Boris Yoffe
Boris Yoffe | |
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 Karlsruhe, nov. 2014. | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Борис Иоффе |
| Born | December 21, 1968 Leningrad, USSR (Russia) |
| Genres | symphonic, chamber, opera |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, writer |
| Instrument(s) | Violin, viola, piano |
| Years active | 1991 - present |
| Website | Official website |
Boris Yoffe (born 21 December 1968 in St. Petersburg) is a Russian-born Israeli composer, resident of Karlsruhe, Germany.
Biography
Boris Yoffe initially studied violin but turned to composing early, premiering his first works in the St. Petersburg Philharmonic in 1983.[1]
He emigrated to Israel before the break-up of Soviet Union, and completed his composition studies at the Rubin Academy of Music at Tel Aviv University. Later he moved to Karlsruhe, Germany to study with Wolfgang Rihm in 1997.[2] Around that time, the composer began composing a series of short one-page pieces for string quartet. These were given a performance at ZKM in Karlsruhe in May 2003[citation needed] and recorded on the ECM label by the Rosamunde Quartett with the Hilliard Ensemble. Boris Yoffe himself considers his work not specifically national: Russian, Israeli or German, but in principle ″belonging to all three cultures″.[3]
From modern composers Boris Yoffe distinguishes for himself such paradoxically different landmarks as Galina Ustvolskaya, Morton Feldman and Yuri Khanon.[4]: 512–513
References
- Website of Boris Yoffe
- Profil Boris Yoffe: Komponist in Ka-News (Karlsruhe, Germany) 23 August 2006 (in German)
- M. Reiss Boris Yoffe - an Israeli in Germany in Israel XXI Music Journal (in Russian)
External links
Notes
- ^ Personal website
- ^ Profil Boris Yoffe: Komponist in Ka-News (Karlsruhe, Germany) 23 August 2006
- ^ Boris Yoffe. "Musikalischer Sinn – Inhaltsverzeichnis" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-08-29.
- ^ Boris Yoffe: Im Fluss des Symphonischen. (eine Entdeckungsreise durch die sowjetische Symphonie). — Wolke Verlag, Hofheim 2014, S.648, ISBN 978-3-95593-059-2.
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