Israeli musician
Avner Dorman (
Hebrew : אבנר דורמן; born April 14, 1975, in
Tel Aviv ,
Israel ) is an Israeli-born
composer ,
educator and
conductor .
Education
Dorman holds a doctorate in music composition from the
Juilliard School ,
[1] where he studied as a C.V. Starr fellow with
John Corigliano .
[2] He completed his master's degree at the
Buchmann-Mehta School of Music of
Tel Aviv University (where he majored in
music ,
musicology , and
physics ) studying with
Josef Bardanashvili .
[3]
Career
At age 25, Dorman became the youngest composer to win Israel's Prime-Minister's award. He has since been awarded the
ACUM prize for his Ellef Symphony.
[3]
Ma'ariv newspaper in Israel named Dorman "Composer of the Year" for 2002,
[4] and the performance of his song cycle "Boaz" received the Israeli Cultural Ministry Prize for best performance of Israeli music the same year.[
citation needed ] Dorman's "Variations Without a Theme", premiered by
Zubin Mehta and the
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in November 2003 and won the 2004 Best Composition of the Year award from ACUM.
[5] This piece led to a commission from Zubin Mehta, PercaDu, and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra for "Spices, Perfumes, Toxins!", a concerto for percussion duo and orchestra.
Orchestras that have performed Dorman's music include the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra ,
[6]
New York Philharmonic Orchestra ,
[7] the
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra ,
San Francisco Symphony , the
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra , the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and the
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra .
In 2006,
Naxos Records released an album dedicated to Dorman's piano works with
Eliran Avni at the piano.
[8] In 2010, Naxos Records released an album dedicated to Dorman's chamber orchestra concerti.
Avi Avital 's performance of Dorman's "Mandolin Concerto" on this recording was nominated for a
2010 Grammy Award in the category of
Best Instrumental Soloist Performance with Orchestra .
[9]
Dorman's debut opera, Wahnfried , was named as a finalist for the 2018
International Opera Awards , in the category of "World Premiere".
[10] He was awarded the 2018 Azrieli Prize for Jewish Music for his violin concerto, Nigunim , originally written as a violin sonata for violinist
Gil Shaham and pianist
Orli Shaham .
[11]
Dorman is a professor of music theory and composition at the Sunderman Conservatory of Music at
Gettysburg College . He served as music director of
CityMusic Cleveland chamber orchestra from 2013 to 2019.
Compositions
Opera
Wahnfried (2016)
Die Kinder des Sultans (2019)
Kundry (2021)
Percussion concertos
Spices, Perfumes, Toxins! (2006)
Frozen in Time (2007)
Eternal Rhythm (2018)
Orchestral works without soloists
Chorale for Strings (1999)
Ellef Symphony (2000)
Variations Without A Theme (2003)
Uriah (2008–9)
Azerbaijani Dance (2010)
(not) The Shadow (2010)
Astrolatry (2011)
After Brahms (2015)
Siklòn (2015)
A Most Sacred Oath (2021)
The Fifth Element (2022)
Tanyaderas (2023)
Large Wind Ensemble
Ellef Symphony
Spices, Perfumes, Toxins!
A Most Sacred Oath (2021)
Works for narrator and orchestra
Uzu and Zuzu from Kakaruzu (2012)
Choral works (with or without orchestra)
Psalm 67 (2004)
Letters from Gettysburg (2013)
Dialogues of Love (2014)
The Seventy Names of Jerusalem (2015)
Violin concertos
Violin Concerto no. 1 (2006)
Violin Concerto no. 2 – "Nigunim" (2017)
Violin Concerto no. 3 – "Still" (2019)
Piano concertos
Piano Concerto in A (1995)
Piano Concerto no.2 – "Lost Souls" (2009)
Piano Concerto no.3 (2021)
Concertos for various instruments
Piccolo Concerto (2001)
Concerto Grosso (2003)
Saxophone Concerto (2003)
Mandolin Concerto (2006)
Cello Concerto (2013)
Double Concerto (2019)
Concerto for Cello, Piano and Orchestra (2022)
Sonatas for violin and piano
Sonata No.1 (2004)
Sonata No.2 (2008)
Sonata No.3 – "Nigunim" (2011)
Sonata No.4 (2014)
Piano trios
Tree-yO! (1996)
Trio (2001)
String quartets
String Quartet No.1 (2003)
String Quartet No.2 (2004)
Prayer for the Innocents (2009)
Other chamber pieces
Udacrep Akubrad (2001)
Boaz (2002)
Jerusalem Mix (2007)
Memory Games (2011)
The Fear of Men (2006)
Mantra (2013)
Consumed (2014)
Suite for Solo Saxophone (2015)
How to Love (2016)
Variations on a Simple Theme (2017)
For Solo Violin (2017)
Sextet (2020)
Green Spaces (2024)
Piano sonatas
Sonata no.1 (1999)
Sonata no.2 (2000)
Sonata no.3 – "Dance Suite" (2005)
Sonata no.4 – "Libi Bamizrach" (2011)
Sonata no.5 (2018)
Sonata no.6 (2020)
Other solo piano music
Prelude No.1 (1992)
Moments Musicaux (2003)
Azerbaijani Dance (2005)
Nocturne Insomniaque (2007)
Karsilama for Two Pianos (2012)
Three Etudes (2012)
After Brahms (2014)
For a Friend I Never Knew (2017)
Short opera
Boundless (2018)
Now (2018)
Music for film
Music for dance
Ben (1997)
Accord/Discord (1999)
Falafel (2001)
Impact (2006)
References
^ The Juilliard Journal, Feb 2012, Margaret Shakespeare, "Keeping It All in the Family"
^ David Ng (2009-07-26).
"Composer Avner Dorman spices things up" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 2015-08-27 .
^
a
b Jerusalem Post, Feb 23, 2001, Zehavi, "Rock-music 'Brat' moves on
^ Ma'ariv, Sep. 6, 2002, Ora Binur, "Composer of the Year"
^ Haaretz, Editorial (1 April 2005).
"ACUM Prize to Betty Olivero" . Haaretz. Retrieved 17 July 2019 .
^ Reich, Howard (4 October 2019).
"CSO review: Cynthia Yeh finds poetry in concerto's U.S. premiere" . chicagotribune.com . Retrieved 2019-10-09 .
^ New York Times, March 19, 2009, Schweitzer, "Concerto for Percussion, With a Global Outlook"
^ Smith, Ken (September 2006). "Reviews". Grammophone .
^ Mlyn, Paula.
"Avi Avital Nominated For Classical Grammy Award" . Mandolin Cafe .
^
"2018 | Opera Awards" . Opera Awards . 2018-01-29. Retrieved 2018-06-23 .
^
"Composer Avner Dorman Winner of 2018 Azrieli Prize for Jewish Music – The Azrieli Foundation" . azrielifoundation.org . 2018-02-07.
External links
International National Academics Artists