Yusupov
Benjamin
Born
in Tajikistan, 1962. Studied piano composition and conducting at the Tchaikovsky
State Conservatory in Moscow under R.Ledeniov and D.Kitaenko. In 1988 he
was nominated the post conductor of the Dushanbe Philharmonic Orchestra.
Immigrated to Israel in 1990 and is studying towards PhD. at Bar-Ilan University.
Yusupov has won several prizes: Soviet Composition Association prize (1989),
“Klon” prize (1993), his orchestral piece “Gabriel”won 1st prize at the
composers’ contest of the “Gabriel House” in the Jordan Valley (1993) and
later performed by the Jerusalem Academy Orchestra and the Philharmonic.
Yusupov has received several commissions by the “Israel Music Heritage
Project” (1994), “Kol Israel Upper Galilee Music Days 1996”. His orchestral
works have been performed in many concerts, festivals and broadcasted all
over Europe and the USA by well known orchestras. Yusupov was granted the
“Israel Prime Minster Award 1999”.
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1999, Morel Koren.
