Background
Abravanel was born in Montreux, Switzerland, but settled in Israel in 1951.
Abravanel was born in Montreux, Switzerland, but settled in Israel in 1951.
He studied piano with Dinu Lipatti at the Geneva Conservatory of Music. He also studied composition with Arthur Honegger and piano with Yvonne Lefébure at the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris.
A lecturer and director of the library at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance (Rubin Academy) until 1992, Abravanel became director of the Archives of Israeli Music at the Academy. Elegy,
Four Songs
Hymn of Praise on a Yemenite Motive
Les Amours de Ronsard,
Prelude, Aria & Postlude for clarinet & piano
Supplication, Choreographical Poem
Three Psalms
Tre Sonetti di Petrarca
©The National Library of Israel. All rights reserved retrieved 23/9/11
book written by Abravanel retrieved 23/9/11.