Avner Dorman (born April 14, 1975 in Tel Aviv, Israel) is an Israeli composer. April 14 is the 104th day of the year (105 in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 261 days remaining. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Tel-Aviv was founded on empty dunes north of the existing city of Jaffa. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ...

Biography

Avner Dorman holds a Doctorate in Music Composition from the Juilliard School where he studied as a C.V. Starr fellow with John Corigliano. He completed his Master’s degree at Tel Aviv University (where he majored in music, musicology, and physics) studying with former Soviet composer Josef Bardanashvili. The Juilliard School is a performing arts conservatory located in New York City, it is informally identified as simply Juilliard, and trains in the fields of Dance, Drama, and Music. ... John Corigliano (born February 16, 1938) is an American composer of classical music. ...

At age 25, Avner Dorman became the youngest composer to ever win Israel's prestigious Prime-Minister's award. Since, he has been awarded the ACUM prize from the Israeli performing rights society for his Ellef Symphony. Ma’ariv, the second largest newspaper in Israel, named Dorman “Composer of the Year” for 2002, and the performance of his song cycle Boaz received the Israeli Cultural Ministry Prize for best performance of Israeli music the same year. Dorman’s Variations Without a Theme, premiered by Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in November 2003, won the 2004 Best Composition of the Year award from [ACUM]. 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. As of January 2007, Avner Dorman is the youngest composer on the roster of [G. Schirmer, Inc.] Zubin Mehta (born April 29, 1936) is an Indian conductor of Western classical music. ... Fredric R. Mann Auditorum (he:Hichal Hatarbot), home of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra The Leonard Bernstein Plaza in front of the Mann Auditorum The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (abbreviation IPO; Hebrew: התזמורת הפילהרמונית הישראלית, ha-Tizmoret ha-Filharmonit ha-Yisreelit) is the leading symphony orchestra in Israel, and one of the top orchestras... Zubin Mehta (born April 29, 1936) is an Indian conductor of Western classical music. ... Fredric R. Mann Auditorum (he:Hichal Hatarbot), home of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra The Leonard Bernstein Plaza in front of the Mann Auditorum The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (abbreviation IPO; Hebrew: התזמורת הפילהרמונית הישראלית, ha-Tizmoret ha-Filharmonit ha-Yisreelit) is the leading symphony orchestra in Israel, and one of the top orchestras...

In 2006 Naxos released an album dedicated to Avner Dorman's piano works with Eliran Avni at the piano (http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.579001) to critical acclaim. Ken Smith of the Gramophone Magazine wrote that “Dorman is not just a fresh, young voice, worth following. He’s also a composer whose music, particularly as rendered here by pianist Eliran Avni (for whom several of these works were written), fits well on the instrument and resonates strongly with the musical tradition at large.” The primary use of “Naxos” is as the name of a Greek island in the Cyclades. ... The Gramophone is a glossy publication devoted to classical music and particularly recordings of classical music. ...

Compositions

Works for Symphonic Orchestra

• Violin Concerto (2006)
• Spices, Perfumes, Toxins! (2006)
• Variations Without A Theme (2003)
• Ellef Symphony (2000)

Works for Chamber Orchestra

• Concerto Grosso (2003)
• Concerto in A (1995)
• Mandolin Concerto (2006)
• Piccolo Concerto (2001)
• Saxophone Concerto (2003)

Music for Film and Dance

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

Chamber Music

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

Piano Solo

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

Vocal

• Psalm 67 (2004)
• Boaz (2002)

External Links

• Official Website
• G. Schirmer
• Official MySpace

References

• Official biography on the G. Schirmer website, above
• Official biography from his personal site, above