Dr. Uzi Ben-Ami is an experienced psychologist who holds both an MA and a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, College Park. He has his own private practice in Rockville, Maryland. Outside of the professional arena, Uzi Ben-Ami, Ph.D., is a fan of classical music who ranks Modest Mussorgsky among his favorite composers.
A Russian composer, Mussorgsky is perhaps best known for Boris Godunov, an opera that was first performed in finished form in 1874. Although it was composed in the same year, his other widely popular work, Pictures at an Exhibition, saw neither performance nor publication until after his death from alcoholism at age 42.
A suite of 10 movements written for solo piano, Pictures at an Exhibition maintains a reputation among pianists as a notoriously difficult piece to play. Over the years, it has been widely performed in various orchestral arrangements. The progressive rock band Emerson, Lake and Palmer even devoted an entire album to its interpretation of the piece.
Uzi Ben-Ami, Ph.D. 