Maya Dunietz studied at Thelma Yellin School of Fine Arts majoring in jazz piano, graduating in 1998.
10 Facts About Maya Dunietz
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At 16 years of age, Maya Dunietz traveled to Cote D'ivoire as the young Israeli representative of Jeunesses Musicales for an international music convention, where she met mbira master, singer, and songwriter Chiwoniso Maraire who became her close friend and artistic collaborator until Maraire's passing in 2013.
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In 1999, Maya Dunietz enrolled in The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, New York.
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In 2005, Maya Dunietz enrolled at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, The Netherlands, and studied composition with Gilius van Bergeijk.
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In 2004 Maya Dunietz began a new musical practice of free improvisation, deeply influenced by the values of this musical practice.
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Maya Dunietz approached clarinet player, painter, and poet Harold Rubin and began a collaboration that lasted until his passing, in 2020.
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Maya Dunietz composed for films and theater plays, among them an original children's choir piece for Zamach, a film created by artist Yael Bartana which premiered in The 2011 Venice Biennale.
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In 2010 Maya Dunietz took part in an ensemble concert playing compositions by Iancu Dumisterscu and Ana Maria Avram, as pianist and flutist.
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Maya Dunietz presented solo exhibitions at Centre Pompidou, Paris, Frac Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Marseille, CCA Tel Aviv, The Wave Cave Gallery, Los Angeles, The Artists Residence, Herzelia, Her upcoming solo exhibition of sound installations will open at Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha in 2022.
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In 2013, Maya Dunietz initiated and directed a unique tribute project to Emahoy Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou as part of the Jerusalem Season of Culture.