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Avner Dormanprinted: Feburary 2008photo credits: front and back covers, G.Schirmer, Inc.

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“Avner Dorman leaves a strong mark in theIsraeli music scene here and now. His music isthe most original, unique, and of the highestquality to have been played by our orchestras inthe past season. Dorman is a contemporaryIsraeli composer that grew up in a musical fam-ily and was enchanted by all the sounds ofmusical space around him – of both concertand popular music. His works today demon-strate his personal statement within the realm ofthese influences, which serve as aesthetic mod-els rather than a source for imitation.” — Ora Binur, Ma’ariv Newspaper

Praised as a “fresh, young voice, worth following”(Gramophone Magazine), Avner Dorman has quicklyrisen to become one of Israel’s most successful andrenowned composers. At the age of 25, he became theyoungest composer to win Israel’s prestigious PrimeMinister’s Award for his Ellef Symphony, and thatsame year he was awarded the Golden Feather Awardfrom ACUM (the Israeli Society of Composers andPublishers). Since coming to the United States,Dorman received several international awards fromASCAP, ACUM, and the Asian Composers League.

Dorman’s unique approach to rhythm and timbre hasattracted some of the world’s leading conductors,including Zubin Mehta, Marin Alsop, Asher Fisch, andSimone Young to bring his music to audiences of theIsrael Philharmonic, the Munich Philharmonic,Nashville Symphony, the Hamburg Philharmonic, andthe Cabrillo Music Festival, among others.

Dorman’s music achieves a rare combination of rigor-ous compositional construction while preserving thesense of excitement and spontaneity usually associat-ed with Jazz, Rock, or Ethnic Music. In VariationsWithout a Theme, “Dorman dispenses with a tradition-al theme and instead bases his entire 20-minute workon just a few musical odds and ends — a repeatednote, an ornament, a few Arab-flavored scales and ahalf-step interval. It’s all amazingly simple, but the endresult is sophisticated music that cleverly exploresboth Eastern and Western sonic worlds” (John Pitcher,Nashville Scene).

Masterful in his innovative use of percussion,Dorman’s two percussion concerti are quickly becom-ing staples of the repertoire. Zubin Mehta led the pre-miere of his double percussion concerto, Spices,Perfumes, Toxins!, with the Israel PhilharmonicOrchestra and subsequently performed it with the UBSVerbier Festival Orchestra Mr. Mehta will present themuch anticipated US premiere of this piece with theNew York Philharmonic and PercaDu in March 2009.His percussion concerto, Frozen in Time, tore audi-ences from their seats in an overwhelming standingovation at Hamburg Philharmonic’s world premiere,with Martin Grubinger as percussion soloist. Dormanhas made significant contributions to the repertoire ofother unique instruments and ensembles in hisMandolin Concerto, Piccolo Concerto, SaxophoneConcerto, Concerto for Violin and a Rock Band, andBoaz for soprano, harp, and two pianos.

A pianist himself and an avid devotee of chambermusic, Dorman has composed two String Quartets, aViolin Sonata (premiered in Carnegie’s Weill RecitalHall), a piano and woodwind quintet titled JerusalemMix (commissioned by the Jerusalem InternationalMusic Festival and the Chicago Chamber Musicians),two Piano Trios, and numerous works for piano solo.In 2005, Naxos released a recording of Eliran Avniperforming Dorman’s piano works to wide acclaim.

Born in 1975, Avner Dorman completed his Doctoraldegree as a C.V. Starr fellow at the Juilliard Schoolwhere he studied with John Corigliano and hisMaster’s degree at Tel Aviv University where hemajored in music, musicology, and physics and stud-ied with former Soviet composer Josef Bardanashvili.Dorman was a composition fellow at the TanglewoodMusic Center and served as composer in residencefor The Israel Camerata from 2001 through 2003.

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Orchestra and ensemble instrumentationappear in score order:

flute.oboe.clarinet.saxophone.bassoon/ horn.trumpet.trombone.tuba/ percussion/ harp.keyboard/ other plucked strings/ violin1.violin2.viola.cello.doublebass; continuo; electronic tape; voice(s) treated as an instrument

The numbers between the slashes indicate the num-ber of instruments in each group. Sometimes withineach group, instruments are separated by dots forclarity.

The letters “str” without indication of number indi-cates that a string group, without any specificdemands as to the number of strings, is involved.

Primary instruments within the woodwind and brassgroups are indicated by numbers unless an abbrevi-ation is clearer. Saxophones are not indicated by anumber unless present. For example: 2232/4331/strindicates 2 flutes, 3 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns,3 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba, string section.

For example: fl.cl/hn/str indicates 1 flute, 1 clarinet, 1 horn, string section

Instruments in parentheses indicate doubling1(pic)111 signifies that the flute player also playsthe piccolo.

Doublings separated by a comma may indicate oneplayer2(afl,pic)111 signifies that one of the flutes doublesboth alto flute and piccolo.

Doublings separated by a colon may indicate differ-ent players2(afl:pic)111 signifies that one flute doubles altoflute and the other doubles piccolo.

Instruments preceded by an equals sign in squarebrackets indicate alternatives 11[=ca]11 signifies that the oboe can be replaced byan English horn.

Instruments in square brackets indicates that theinstrument in optional111[bcl]1 signifies that the bass clarinet part isoptional

A plus in front of the instrument indicates an addi-tional player1+pic.111 signifies that there is a piccolo player aswell as a flute player.

A plus in brackets indicates that additional instru-ments can be used, if desired213[+]2 signifies that three or more clarinets can beused.

Example 1

Solo: 2 violins, oboe2(pic:afl)2.2(Ebcl,bcl).2/4331/2perc/hp.2pf/str(14.12.10.8.6)

2 solo violins1 solo oboe2 flutes (1 player doubling piccolo, the other dou-bling alto)2 oboes2 clarinets (one player doubling both E-flat clarinetand bass clarinet)2 bassoons4 horns3 trumpets3 trombones1 tuba2 percussionistsharp2 pianosa string group consisting of 14 first violins, 12 sec-ond violins, 10 violas, 8 cellos, and 6 bass

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afl.1[=ca].1.1/1000/perc.timp/str

1 alto flute1 oboe or English horn2 clarinet1 bassoon1 horn1 percussionist 1 timpaniststrings

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9 Eighths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Accord/Discord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6Azerbaijani Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Boaz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5Chorale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Concerto for Violin and a Rock Band . . . . . . . . . .6Concerto Grosso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Concerto in A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Dancing With a Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Ellef Symphony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Falafel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6The Fear of Men . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5Frozen in Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Hayam Beini Uveincha (is the sea between us) . . .5

Impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Jerusalem Mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Mandolin Concerto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Moments Musicaux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Nocturne Insomniaque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Nofim (Sights) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Piano Sonata No. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5Piano Sonata No. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5Piano Sonata No. 3 - Dance Suite . . . . . . . . . . . .5Piccolo Concerto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Prelude No.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5Psalm 67 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Saxophone Concerto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6Sonata for Violin and Piano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Spices, Perfumes, Toxins! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4String Quartet No. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5String Quartet No. 2 – Mirage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5Sudden Void . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Tree-yO! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5Trio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Udacrep Akubrad – chamber version . . . . . . . . . .5Udacrep Akubrad – Percussion concerto . . . . . . .4

Variations Without a Theme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Violin Concerto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

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KSOrchestra Chorale (1999) 4' 30''str (2.2.2.2.1 players minimum)First performance: 16 July 2004Music Festival of the Hamptons; Atlantic ChamberOrchestra; Michael Guttman, conductor

Ellef Symphony (2000) 19'3(pic).2+ca.2+bcl.sx.2+cbn/4331/timp.5perc/hp.pf/strFirst performance: 13 August 2000Young Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Ze'ev Dorman,conductor; Schauspielhaus, Berlin

Variations Without a Theme (2001-03) 15'4(pic).3.3(Ebcl,bcl).3(cbn)/4331/timp.3perc/hp.pf(cel)/str (min 16.14.12.10.8)First performance: 15 November 2003Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Zubin Mehta, con-ductor; Tel-Aviv, Israel

Soloist(s) and OrchestraConcerto Grosso (2003) 13'Solo: String quartet, harpsichordstrFirst performance: 1 February 2003Ramat-Gan Chamber Orchestra; Aviv Ron, conductor; Israel

Concerto in A (1995) 13' 30''Solo: PianostrFirst performance: 16 July 1996Dmitry Shteinberg, piano; IDF Chamber Orchestra;Menachem Nevenhoiz, conductor; Jerusalem MusicCenter, Israel

Frozen in Time (2007) 25'Solo: Percussion3(pic).2.3(Ebcl,bcl).asx+tsx.2/4.3.3.1/3perc/hp.cel.pf/strFirst performance: 2 December 2007Martin Grubinger. percussion; HamburgPhilharmoniker; Simone Young, conductor;Musikhalle Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Mandolin Concerto (2006) 15'Solo: MandolinstrAlternate: string quartetFirst performance: 18 December 2006Avi Avital, mandolin; Rostov State Orchestra; AndreaGottfried, conductor; Sala Barozzi, Milan, Italy

Piccolo Concerto (2001) 15'Solo: Piccolopf/str (min. 6.5.4.3.1)Alternate: piano or 2 pianosFirst performance: 6 March 2001Lior Eitan, piccolo; Israel Camerata; Avner Biron,conductor; Henry Crown Hall, Jerusalem, IsraelPiano reduction 50485996 for sale

Saxophone Concerto (2003) 14'Solo: Soprano saxophone1112/2000/dmkit/str

Spices, Perfumes, Toxins! (2006) 27'Solo: 2 perc3(afl,pic,bfl)33(Ebcl,bcl)3(cbn)/4.3.2+btbn.1/timp.perc/hp.pf/strFirst performance: 2 April 2006PercaDu percussion duo - Tomer Yariv, Adi Morag; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Zubin Mehta, conductor; Tel Aviv, Israel

Udacrep Akubrad – Percussion concerto(2003) 13' 30''Solo: 2 Percussion1111/1000/strFirst performance: 21 June 2003PercaDu percussion duo - Tomer Yariv, Adi Morag;Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Gal Alterovich, conductor; Israel

Violin Concerto (2006) 23'Solo: Violin2(2pic).1.2(bcl).1/2211/timp.2perc/pf(amphpd).hp/strFirst performance: 18 October 2006Ittai Shapira, Violin; Jerusalem SymphonyOrchestra; Gisele Ben-Dor, conductor; Henry Crown Hall, Jerusalem, Israel

Works for 2-6 PlayersJerusalem Mix (2007) 15'ob, cl, bn, hn, pfFirst performance: 6 September 2007The Jerusalem International Chamber MusicFestival; Bishara Harouny, piano; Roni Gal Ed, oboe; Julian Bliss, clarinet; Sharon Polyak, horn;Mauricio Paez, bassoon; YMCA Concert Hall,Jerusalem, IsraelThis work is currently unavailable.

Sonata for Violin and Piano (2004) 15'violin, pianoFirst performance: 1 February 2004Lauren Basney, violin; Liran Avni, piano; WeillRecital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY

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String Quartet No. 1 (2003) 20'2vn, va, vcFirst performance: 8 April 2003Bellezza String Quartet; Kosciuszko Foundation, New York, NY

String Quartet No. 2 – Mirage (2004) 20'2vn, va, vcFirst performance: 30 October 2004Jerusalem Quartet; Rapaport Hall, Haifa, Israel

Tree-yO! (1996) 14'violin, cello, pianoThis work is currently unavailable.

Trio (2002) 15'violin, cello, pianoFirst performance: 29 May 2002Golan Trio; Jerusalem Music Center, Israel

Udacrep Akubrad – chamber version (2001) 8'2perc(2mba, 2tom, 4Darbukas)First performance: 8 June 2001PercaDu percussion duo - Tomer Yariv, Adi Morag;Jerusalem Music Center, Israel

Solo Keyboard(s)Azerbaijani Dance (2005) 7'pianoFirst performance: 19 May 2005Eliran Avni, piano; Juilliard School of Music, New York, NY

Moments Musicaux (2003) 10'pianoFirst performance: 3 December 2004Eliran Avni, piano; Juilliard School of Music,New York, NY

Nocturne Insomniaque (2007) 7'pianoFirst performance: 18 March 2007Inon Barnatan, piano; Metropolitan Museum of Art,New York, NY

Piano Sonata No. 1 (1999, rev. 2005) 14'pianoThis work is currently unavailable.

Piano Sonata No. 2 (2000) 12'pianoFirst performance: 16 February 2001Einav Yarden, piano; Tel Aviv Museum of Arts, Israel

Piano Sonata No. 3 – Dance Suite (2005) 15'pianoFirst performance: 19 March 2005Soheil Nasseri, piano; Alice Tully Hall, LincolnCenter, New York, NY

Prelude No. 1 (1992) 4'pianoThis work is currently unavailable.

Chorus a cappella / Chorusplus 1 instrumentPsalm 67 (2003) 10'Text: English, HebrewSSAATTBB; organFirst performance: 14 February 2004Seraphim Singers; Mission Church, Boston, MAOctavo 50486099 for sale

Boaz (2002) 20'Text: Hebrew; Tirtza DormanSolo: Sopranoharp, 2 pianosFirst performance: 29 May 2002Hila Yogev, soprano; Yulia Sverdlov, harp; AndreaGottfried and Avener Dorman, pianos; JerusalemMusic Center, Israel

The Fear of Men (2006) 10'Text: English; Ronen Altman KaydarSolo: BaritonepianoFirst performance: 15 September 2006International Festival "Forgotten Music" PeterBaumgardt, director; Goerlitz-Zgorzelec, Germany

Hayam Beini Uveincha (is the sea betweenus) (2002) 2'Text: Hebrew; Rabbi Shmuel HanagidSolo: Voicepiano

Nofim (Sights) (1999) 15'Text: Hebrew; Yuval RapaportSolo: Sopranofl, vn, perc, pfFirst performance: 29 November 1999Shosh Lagil, soprano; Zehava Simon, piano;Shimon Abelovich, violin; Lior Eitan, flute; Ziv Eitan,percussion; Henry Crown Hall, Jerusalem, Israel

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KSElectroacoustic Works9 Eighths (1999) 5'Solo: Violin solo, violin obbligato2 egtr, bgtr, syn, dmkitFirst performance: 1 August 1999INNOVATION "Keshet Eilon" Masterclasses; EyalShiloach, violin; Kibbutz Eilon, Israel

Accord/Discord (1999) 25'tpFirst performance: 18 March 2000Igal Perry, choreographer; Bat-Dor Dance Company;Noga Hall, Jaffa, Israel

Concerto for Violin and a Rock Band (1998) 14'Solo: Violin Solo, Violin Obbligato2 egtr, bgtr, syn, dmkitFirst performance: 25 April 1998INNOVATION; Eyal Shiloach, violin; Beit Lesin, Tel-Aviv, Israel, IsraelThis work is currently unavailable.

Dancing With a Mirror (2002) 6'hn, acn, vn, va, vc, db(eb), tpFirst performance: 16 January 2003Andrea Gottfried, conductor; Clairmont Hall, TheRubin Academy, Tel Aviv, Israel

Falafel (2001) 25'tpFirst performance: 8 February 2001Igal Perry, choreographer; Bat-Dor Dance Company;Bat-Dor's Hall, Tel Aviv, Israel

Impact (2006) 4'amplified cello, 2 percussionFirst performance: 26 January 2006Choreographed by Igal Perry; Peridance; John JayTheater, New York, NY

Sudden Void (2001) 10'electronicsFirst performance: 8 February 2001Igal Perry, choreographer; Bat-Dor Dance Company;Bat-Dor's Hall, Tel Aviv, Israel

Music for Film / TVSon (1997) 1h 0'tp

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Avner DormanAzerbaijani DanceMoments MusicauPiano Sonata No. 1Piano Sonata No. 2Piano Sonata No. 3 - Dance SuitePrelude No.1Eliran Avni, pianoNaxos 8.579001

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Hans Abrahamsen Mark Adamo John Adams Stephen Albert George Antheil Theodore Antoniou Craig Armstrong Malcolm ArnoldLera Auerbach

Milton Babbitt Ernst Bacon Simon Bainbridge Leonardo Balada Samuel Barber Alison Bauld Rupert Bawden Richard Rodney Bennett Lennox Berkeley Erik Bergman Seymour Bernstein Ran Blake Arthur Bliss Ernest Bloch Anders Brødsgaard Harvey Brough Leo Brouwer Dave Brubeck Geoffrey Burgon

John Cameron Elliott Carter Daniel Catán Carlos Chávez Paul Chihara Arnold Cooke Paul Cooper Stewart CopelandJohn Corigliano Henry Cowell Paul Creston

Richard Danielpour Anthony Davis Gualtiero Dazzi Peter Dickinson Lori Dobbins Avner Dorman

Michael Easton John Eaton Ludovico Einaudi Danny Elfman Brian Elias “Duke” Ellington

Manuel de Falla Malcolm Fox

Gabriela Lena Frank Benjamin Frankel Karsten Fundal

Philip Glass Daniel S. Godfrey Henryk Mikolaj Górecki Michael Gordon Louis Moreau Gottschalk Morton Gould Jay GreenbergEdward Gregson Sofia Gubaidulina Barry Guy

Haflidi Hallgrímsson Marvin Hamlisch John Harbison John Harle Donald Harris Roy Harris Dave Heath Hans Werner Henze Lee Hoiby Simon Holt Bo Holten Karel Husa

Andrew Imbrie Charles Ives

John Joubert

Dmitri Kabalevsky Giya Kancheli Robert Kapilow Aaron Jay Kernis Tristan Keuris Aram Khachaturian Alastair KingLeon Kirchner

Ezra Laderman David Lang Thomas Oboe Lee Nicola LeFanu Kenneth Leighton Peter Lieberson Magnus Lindberg Witold Lutoslawski

Steven Mackey Stuart MacRae Niels Marthinsen Benedict Mason Peter Maxwell Davies John McCabe Kirke Mechem

Gian Carlo Menotti Randall Meyers Anthony Milner Janice Misurell-MitchellNico Muhly Dominic Muldowney Thea Musgrave

Carl Nielsen Anders Nordentoft Arne Nordheim Per Nørgård Michael Nyman

Tarik O’Regan Buxton Orr

Andy Pape Anthony Payne Richard Peaslee Anne Phillips Walter Piston Jocelyn Pook Rachel PortmanMel Powell Zbigniew Preisner André Previn Sergei Prokoviev

Karl Aage Rasmussen Wallingford Riegger Robert X. Rodríguez Poul Ruders

Kaija Saariaho Aulis Sallinen Esa-Pekka Salonen Robert Saxton Alfred Schnittke Arnold Schoenberg Gunther Schuller William Schuman Gerard Schurmann Elliott Schwartz Rodion Shchedrin Bright Sheng Dmitri Shostakovich Roberto Sierra Nikos Skalkottas Naresh Sohal Bent Sørensen Lewis Spratlan Christopher Steel Nathaniel Stookey Igor Stravinsky Billy Strayhorn Carlos Surinach Giles Swayne

Pawel Szymanski

Joby Talbot Tan Dun Karen Tanaka John Tavener Augusta Read Thomas Virgil Thomson Nicholas Thorne Michael Tilson Thomas Joan Tower Jeff Tyzik

Carl Vine Param Vir Kevin Volans

Robert Walker Rolf Wallin Richard Wargo Judith Weir Philip Wilby Eric Whitacre James Whitbourn Alec Wilder Olly Wilson Julia Wolfe Hugh Wood Yehudi Wyner

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich

Silk Road ProjectFranghiz Ali-ZadehMustafah BafoyevByambasuren CharavJavanshir GulievJia DaqunJeeyoung KimJoon-il KangAlisher Latif-ZadeLiu YuanSangidorj

SansargereltekhTolib ShahidiVache SharafyanHasan UcarsuDmitri Yanov-YanovskyZhang Xu-RuZhao JipingZhu Jian-er

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