Avner Dorman

Avner Dorman ( born April 14, 1975 in Tel Aviv) is an Israeli composer.

Career

Dorman studied in Tel Aviv composition, among others, Josef Bardanashvili. After the publication of several musical works Dorman received the Israeli "Prime Minister 's Award " for composition at the age of 25 years. In 2003, Dorman continued his studies at the Juilliard School of Music in New York continues with John Corigliano and locked it with a promotion.

Dorman has already submitted numerous compositions of various genres such as orchestral works, concertos and chamber music as well as film music and a Concerto for Violin and Rock Band. His most famous work is the Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra Frozen in Time, which was replayed several times since its premiere in December 2007. The Symphonic Poem Uriah: The Man the King Wanted Dead, a work commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, was premiered in 2011.

Dorman's compositions are mostly tonal, including exotic instruments and musical scales. Dorman has won several music awards.

Awards

  • 2000 Israeli Prime Minister 's Award
  • 2000 Israeli ACUM Award for Ellef Symphony.
  • 2002 Price of the Israeli Ministry of Culture for the song cycle Boaz
  • In the U.S. it three times the ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer's Award was presented

Works

Concerts and symphonic works

  • Concerto in A ( 1995)
  • Concerto for Violin and Rock Band (1998)
  • Ellef Symphony (2000)
  • Piccolo Concerto ( 2001)
  • Saxophone Concerto (2003)
  • Variations Without a Theme ( UA 2003 with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra under Zubin Mehta )
  • Concerto Grosso (2003)
  • Mandolin Concerto ( 2006)
  • Spices, Perfumes, Toxins! for two percussionists and orchestra (UA 2006, under Zubin Mehta )
  • Frozen in Time, Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra ( 2006/ 07, UA 2/3 December 2007) with the Hamburg Philharmonic under Simone Young and Martin Grubinger as a soloist. Further performances with soloist Grubinger found for example on the 24th/26th. January 2008, Juraj Valcuha place with the Munich Philharmonic. The U.S. premiere of the work with the Kansas City Symphony Orchestra, again with Grubinger as a soloist, end of April 2011 took place.
  • Lost Souls, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra ( 2009)
  • Astrolatry (2010)
  • Uriah: The Man the King Wanted Dead (2009, UA 2011)
  • Cello Concerto (2012 )

Film and ballet music

  • Ben (1997)
  • Accord / Discord (1999)
  • " Falafel " (2001)
  • Impact ( 2006)

Chamber Music

  • Tree -y! (1996)
  • Trio ( 2001)
  • String Quartet No.1 ( 2003)
  • String Quartet No.2 ( 2004)
  • Sonata for Violin and Piano ( 2004)

Piano music

  • Prelude No.1 ( 1992)
  • Piano Sonata No.. 1 (1999)
  • Piano Sonata No.. 2 (2000)
  • Moments Musicaux (2003)
  • Azerbaijani Dance ( 2005)
  • Piano Sonata No.. 3 - Dance Suite (2005)
  • Dance Suite (2005)
  • Insomniaque Nocturne (2007)
  • Three Etudes (2012 )

Vocal music

  • Boaz, song cycle (2002)
  • Psalm 67 (2004)
  • The fear of men (2006), after two poems by Ronen Altman Kaydar
  • Letters from Gettysburg (2012), choral work

Others

  • Uzu and Muzu from Kakaruzu (2011), a rhythmic tale from Israel for a narrator, two percussionists and orchestra
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