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Eitan Steinberg: List of works
Music can be obtained from the composer, unless indicated otherwise
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(2011) "The Return to Konigstrasse" concerto for viola and orchestra (23 min.)
Commissioned by: the Israeli Beer Sheva Sinfonietta.
Premiered: December 2011, by violist Avshalom Sarid and the Israeli Beer Sheva Sinfonietta, conducted by Doron Salomon, Be'e Sheva, Israel.
Won: ACUM prize "Acheivement of the Year" 2012, Israel |
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(2011) "Rava Deravin" for voice and strings orchestra (17 min.)
Commissioned by: the Tel-Aviv Soloists Ensemble.
Premiered: October 2011, by vocalist Etty BenZaken and The Tel-Aviv Soloists Ensemble conducted by Barak Tal, Israel Music Fest, Rapaport Hall, Haifa, Israel. |
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(2009) "Una Ija & Dos Amantes" for middle-eastern orchestra (7 min.)
Commissioned and premiered by: the Middle-Eastern Ensemble, University of Texas , Austin, May 2010 Austin, Texas. |
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(2008) "Cosmic Progressions in the Heart" for chamber orchestra (14 min.)
Commissioned and premied by: the Israeli Camerata Jerusalem conducted by Avner Biron, December 2008, as part of the orchestra's concert series in Tel-Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa, Rehovot, Modi'in and Kefar Shemaryahu. |
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(2004) "The Bride Unfastens her Braids, the Groom Faints" for voice & chmaber orchestra (40 min., Ladino)
Comissioned by: the Israeli Chamber Orchestara.
Written for and premiered by: vocalist Etty Ben-Zaken and the Israeli Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Eitan Steinberg, March 2004, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Additional performances: by the Haifa Symphony (May 2008); the Israel Camerata Jerusalem (July 2008) - both with Ben-Zaken as soloist. |
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(1997) "They Meet Again and Now They Dance" (10 min.)
Premiered by: UC Berkeley Symphony conducted by David Milnes, April 1999, Hertz Hall, Berkeley, California.
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(1997/2004) "Variousrespirations" for voice, viola and orchestra (17min., English, Hebrew, Arabic, Turkish, Polish, Serbo-Croatian, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Korean)
Won: the Nicola DeLorenzo Composition Award, 1998.
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(1996) "In a Hidden Crigh among Cliffs a Gazelle Drinks Water" (Orchestral version) for voice, viola & string orchestra (10 min., Yiddish, Spanish, Italian, Arabic, Russian, Hebrew)
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(1994) "Wedding Song" (18 min.)
Published by: IMI, Israel Music Institute.
Won: the Nicola DeLorenzo Composition Award, 1995.
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(1993) "Shanti" (15 min.)
Published by: IMI, Israel Music Institute.
Won: the Israel Philharmonic Composition Award, 1994.
Premiered by: the Israel Philharmonic conducted by Gari Bertini, Jan. 1994, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Recorded live by: he Israeli Radio on Sept. 1996, Jerusalem Symphony conducted by Ilan Wolkov.
(1992) "Look, Beauty" for mezzo-soprano, rock singer, rock band, orchestra (17 min.)
Written for and premiered by: vocalists Etty BenZaken and Galit Florentz,
Tel-Aviv Symphony conducted by Itay Talgam, Jan. 1993, Tel-Aviv, Israel. |
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Music-Theater Works |
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| (2012) "The Merry Fishermen's Island” live music design for clarinet and percussions, for a theater show. (55 min.)
In collaboration with: writer and stage director Etty BenZaken.
Premiered: April 2012, Dr. Hecht Center of the Arts, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel. |
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| (2011) "Fabrics' Stories” live music design of traditional folk songs, for 16 actors/singers. (60 min.)
In collaboration with: writer and stage director Etty BenZaken.
Premiered: May 2011, Dr. Hecht Center of the Arts, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel. |
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(2007) "The Fool" a miniature opera for voice, viola and percussion (30 min., English)
Text, set design, staging: Etty BenZaken
Commissioned by: the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, USA.
Written for and premierd by: vocalist Etty BenZaken, violist Kim Kashkashian and percussionist Robyn Schulkovsky, May 2007, Musiktriennale, Koln, Germany.
Recorded live: German Radio WDR.
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(2006) "The Fool who Loved Singing" Music-Theater for voice, 7 instrumentalists, soundtext artist and a dancer (30 min., English, Hebrew)
Text, set design, staging: Etty BenZaken
Commissioned by and premiered at: the Voice of Music Festival in Upper Galilee, October 2006, Israel.
Written for and premiered by: vocalist Etty BenZaken, dancer Anat Shamgar, soundtext artist Josef Shprinzak and the festival's ensemble. |
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(2004) "Stabat Mater - a Human Prayer" Music-Theater for voice, string quartet and sound-track (30 min., English, Ladino, Latin, Hebrew, Arabic)
Text, set design, staging: Etty Ben-Zaken.
Comissioned by and premiered at: the Voice of Music Festival in Upper Galilee, August 2004, Israel.
Written for and premiered by: vocalist Etty Ben-Zaken and the Israeli Contemporary Quartet.
Additional magor performances: the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, October 2004, the Spring Festival in Rishon Lezion, April 2005, the Israel Music Days in Haifa, October 2007. US premier: vocalist Etty BenZaken and ensemble Mallarme, March 2006, Duke University, NC. European premier: vocalist Etty BenZaken
and ensemble Orchestrautopica, October 2007, Lisbon, Portugal.
Recorded live: the Israeli Radio. |
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(2002) "The Sultan is Pregnant" Music-Theater for voice & 7 instruments
(30 min, English, Hebrew, Arabic)
Text, set design, staging: Etty BenZaken.
Comissioned by and premiered at: the Voice of Music Festival in Upper Galilee, July 2002, Israel.
Written for and premiered by: vocalist Etty Ben-Zaken and the festival's ensemble conducted by Eitan Steinberg.
US premier: Etty BenZaken and ensemble Boston Musica Viva conducted by Richard Pittman,October 2004, Boston.
Recorded live: the Israeli Radio and the Israeli TV
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(1995) "Blue With Tail" Music-Video for voice, recorder, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, guitar & percussion. (26 min., English, Hebrew)
Video artist: Marit Benisrael.
Screened in Israel: at the Jerusalem International Film Festival (July 1996), the Tel-Aviv Cinematheque (July 1996), Phenomena - The International Festival for Performance, Jerusalem (Aug. 1996).
Screened in the U.S.: at the University of California at Berkeley (April 1996), and in France, at Lions' Video-Dance Film Festival (May 1996). |
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(1994) "Princess of Five Faces" Music-Theater for a singer/actress, recorder, string trio, lute & 2 percussionists. (36 min., English/Hebrew)
Text: Etty BenZaken, based on excerpts from "Dictionary of the Khazars" by Milorad Pavic.
Set design, staging: Etty BenZaken.
Written for and premiered by: vocalist Etty BenZaken and the festival's ensemble, the Voice of Music Festival in Upper Galilee, July 1995, Israel.
Additional performance: Phenomena - The International Festival for Performance, Jerusalem (Aug. 1996).
Recorded live: the Israeli Radio.
Won Eitan Steinberg the nomination for the 1996 Israeli ACUM award “Composer of The Year.”
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(1994) "Gog and Magog" live music design using traditional Hassidic prayers, for 12 actors/singers.(40 min.)
Stage director: Michal Govrin.
Premiered: May 1994, Israel Festival, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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(1993) "Sarah" music for a theater show, for voice solo. (15 min., Hebrew)
Commissioned by: Theater Company Jerusalem.
Written for and premiered by: vocalist Ruth Wieder-Magan. |
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(1992) "The Face Dance of Eve" Music-Video for voice, piccolo, violin, viola & cello. (11 min., English)
Video artist: Marit Benisrael.
Screened in Israel: at the Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, Tel-Aviv; the Yanco Dada Museum, Ein Hod; Beyt Zioney America, Tel-Aviv; and at the Jerusalem Cinematheque. Also Screened in Wroclaw, Poland. |
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Works for Large Ensembles |
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| (2012) "Dancing Memory Fish" for voice and 10 instruments (17 min.)
Written for and premiered by: Etty BenZaken and the Israeli Contemporary Players conducted by Ilan Volkov, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, June 2012. |
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| (2011) "Cosmic Progressions in the Heart II" for 10 instruments (14 min.)
Commissioned and premiered by: ensemble El Perro Andaluz, Dresden, February 2012. |
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(2005) 3 Medieval Dances for 11 Instruments, and a Jewish Folk Song (17 min.) (With female voice in the folksong). Commissioned by and premiered at: the Voice of Music Festival in Upper Galilee, 2005. |
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(2005) 7 Folk Songs for voice and 7 instruments (25 min., Armenian, Yiddish, Ladino, Hebrew, German)
Written for and premiered by: Etty BenZaken and ensemble, as part of the 32nd Annual Board Meeting of Haifa University, May 2005.
Additional performance: the Renaissance Festival, Yechiam, Israel.
Available also in a voice & 4 instruments version. |
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(2005) 4 Ladino Folk Songs Arrangements for voice and 10 instruments. (13 min.) (One of the songs includes 3 voices: 1 sop. 2 alt)
Written for and premiered by: Etty BenZaken and ensemble, Renaissance Festival, Yechiam, Israel, 2005. |
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(2005) Arr. "La Pasion segun San Marco" by Osvaldo Golijov (excerpts)
Arranged for voice, string quartet, guitar, accordion and percussion. (15 min.)
Premiered: April 2005, "Spring Festival" Rishon Letzion, Israel, by vocalist Etty BenZaken and ensemble conducted by Eitan Steinberg.
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(1999) "Moving/Stills" for 15 instruments and 8 voices. (17 min.)
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(1987/93) "La Vita di Sempre" for mezzo-soprano, 2 narrators, woodwind quartet, trumpet, horn, string quartet and percussion. (15 min., Italian, French)
Written for: vocalist Etty BenZaken.
Premiered by: BenZaken and Ensemble Musica Nova, April 1994, Tel-Aviv, Israel. |
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(1990) "The Old Man who Said 'Why'" for mezzo-soprano, woodwind quartet, string quartet and percussion. (15 min., English, Hebrew, Spanish, Italian, German, Ladino)
Written for and premiered by: vocalist Etty BenZaken and Ensemble Musica Nova, Nov. 1990, Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, Israel.
U.S. premier: vocalist Etty Ben-Zaken, Oct. 1994, Hertz Hall, Berkeley. Recorded by the Israeli Radio.
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(1988/91) "Conversations in the Ninth Person" for 9 string instruments or for string orchestra. (10 min.)
Commissioned and premiered by: Camerata String Orchestra, Feb. 1988, Jerusalem, Israel.
Recorded by: the Israeli Radio. |
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Chamber Works |
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(2011) "Zingen Ale" 7 folk songs settings for voice and instruments (30. min).
Co-commissioned by: the University of Haifa and the University of Michigan, as part of a recording project of Jewish folk-songs. Musical Directors: Eitan Steinberg and Oded Zehavi.
CD recording: expected in 2013. |
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(2009) "Folk songs of Labor and Protest" for voice and guitar (30. min).
Premiered by: vocalist Etty BenZaken and Guitarist Oded Shoub, May 2009 at the University of Haifa, as part of the inter-universities conference for folklore research: Folklore and Ideology. |
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(2009) "Stairs of the Unknown" for voice and ensemble (12 min., Hebrew)
Text: from 3 poems by Raquel Chalfi.
Commissioned by: ensemble Meitar.
Premiered by: vocalist Etty BenZaken and ensemble Meitar conducted by Eitan Steinberg, February 2009, Tel-Aviv.
Recorded live by: The Israeli radio
CD release: 2013, "Etty BenZaken - Voice Drawings" |
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(2006) "Travvveling" for two voices (5 min., English)
Written for and premiered by: vocalists Etty BenZaken and Anat Pick, March 2006, Festival "Kola shel Ha-mila", Chan Theater, Jerusalem. |
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(2006) "The Love Medicine" A song cycle for voice and guitar (80 min.)
Written for and premiered by: vocalist Etty BenZaken and guitarist Oded Shoub. Premiered: December 2006 at the "Fool-Wise Storytelling Festival" Malta, and widely performed since. Among the venues: Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Confederation House Jerusalem, Felicia Blumental Center Tel-Aviv,
Haifa Tikotin Museum. |
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(2004) Arr. "Stabat Mater" by Antonio Vivaldi
Arranged for voice and string quartet (22 min.)
Premiered by: vocalist Etty BenZaken and the Israeli Contemporary Quartet, August 2004, the Voice of Music Festival in Upper Galilee, Israel. |
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(2004) "Milmulin" for voice and 2 percussion players (15 min., imaginary language)
Written for and premiered by: vocalist Etty BenZaken and percussionists Abe Doron and Karen Penpimon.
Premiered: May 2004, Tel-Aviv University, Department of Theater. |
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(2003) "Rava Deravin" (instrumental version) for viola & string quartet (14 min.)
Written for: violist Kim Kashkashian.
Premiered by: Kim Kashkashian and the Kuss Quartet, May 2003, Kronberg Viola Festival, Germany.
Recorded by: ECM Records, January 2006. |
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(2003) "At Chilwe"for voice, flute, Arabic violin, viola, double-bass & daff (16 min., Hebrew, Arabic).
Commisioned by and recorded as part of: "Aley Shir" in memory of Dany Cohen.
Written for and premiered by: vocalist Etty Ben-Zaken and The Arab-Jweish ensemble of the Israel Philharmonic, Febuary 2003, "Aley Shir" concert in memory of Dany Cohen, Kibbutz Mizra.
CD release: 2013, "Etty BenZaken - Voice Drawings" |
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(2002) "Where the Peace River Flows" for voice & 7 instruments (15 min., chamber version of parts from "Variousrespirations" for voice & orchestra.)
Written for and premiered by: vocalist Etty BenZaken.
Premiered by: BenZaken and soloists from the Israel Philharmonic, October 2002, New Music Biannale, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel.
Recorded live by: the Israeli Radio |
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(2001) "Rava Deravin"(original vocal version) for voice, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano (14 min., Aramaic).
Written for and premiered by: vocalist Etty BenZaken, conductor Richard Pittman and the Boston Musica Viva, November 2002, Boston.
Israeli premier: Etty BenZaken and the Israeli Contemporary Players, December 2002, Tel-Aviv and Jerusalem.
CD Release: 2002, BenZaken and BMV conducted by Richard Pittman
Recorded live by: the Israeli Radio, with BenZaken and Israeli Contemporary Players, December 2002. |
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(2001) "Transparent Rain" for voice & piano. (4 min., Hebrew)
Premiered by: vocalist Etty BenZaken & pianist Irena Fridland, Feb. 2005, Haifa University.
CD release: 2013, "Etty BenZaken - Voice Drawings" |
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(1999) "The Bride Unfastens Her Braids, The Groom Faints" settings of Judeo-Spanish love songs for voice, recorder, guitar, cello/viola da gamba and ethnic percussion (80 min., Ladino). Also available in Voice & Guitar version, and in Voice & Orchestra version.
Written for and premiered by: vocalist Etty BenZaken and ensemble Yatan Atan. Premiered: Oct. 1998, Hertz Hall, Berkeley, and widely performed since. Among the venues: Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, Israel (Jan. ‘99), the 14th Annual Jewish Music Festival, Berkeley (March ‘99), A Traveling Jewish Theater, San Francisco (March ‘99), the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco (April ‘99), the Voice of Music Festival in Upper Galilee, Israel, and numerous others.
CD release: 1999, New Albion Records.
Recorded live by: the Israeli Radio and the Israeli TV (July 2002). |
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(1997) "Talk Talk Talk" for violin, viola, cello (5 min.)
Commissioned by: the Jerusalem Rubin Academy of Music, Jerusalem, Israel, as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations.
Premiered: March 1998, Jerusalem, Israel.
CD release: 2002, on the CD "Rava Deravin", Boston Musica Viva conducted by Richard Pittman. |
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(1996) "Two Grandfathers Sing" for flute and string quartet. (11 min.)
Written for and premiered by: flutist Rami Tal and Ensemble Musica Nova, May ‘96, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
US Premier: May 1997, Hertz Hall, Berkeley.
CD release: 2002, on the CD "Rava Deravin", Boston Musica Viva conducted by Richard Pittman.
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(1996) "In a Hidden Cleft among Cliffs a Gazelle Drinks Water" (original duo version) for voice and viola (10 min.)
Premiered: Oct. 1996, Hertz Hall, Berkeley, by vocalist Etty BenZaken and viola player Michelle Dulak. Other US performances include Opus 415 New Music Marathon, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco (Nov. ‘98).
CD release: 2002, on the CD "Rava Deravin", vocalist Etty BenZaken and violist Michelle LaCourse from the Boston Musica Viva.
(1994) "Song of the Bride's Mother" for voice and 3 violas, based on a Judeo-Spanish folk song from Morocco. (6 min., Ladino)
Written for and premiered by: vocalist Etty BenZaken, Nov. 1994, Hertz Hall, Berkeley.
(1991) "Silent Eyes" for voice, recorder, string trio, ud and tabla (10 min., Hebrew, English)
Written for and premiered by: vocalist Etty BenZaken, April 1991, Tel-Aviv, Israel. US premier: Oct. 1997, Hertz Hall, Berkeley.
Recorded by: the Israeli Radio.
(1990) "Simplicity" arrangements of 3 folk songs with 2 interludes, for voice, soprano saxophone, accordion and guitar. (10 min., Bulgarian, Ladino, Arabic, English)
Written for and premiered by: vocalist Etty BenZaken, March 1990, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
US performances include: Composers Inc. Concert Series, San Francisco (April ‘97), The 11th Annual Jewish Music Festival, Berkeley (March ‘96), and Opus 415 New Music Marathon, San Francisco (Nov. ‘95). Recorded by the Israeli Radio.
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(2010) "A-da-ma-ma" for mixed choir (7 min.)
Commissioned and premiered by: "Kolot Hasade" choir and conductor Anat Aharoni, May 2010.
(2004) "Tov Meod Lihyot" ("Very Good to Be") for youth mixed choir (8 min., Hebrew) Commissioned and premiered by: Nofar choir, Miri Sadeh, conductor, July 2005, Karmiel, Israel.
(1999) "Arvoles Yoran por Luvias" for mixed chorus (4 min., Ladino)
Premiered by: the Romeo and Julia choir, Stokholm, Sweden, 2000.
(1998) "The Prayer of The Ba’al Shem" for mixed chorus (4 min., Hebrew)
Commissioned and premiered by: the Northern California Board of Cantors, March 1998, San Francisco, as part of the 4th Annual Bay Area Jewish Choral Fest.
(1993) "Moroccan Poem" for children’s chorus (2 min., Hebrew)
Commissioned and published by: the Israeli National Council of Culture and Art.
Premiered: May 1994, Tel-Aviv, Israel, as part of the 1994 Children Chorus Workshop.
Recorded live by: the Israeli Radio. |
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(1989) "Sails Out of Sleep" for mixed chorus (11 min., English, German, Spanish, Hebrew, French, Italian)
Premiered: April 1991, Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
US premier: Nov. 1996, Hertz Hall, Berkeley, UC Berkeley Chamber Chorus, John Butt, conductor. |
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Solo works |
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(2011) “Transparent Distance” for organ solo (9 min.)
Premiered by: Yuval Rabin on February 2012, Hecht Auditorium, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel. |
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(2008) "Little Inner Events" for harp solo (7 min.)
Commissioned by: the Harp & Zamir Society as part of the 17th International Harp Contest in Israel.
Premiered by: harpist Gitit Boasson, May 2009, Trl-Aviv. |
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(2003) "Eifo Ta'ino, Toda Raba" ("Where Have We Gone Wrong, Thank You") for vioce solo (13 min., Hebrew)
Written for and premiered by: vocalist Etty BenZaken, May 2003, Hecht Hall, Haifa.
CD release: 2013, "Etty BenZaken - Voice Drawings" |
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(1998) "Angel’s Steps" for piano solo (8 min.)
Written for and premiered by: pianist Sarah Cahill, May 1999, Hertz Hall, Berkeley. Additional US performance by: pianist Greg McCallum, March 2006, Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York. |
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(1995) "For Two and a Half Years" for voice and electronics. (6 min., Hebrew)
Written for and premiered by: vocalist Etty BenZaken, Dec. 1995 CNMAT, Center for New Music and Audio-Technology, Berkeley.
(1994) "Open" for piano solo. (8 min.)
Commissioned by: the Jerusalem Museum Music Series, Jerusalem, Israel.
Premiered by: pianist Sarah Cahill, ODC Gallery, San Francisco, Nov. 1996.
(1987) "Moods" for mandolin solo. (6 min.)
Written for and premiered by: mandolin player Yonatan Roshfeld, Dec. 1987, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Recorded by: the Israeli Radio.
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(1986) "Four Pictures for Solo Guitar" (6 min.)
Written for and premie by guitarist Shlomo Oz. Premier: Aug. 1986, Jerusalem, Israel. Performed in Israel and Spain by guitarist Daniel Akiva, who also recorded the piece for the Israeli Radio. |
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