Ami Maayani

Ami Maayani (; January 1936 – February 17, 2019 ) was an Israeli composer. The founder and conductor of the Israel National Youth Orchestra, the Tel Aviv Youth Orchestra, the Haifa Youth Orchestra and the Technion Symphony Orchestra, from 1970 to 1973 and 1976–1980 he was the chairman of the Israel Composers' League. Of note is Maayani's Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra, Qumran and Serenade in D. Zvi Keren in his book Contemporary Israeli music: its sources and stylistic development said "The works of Ami Maayani, which have formed a continuation and extension of this school, have a style which might be described as post-Eastern-Mediterranean." The American Organist said, "The lush improvisatory elements and Arabic modal influences in the music of Ami Maayani complement the pandiatonic polyphony of Yuval Rabin. Sabin Levi, on the other hand, employs minimalism and Sephardic folklore."

Ami Maayani died of cancer on 17 February 2019, at age 82. Four Baroque Sonatas Sonata for Solo Violin; Sonata for Solo Cello; Sonatina for Guitar; Sonatine en trio Bing Jing Yu, violin; Natalia Khoma, cello; Tali Roth, guitar; Orit Wolf, piano IMP Digital / FONS 01-2096 Piano Music – Percussion Music Avant Propos; Deux Préludes pour piano; Deux Impromptus; Concerto for Percussion and Two Pianos; Three Preludes Aviram Reichert, Orit Wolf, Josef Reshef, pianos; Chen Zimbalista, percussion; Israel Academy of Music Percussion Ensemble; Alon Bor, conductor IMP Digital / FONS 02-2096 Violin and Harp Music Partita en mode phrygien; Sonata for Solo Violin; Passacaglia dans le style oriental Sivann Maayani Zelikoff, violin; Ruth Maayani, harp FONS 36-2017 Musikalische Perlen Arabesque No. 2 for Flute and Harp Flute and harp duo album Ars Produktion Toccata Toccata for harp Elisa Netzer, harp Solo harp album Music 1967, Violin Concerto, Violoncello Concerto Music 1967; Concerto for Violin and Orchestra; Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra Lydia Mordkovitch, violin; Uzi Wiesel, cello; Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra; Mendi Rodan Israel Classical Productions / IBA Tal, Maayani, Avni, Kaminski Includes a work by Ami Maayani Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Zubin Mehta Helicon / Israel Music Anthology