Matti Kovler
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Matti Kovler is a Russian
born Israel
i composer
whose music has been performed in Israel, Europe and the United States by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, the Metropole Orchestra (Netherlands), Fox Studio’s Symphony Orchestra, the Ariel String Quartet (Israel), the Dinosaur Annex New Music Ensemble (Boston) and others.
Kovler's oratorio, The Escape of Jonah
, for brass orchestra
, choir
and soloists, with Hebrew text by poet
Sivan Beskin and others, premiered at the Jerusalem Music Centre
in 2008. Cokboy, Kovler's piece for orchestra and narrator with text from the poem A Jew Among the Indians by Jerome Rothenberg
, premiered at Boston’s Jordan Hall
in 2009. It tells the story of a displaced Jew — this time in America — in search of his cultural identity. Here Comes Messiah! by Matti Kovler with librettist, poet Janice Silverman Rebibo
, for soprano
and chamber ensemble, premiered on May 9, 2009. at Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall
, NYC, and was performed at Boston
's Jordan Hall
in 2010.
A pianist himself and a devotee of chamber music
, Matti Kovler has composed a clarinet-piano-cello trio Shoresh Nishmat, which premiered at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall, a Clarinet Quintet for which he received an honorary mention
from ASCAP’s Morton Gould Awards and Wergeland’s Flower, a clarinet-piano duet, commissioned by the Brillaner Duo
(Germany).
His awards include fellowships at Tanglewood
and the Aspen Music Festival , the America Israel Scholarship for study in the US, and the Theodore Presser Award in Composition at the New England Conservatory.
Russians
The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....
born Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
whose music has been performed in Israel, Europe and the United States by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, the Metropole Orchestra (Netherlands), Fox Studio’s Symphony Orchestra, the Ariel String Quartet (Israel), the Dinosaur Annex New Music Ensemble (Boston) and others.
Kovler's oratorio, The Escape of Jonah
Jonah
Jonah is the name given in the Hebrew Bible to a prophet of the northern kingdom of Israel in about the 8th century BC, the eponymous central character in the Book of Jonah, famous for being swallowed by a fish or a whale, depending on translation...
, for brass orchestra
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
, choir
Choir
A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
and soloists, with Hebrew text by poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
Sivan Beskin and others, premiered at the Jerusalem Music Centre
Jerusalem Music Centre
The Jerusalem Music Centre is an institute for musical education in Mishkenot Sha’ananim, Jerusalem, Israel. The centre helps young Israeli musicians to develop their talents through multi-annual programs and courses, master classes, and performances...
in 2008. Cokboy, Kovler's piece for orchestra and narrator with text from the poem A Jew Among the Indians by Jerome Rothenberg
Jerome Rothenberg
Jerome Rothenberg is an internationally known American poet, translator and anthologist who is noted for his work in ethnopoetics and poetry performance.-Early life and work:...
, premiered at Boston’s Jordan Hall
Jordan Hall
Jordan Hall is a 1,019-seat concert hall in Boston, Massachusetts, the principal performance space of the New England Conservatory. It is one block from Boston's Symphony Hall, and together they are considered two of America's most acoustically perfect performance spaces...
in 2009. It tells the story of a displaced Jew — this time in America — in search of his cultural identity. Here Comes Messiah! by Matti Kovler with librettist, poet Janice Silverman Rebibo
Janice Rebibo
Janice Silverman Rebibo is a Boston-born Israeli poet who began writing in Hebrew in the mid-1980s.Janice Silverman Rebibo’s poems have been admired for having, “a new strength and the kind of courage that comprises a strategic breakthrough, a stance of both audacity and humor that adds something...
, for soprano
Soprano
A soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody...
and chamber ensemble, premiered on May 9, 2009. at Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street, two blocks south of Central Park....
, NYC, and was performed at Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
's Jordan Hall
Jordan Hall
Jordan Hall is a 1,019-seat concert hall in Boston, Massachusetts, the principal performance space of the New England Conservatory. It is one block from Boston's Symphony Hall, and together they are considered two of America's most acoustically perfect performance spaces...
in 2010.
A pianist himself and a devotee of chamber music
Chamber music
Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers with one performer to a part...
, Matti Kovler has composed a clarinet-piano-cello trio Shoresh Nishmat, which premiered at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall, a Clarinet Quintet for which he received an honorary mention
from ASCAP’s Morton Gould Awards and Wergeland’s Flower, a clarinet-piano duet, commissioned by the Brillaner Duo
(Germany).
His awards include fellowships at Tanglewood
Tanglewood
Tanglewood is an estate and music venue in Lenox and Stockbridge, Massachusetts. It is the home of the annual summer Tanglewood Music Festival and the Tanglewood Jazz Festival, and has been the Boston Symphony Orchestra's summer home since 1937. It was the venue of the Berkshire Festival.- History...
and the Aspen Music Festival , the America Israel Scholarship for study in the US, and the Theodore Presser Award in Composition at the New England Conservatory.