Avner Dorman

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Israeli-American composer Avner Dorman has quickly risen to become one of Israel’s most successful and renowned composers. At the age of 25, he became the youngest composer to win Israel’s prestigious Prime Minister’s Award. In 2001, Dorman received the ACUM prize from the Israeli performing rights society for his Ellef Symphony. Ma’ariv, the second largest newspaper in Israel, named Dorman “Composer of the Year” for 2002, and the performance of his song cycle Boaz received the Israeli Cultural Ministry Prize for best performance of Israeli music the same year. Dorman’s Variations Without a Theme, premiered by Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic in November 2003, won the 2004 Best Composition of the Year award from ACUM. This breakthrough piece elevated Mr. Dorman to international status and a subsequent commission from Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra for Spices, Perfumes, Toxins!, a percussion concerto for the PercaDu Ensemble. Dorman’s broad-minded interests find expression in his music. With exceptional technical skill, he combines traditional and contemporary classical music influences with more mainstream forms such as rock, most clearly stated in his works Concerto for Violin and a Rock Band and 9 Eighths. His exploration into electronic music and the native sounds of his culture position him as a composer in both time and place. In Falafel, one finds a synthesis of the sounds and rhythms of Mr. Dorman’s Israel as well as the mercurial sensibi

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In 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores

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The Grand Duo

Dorman, A.: Concertos

DORMAN: Piano Sonatas 1-3 / Moments Musicaux / Azerbaijani Dance

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Dorman: Letters from Gettysburg

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Dorman: Frozen in Time: I. Indoafrica

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Smoke and Mirrors: Vanish

Avner Dorman: Siklòn

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Paisiello, Vivaldi, Dorman, Kuwahara, Gardella, Avital: Concerti per mandolino

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Nigunim: Hebrew Melodies

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Dialogues of Love

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Concertos

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