Boris Yoffe
Russian-born Israeli composer
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Boris Yoffe (Russian: Борис Иоффе, Hebrew: בוריס יופה; born 21 December 1968 in St. Petersburg) is a Russian-born Israeli composer,[1] 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.[2]
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.[3] Yoffe was a scholarship holder from various foundations; In 2000 he received the prize from the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts.[4]
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[5] 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″.[6]
Yoffe is also the author of numerous arrangements and arrangements as well as several musicological and philosophical essays.[7]
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)
