Jorge Liderman

Jorge Liderman ( born November 16, 1957 in Buenos Aires, † February 3, 2008 in San Francisco) was an American composer.

Liderman studied at the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem in Mark Kopytman and at the University of Chicago with Ralph Shapey and Shulamit Ran. Since 1989 he has taught at the University of California at Berkeley. Lider 's compositions have received international acclaimed and performed played in Mexico, Germany and the UK. For the guitarist David Tanenbaum, he composed the Waking Dances and Swirling Streams ( 2002). 1992 at the Munich Biennale his opera Antigona furiosa was performed. In texts of the Old Testament based his compositions Aires de Sefarad (2001), Song of Songs (2004) and Shir ha Sharim (1986).

On 3 February 2008, Liderman crashed in San Francisco under a commuter train. The next day was the Chamber Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra Further More, which he had composed for Carla Kihlstedt and the San Francisco Chamber Contemporary Music Players, premiered by them in Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

Swell

  • San Francisco Cronicle, February 4, 2008: Composer Liderman this in apparent suicide
  • Earplay new chamber music - 2010 Season
  • San Francisco Classical Voice - In Memoriam: Jorge Liderman (1957 - 2008)
  • American composer
  • Born in 1957
  • Died in 2008
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