Nimrod Borenstein

Nimrod Borenstein (born 1969) is a British- French- Israeli composer who is best known for his composition, Shell Adagio, which has been performed over 30 times in various parts of the world.[1]

Education

Born in Tel Aviv, Nimrod grew up in Paris where he started his musical education at the age of 3. In 1984 he became a Laureat of the Cziffra Foundation and subsequently moved to London in 1986 to pursue his studies as a violinist with Itzhak Rashkovsky at the Royal College of Music. He was then awarded the highest scholarship from the Leverhulme Trust to study composition with Paul Patterson at the Royal Academy of Music. He is now an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music and is listed amongst the alumni as an illustrious past student.[2]

Composer

Nimrod is frequently commissioned and regularly composes for and collaborates with musicians such as Roberto Prosseda, Pascal Amoyel, Jeffrey Zeigler and the conductor and violinist Dmitry Sitkovetsky. His Shell Adagio (published by Boosey & Hawkes) has been played more than 30 times by 16 different orchestras, including a concert at Carnegie Hall.[3] on February 23, 2013.

Ashkenazy and the Philharmonia Orchestra premiered another work titled If you will it, it is no dream on June 13 of the same year at the Royal Festival Hall.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Jessica Duchen (March 15, 2013). "Nimrod Borenstein: With that name, he was born to be a composer". The JC. Archived from the original on February 15, 2014. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Nimrod Borenstein". Retrieved June 14, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Interview with composer Nimrod Borenstein (part 1)". Planet Hugill. December 23, 2012. Archived from the original on January 16, 2014. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Vladimir Ashkenazy to conduct Nimrod Borenstein premiere". Gramophone. November 28, 2013. Archived from the original on January 16, 2014. Retrieved January 14, 2014.

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