Dorfman, Iosif Yakovlevich
(*1940)
Dorfman [Dórfmuhnn], Iosif Yakovlevich (8–3–1940, Odessa). Israeli comp., pianist, and musicologist of Russian birth. Grad. 1965 with honors from the Odessa Cons., where he studied pf with M. Starkova, and comp. and musicology with A. Kogan . Continued his education at the Gnesin Music Institute, earning a doctorate (1971) under the guidance of Litinsky. Completed the dissertation Cyclic Composition in Hindemith's Chamber Music. As a comp. was infl. by A. N. Skryabin and Shostakovich and even…