Yehuda Yannay
Yehuda Yannay | |
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יהודה ינאי | |
Yannay in 2016 | |
| Born | May 26, 1937 Timișoara, Romania |
| Died | December 14, 2023 (aged 86) Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | composer, conductor, filmmaker and performance artist. |
| Era | 20th century |
Yehuda Yannay (Hebrew: יהודה ינאי; May 26, 1937 – December 14, 2023) was a composer. He was born in Timișoara, Romania, and emigrated to Israel in 1951. In Israel, he studied at the Rubin Academy, Tel Aviv. He subsequently studied at Brandeis University, the Tanglewood Music Center and the University of Illinois, before becoming a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (UW–M). He was an emeritus professor of music at UW–M.