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Anat Fort

アナト・フォート　/　あなと・ふぉーと

Pianist

March 8, 1970 (age 56)

pianist
jazz musician
composer

My Take

Anat Fort earns my admiration as an artist who chased her sound across an ocean. An Israeli pianist raised near Tel Aviv, she moved to New York in 1996 to study improvisation under the legendary Paul Bley and composition with Harold Seletsky. In jazz, the way a person lives tends to surface in the way they play, and I suspect her quiet, searching tone carries everything she gathered touring Europe and the States. Awards matter less to me here than the courage to keep hunting for one's own voice. As both pianist and composer, she is someone I want to listen to closely.

Overview

Anat Fort (Hebrew: ענת פורט; born March 8, 1970, near Tel Aviv) is an Israeli jazz pianist and composer who has recorded several acclaimed albums and performed across Europe and the United States. Fort studied music at William Paterson University in New Jersey and moved to New York in 1996 to develop her skills in jazz improvisation under the guidance of pianist Paul Bley and study composition with Harold Seletsky be…

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1. Profile

Name (English): Anat Fort
Name (Japanese): アナト・フォート
Reading: あなと・ふぉーと
Born: March 8, 1970 (age 56)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Pisces / Dog
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: pianist / jazz musician / composer / musician

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Bar-Ilan University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Official sitehttps://www.anatfort.com
Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/anatfort/
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Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8A%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88

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