Nimrod Borenstein

Nimrod Borenstein

Nimrod Borenstein (born 1969) is a British- French- Israeli composer whose music is widely performed throughout Europe, the USA, Canada, Australia and Japan. His works are becoming part of the repertoire of many ensembles and orchestras.[1]

Education

Born in Tel Aviv, Nimrod grew up in Paris where he started his musical education at the age of 3. In 1984 he became a Laureat of the Cziffra Foundation and subsequently moved to London in 1986 to pursue his studies as a violinist with Itzhak Rashkovsky at the Royal College of Music. He was then awarded the highest scholarship from the Leverhulme Trust to study composition with Paul Patterson at the Royal Academy of Music. He is now an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music and is listed amongst the alumni as an illustrious past student.[2]

Composer

Vladimir Ashkenazy has been a supporter of Nimrod's music for many years. In 2013 he conducted the Philharmonia Orchestra for a performance of The Big Bang and Creation of the Universe. Later that year Ashkenazy conducted the Philharmonia Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall for the world premiere of If you will it, it is no dream, a piece written especially for the occasion.[3]

The past few years have seen Nimrod Borenstein's compositions premiered and performed at the Royal Opera House and the Royal Festival Hall in London, the Salle Gaveau in Paris and the Carnegie Hall in New York. His works have also featured in numerous music festivals across Europe such as It’s All About Piano in London, the Burgos International Music Festival and Belgrade Cello Fest.

Borenstein's Shell Adagio (published by Boosey & Hawkes) has been played more than 30 times by 16 different orchestras, including a concert at Carnegie Hall.[4] In 2014 his Violin concerto was premiered by Dmitry Sitkovetsky and the Oxford Philomusica conducted by Marios Papadopoulos at the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford. A particular highlight of the 2014/15 season was the world premiere at the Royal Opera House of Suspended, a work written for Gandini Juggling's 4 x 4: Ephemeral Architectures show.[5]

Nimrod Borenstein's substantial catalogue currently numbers over seventy works including orchestral and chamber music as well as vocal and solo instrumental pieces.

Discography

References

  1. ↑ Jessica Duchen (March 15, 2013). "Nimrod Borenstein: With that name, he was born to be a composer". The JC. Archived from the original on February 15, 2014. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Nimrod Borenstein". Retrieved June 14, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Vladimir Ashkenazy to conduct Nimrod Borenstein premiere". Gramophone. November 28, 2013. Archived from the original on January 16, 2014. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Interview with composer Nimrod Borenstein (part 1)". Planet Hugill. December 23, 2012. Archived from the original on January 16, 2014. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
  5. ↑ Gandini. "Gandini - Shows". www.gandinijuggling.com. Retrieved 2015-08-24.

Further reading


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