Maya Dunietz
| Maya Dunietz | |
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Maya Dunietz in concert, 2006
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| Background information | |
| Native name | מאיה דוניץ |
| Born |
April 16, 1981 Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Occupation(s) | Pianist, singer, composer, conductor |
| Instruments | Piano |
Maya Dunietz (Hebrew: מאיה דוניץ; April 16, 1981 in Tel Aviv) is an Israeli pianist, singer, composer, choir conductor and sound artist, recording and performing worldwide in a wide range of musical genres.
Maya Dunietz received an early musical education, starting with piano lessons at the age of 6. She took piano lessons with Naomi Lev and Jenina Lowenberg, studied with composer Keren Rosenbaum and at the Shtriker Israeli Conservatory of Music in Tel Aviv, Flute with Flutist Moshe Epstein, and Musical Theory with composer Lev Kogan. In 1992 she started taking voice training and vocal lessons with Anat Morag, joined the Bat Kol youth choir, and performed with it in Israel and abroad. In 1993 Dunietz acted and sang in the theatrical Opera of the Jews directed by Yoram Porat, at the Acco Festival of Alternative Israeli Theatre. Between 1994 and 1998, he attended The Thelma Yellin school of Fine Arts and graduated with honors. In 1995 Dunietz acted in the feature film There was no War in 1972 by director David Kraner. In 1996, she hosted a weekly youth television program on Channel 1 (Israel). On the same year she represented Israel at the annual conference of Jeunesses Musicales International in Côte d'Ivoire. In 1997 Dunietz acted in the feature film Dana isn't Dancing by Shmuel Imberman, and acted in several student productions. Between 1996–1998 presented a weekly radio show on local radio. In 1997 she performed as premier pianist of the Thelma Yellin big band in Boston and New York. She also produced and composed the soundtrack of The Blue Bird by Maurice Maeterlinck. In 1998 Dunietz joined Reflex Ensemble for music and new interdiscipline art, and performed with it as solo artist on the New Voices festival at Kfar Blum. In 1999, she composed a piece for the Ilan Mochiah Big Band at the Women Festival in Holon Theater, Performed at the Red Sea Jazz Festival in Eilat, and with the Salsa band Coco Loco in Israel and in Turkey. In 1999 Dunietz enrolled in The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York. While there, she performed with John Zorn, Daniel Zamir and Aaron Dugan, Performed in New Jersey with George Antheil's Ballet Mécanique, Played for the New York Shakespeare Theater Company and the Hamptons Shakespeare Festival in New York, and for Yehonatan Geffen in his US tour.
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