Mark Kopytman

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Mark Ruvimovich Kopytman was born on December 6, 1929 in Kamenets-Podolsk Ukraine, where he received his early training in piano and music theory and later went on to study medicine. After graduating from medical school and while practicing medicine, Kopytman studied composition with Prof. R. Simovich at the Lviv Academy of Music and with Prof. S. Bogatirev at the Tchaikovsky State Conservatoire in Moscow. After gaining his second PhD in 1958, Kopytman taught at the music academies of Moscow, Alma-Ata and Cisheneu. Several of his compositions, including the opera Casa Mare, won prizes and distinctions in competitions and festivals. In 1972 Kopytman immigrated to Israel, where he was appointed Professor of Composition at the Rubin Academy of Music and Dance in Jerusalem, a position which combined compositional and pedagogical pursuits. Kopytman served as Chairman of the Theory and Composition Department, and later as Dean and the Deputy Head of the Academy (1974-1994). Kopytman's compositional classes raised dozens of composers who gave gone to hold prominent positions as composers and teachers all over the world. In 1979, Kopytman was invited to teach as a permanent Guest Professor at Hebrew University. He has since led seminars and master classes in composition, especially in heterophony, a main focus of his creative world, at universities and music schools throughout Europe and the United States. During 1982—1983 and 1988 –1989 Kopytman was a Visiting Professor at the Un

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