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First name: Moshe
Last name: Gassner
Dates: 1929
Category: Quartet
Nationality: Hungarian
Opus name: I. Piano Quartet (1988) II. Fractals (1991)
Publisher: Israel Music Centre
Peculiarities: http://www.israelcomposers.org/Members.aspx?lang=English&letter=G&id=116
Information: Born in Budapest, Hungary, 1929. Settled in Israel 1949. Gassner was one of the founders of Kibbutz Givat-Oz. Studied composition with Abel Ehrlich and Oedoen Partos. Composed works for chorus, chamber music, orchestral music, electric and graphic music. Active in the music life of his Kibbutz. Won the S. Liberson Prize (1971,1973), The Havazelet Prize, and Mark Lavry Prize given by Haifa Municipality (1979, 1996).