Dr. Avner Soudry
Academic background
- 2024: PhD student, INALCO, Paris. Thesis topic: « L’œuvre poétique liturgique d’une famille de lettrés juifs du Maroc du XVIIe-XVIIIe siècle. Première édition critique ». (Thesis defence scheduled for February 2025)
- 2000: DEA (Postgraduate Diploma), Arts and Humanities (Music). University of Provence Aix-Marseille. « Modèle rhétorique pour l’appréciation d’une œuvre de musique » (First-class honours).
- 1997: Master’s degree, Music, Arts and Humanities, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis.
- 1995: BA, Musicology, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
- 1970: BSc, Mathematics and Statistics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Professional activities
Since 2021
- Conductor: Ensemble Instrumental de Nice, a professional chamber symphony orchestra.
- Music Director: RENANIM. European Choral Movement.
- Lecturer: What should one listen for in a musical work?
Previous positions
- 1986–1995: Director at IDOHAD Research Systems (Institute for Health Research).
- 1970–1986: Head of the ‘Research’ Section, Road and Manoeuvre Accident Prevention, Israel Defence Forces.
Other
- Lectures: Philosophy, Jewish Thought, Music.
Publications
Articles
- « La théurgie », GLNF Journal, 2019.
- « La vertu existentialiste », GLNF Journal, 2017.
- “Military police traffic surveillance activity and occurrence of accidents in Israel”, Military Medicine, 1984, pp 62–65.
- Books
- Le Verger des Interprétations : Une lecture kabbalistique du Cantique des Cantiques, Amazon, 2019, 310 pages.
- Les Soudry dans leur communauté :1790-1970, Amazon, 2021, 266 pages.
- הסודרים בקהילתם, Amazon, 2021, 310 pages (in Hebrew).