Ben-Zion Orgad בן ציון אורגד
Portrait of Ben-Zion Orgad
Background information
Birth name	Ben-Zion Büschel
Born	(1926-08-21)August 21, 1926 Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Origin	Israel
Died	April 28, 2006(2006-04-28) (aged 79) Tel Aviv, Israel
Occupation	Composer
Instrument	Violin
Awards	Kussewitzky Prize of UNESCO (1952) Joel Engel Prize of the city of Tel Aviv (1961) Israel Prize for music (1997)

Ben-Zion Orgad (Hebrew: בן ציון אורגד, originally Ben-Zion Büschel; born Gelsenkirchen, Germany, 21 August 1926; died Tel Aviv, Israel, 28 April 2006) was an Israeli composer.

His family emigrated to Mandate Palestine in 1933, where he started violin lessons in 1936. From 1942 until 1946, Orgad studied violin and composing with Rudolf Bergmann and Paul Ben-Haim in Tel Aviv and in 1947 with Josef Tal in Jerusalem. In the years 1949, 1952, and 1961 he took part in composing courses at the Berkshire Music Center in Tanglewood, with Aaron Copland and others.^[1] From 1960 until 1962 he studied composing at Brandeis University in Waltham.

Beginning in 1956, Orgad was employed by the Israeli Ministry of Education, in the department of its school of music. His musical works consist primarily of choir music and songs, although he also wrote orchestral works and chamber music.

• In 1952, Orgad received the Kussewitzky Prize of UNESCO.
• In 1961, he received the Joel Engel Prize of the city of Tel Aviv.
• In 1997, he was awarded the Israel Prize, for music.^[2]

• List of Israel Prize recipients

• Ben-Zion Orgad bio
• Bibliography on Ben-Zion Orgad, in Ronit Seter, "Israeli Art Music", on Oxford Bibliographies (accessed 14 May, 2024)