1915 in Cranz, East Prussia. In 1934 he and his family fled from Nazi Germany to Yugoslavia and pursued music studies in Zagreb. He left Yugoslavia in 1939 and, after a short stay in Albania, immigrated to Mandatory Palestine.
In Israel he continued his studies at the Eretz-Israel Conservatory in Jerusalem.
He taught at various institutes such as the Israel Conservatory, the Jerusalem [Academy of Music and Dance|Rubin Academy of Music], Jerusalem; the Rubin Academy of Music, Tel Aviv; Bar-Ilan University and Oranim Academic College.
He died on October 30, 2003, in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Works

Bashrav for solo violin, 1953The Split Personality of Music Master Botten, short opera, premiered in Jerusalem in 1959ARPMUSIK for baritone, 12 players and pantomimes, 1971Five Poems by Immanuele Romano, short opera, premiered in Jerusalem in 1971Dead Souls, short opera based on Nikolai Gogol, premiered in Tel Aviv in 1978The Jubilee, comic chamber opera after Anton Chekhov, 1995About Ezekiel for soprano, oboe, bassoon and violinDon't be like your fathers, chorusKing Solomon on Wine for Alto, Flute and PianoSuspense and Message in a Bottle, string quartet Portrait of Vincent van Gogh at the Age of 27 for solo violin and string quartet

Awards

In 1972, was awarded a prize of the Alte Kirche Foundation, Boswil, Switzerland, for his work ARPMUSIC.
In 1997, he was awarded the Israel Prize, for music.
He was awarded the ACUM Prize, the Liberson Prize and the Prime Minister's Prize for Israeli Composers.