Amir Shpilman | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | December 4, 1980 Tel Aviv |
| Origin | Israel |
| Genres | Contemporary music Experimental music |
| Occupation(s) | Composer |
| Website | amirshpilman |
Amir Shpilman (born December 4, 1980) is an Israeli composer.
Amir Shpilman | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Background information | |
| Born | December 4, 1980 Tel Aviv |
| Origin | Israel |
| Genres | Contemporary music Experimental music |
| Occupation(s) | Composer |
| Website | amirshpilman |
Amir Shpilman (born December 4, 1980) is an Israeli composer.
Shpilman [1] was born in Tel Aviv where he started his composition studies at the age of 17. After three years in Paris where he studied solfege, harmony piano and composition, he moved to the United States, in 2006, to study at the City University of New York where he obtained a bachelor's degree in music composition under the tutelage of Tania León, Jason Eckardt and with close mentorship of pianist Ursula Oppens.
He received his master's degree in composition with a focus on conducting from the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden under the tutelage of Mark Andre, Manos Tsangaris, and Franz Martin Olbrisch. In 2011, He founded the Ensemble Moto Perpetuo, [2] a New York-based chamber orchestra specializing in contemporary music and collaborative creations, and served as its artistic director until 2015.
During his career, Shpilman has worked with a variety of performers, orchestras, and ensembles including the Ensemble Intercontemporain (Paris), International Contemporary Ensemble (New York), Mivos Quartet, Ensembles Meitar and Nikel (Tel Aviv), Interface (Frankfurt), AuditivVokal Dresden, El Perro Andaluz (Dresden), Johann Rosenmüller Ensemble (Leipzig), LUX:NM and Ensemble Mosaik (Berlin); Ensembles Reconsil and Platypus (Vienna) and more.
Among his collaborators are laureate of the Sapir Prize for literature author Reuven Namdar, sound sculptor Hans van Koolwijk, [3] visual artist and designer Ghiora Aharoni, poet Nadja Küchenmeister [4] and more.
In April 2013, Hedef, [5] a piece for large ensemble, won the Jury Prize at the Heidelberger Frühling festival conducted by Matthias Pintscher. In October 2014, Ensemble Intercontemporain premiered his large work Iridescent Stasis at the Venice Biennial [6] and in 2016, Shpilman was selected to represent Germany at the European Capital of Culture, [7] in Wroclaw, premiering his piece Destruction [8] for choir and large orchestra. The open-air concert took place on the banks of the Oder river, with a crowd of 140,000 spectators.
His music is published by Edition Gravis. [9]
Shpilman has received several awards, including:
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