Ofer Ben-Amots

Ofer Ben-Amots (Hebrew: עופר בן-אמוץ; born October 20, 1955) is a classical Israeli-American composer and teacher of music composition and theory at Colorado College. His music is inspired by Jewish folklore of Eastern-European Yiddish and Judeo-Spanish Ladino traditions. The interweaving of folk elements with contemporary textures creates the dynamic tension that permeates and defines Ben-Amots’ musical language.

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