Yitzhak Yedid

Yitzhak Yedid
Background information
Born (1971-09-29) September 29, 1971
Jerusalem, Israel
Genres Jazz
Classical

Yitzhak Yedid (Hebrew: יצחק ידיד, born 29 September 1971) is an Israeli-Australian composer and pianist whose work is influenced by classical, jazz and folk traditions. He also teaches piano and composition.

Biography

Yitzhak Yedid was born on September 29, 1971 in Jerusalem, Israel. His family immigrated from Syria. He studied at the Rubin Academy of Music and the New England Conservatory in Boston with Ran Blake and Paul Bley in 1997 and 1998.[1] Yedid lives in Australia.[2]

Music career

Yitzhak Yedid in 2009

In 1999 Yedid released his first CD, Compositions for Solo Piano, for the Musa label. This led to an invitation to perform in Scandinavia as the guest of the pianist Michael Smith, and to a joint recital in Sweden with the pianist Roland Pontinen. In 2001, Yedid's second recording, Inner Outcry, was released, also for Musa. Yedid was commissioned to compose the suite Tachanun for the opening of "The Third Stream" festival in Vienna, Austria, in 2002. This composition has been performed many times in Israel including at the Kfar Blum Chamber Music Festival.

Myth of the Cave was commissioned by German record label Between the Lines. It was released in 2002. The five-movement piece has been performed at festivals in Germany and Austria, at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival in Canada and at the Tel Aviv Jazz Festival in Israel. It is based on Plato's allegory of the cave, about cave dwellers imprisoned in near-darkness since birth whose sense of reality is distorted. One of them escapes to the outside world, reports on what he has seen and is put to death for his revelations.[1]

In 2003 Yedid composed Passions and Prayers - Sextet in homage to Jerusalem for Between the Lines. It is a technically complex and conceptually melancholy composition that premiered at the 2004 Israel Festival. The CD was released in August 2005.

Reflections upon Six Images was commissioned for the Third Stream Festival in Vienna Austria in 2004. The music depicts the union and division of images, colors, textures, styles and cultures inspired by the world of the imagination. The composition was performed at the Vienna festival in September 2004 and at the Etnakhta concert series in November 2004 in Israel. The CD was released at the end of 2005.

In 2005, Yedid composed the Oud Bass Piano Trio, performed at the Sibiu Festival in Romania, as well as in Australia, Canada, and the U.S. in May and September 2005. In 2002, he joined Israeli jazz saxophonist Abatte Barihun to form the duo Ras Deshen. They recorded their maiden album on September 2002, which featured a blend of Ethiopian music and Free improvisation jazz.

Musical style and influences

Yedid says his music is influenced by Arabic music. "When I was a child I went to the Syrian synagogue, where you hear all the melodies in the Arabic scales. I'm using microtonals in my compositions, and also using the Hassidic and Orthodox Jewish scales. This is all with free jazz and classical music, in equal parts."[1]

Yedid's music contains a mix of elements. He says: "I'm dealing with very classical things, also with jazz and folk things--but it's not classical and it's not jazz and it's not folk. I'm using various techniques, like a painter who's trying to use all the materials he knows about. I'm trying to bring all these different elements together. My music is like a story – it's like a film or a play."[1]

Professional Involvement

Compositions

2005-2017

Commissioned by Stradbroke Chamber Music Festival
Work in progress
Premiere: 30 July 2017, Stradbroke Chamber Music Festival Concert 6, Dunwich Public Hall, Dunwich, North Stradbroke Island, Australia
William Stafford, clarinet; Rachel Smith, violin; Louise King, cello; Ayesha Gough, piano
Commissioned by Swedish trombonist Christian Lindberg and the Israel Netanya Kibbutz Orchestra
Work in progress
Premiere: November 2017
Commissioned by the Tel Aviv Soloists and Australian pianist Michael Kieran Harvey
World premiere: 6 October 2016, Ian Hanger Recital Hall,[3] Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
Divertimenti[4] conducted by Graeme Jennings[5]
Israeli premiere: 20 May 2017, Tel Aviv, Israel
Michael Kieran Harvey, piano; Tel Aviv Soloists
Commissioned by the Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition, Queensland, Australia
Work in progress
Premiere: September, 2017
Commissioned by the Israeli Music Festival[6]
Work in progress
Premiere: 2018 TBA
Work in progress
Premiere: TBA
Victoria Hanna, voice artist
Commissioned by Divertimenti and the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra
Supported by the Australia Council for the Arts
World premiere: October 2014 at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
Divertimenti
Israeli premiere: February 2015 at the Henry Crown Symphony Hall
Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra conducted by Yuval Zorn[7]
Broadcast live on Israel Broadcasting Authority's (IBA) Kol Ha'Musika station
Commissioned by Kawai Piano Series
Premiere: April 2015, Kawai Piano Series, Ian Hanger Recital Hall, Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University
Yitzhak Yedid, piano
Commissioned by Victoria Hanna
Supported by the Australia Council for the Arts
Premiere: December 2014, La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
Ayliah Richling, soprano
Commissioned by The Australian Voices
Premiere: August, 2013 at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Jerusalem
The Australian Voices[9]
Commissioned by Seattle Chamber Players
Premiere: August 2013, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, USA
Seattle Chamber Players
Commissioned by Sapphire String Quartet
Premiere: August 2013
Sapphire String Quartet (Janna Gandelman - violin; Roman Spitzer - violin; Amos Boasson - viola; Oleg Stolpner - cello)
Commissioned by Touchstone Theatre, Vancouver, Canada
Directed by Katrina Dunn
Premiere: Chutzpah! Festival, March 2013
Norman Rothstein Theatre, Vancouver, Canada
Commissioned by Sapphire String Quartet
Premiere: November 2012, Henry Crown Symphony Hall, Jerusalem, Israel
Sapphire String Quartet (Janna Gandelman - violin; Roman. Spitzer - violin; Amos Boasson - viola; Oleg Stolpner - cello)[10]
Commissioned by IBA, Between The Lines and Challenge Records International
Premiere: November 2012
Yedid Ensemble: (Sami Hashibun - violin (Arabic tuning); Ora Boasson-Horev - double bass; Yitzhak Yedid - piano)
Commissioned by Ora Boasson-Horev
Premiere: Vienna, Austria
CD released by Challenge International Records in September 2011
Commissioned by IBA, Between the Lines and Challenge Records International
Premiere: November 2012
Yedid Ensemble (Sami Hashibun - violin (Arabic tuning); Ora Boasson-Horev - double-bass; Yitzhak Yedid - piano)
Commissioned by Sapphire String Quartet
Premiere: November 2012
Jerusalem International YMCA
Sapphire String Quartet (Janna Gandelman - violin; Roman Spitzer - violin; Amos Boasson - viola,;Oleg Stolpner - cello)[11]
Commissioned by Deutsche Media Productions GmbH & Co. KG and Between The Lines
CD released by Between The Lines
Premiere: Seattle 2012
Seattle Chamber Players
Commissioned by Atar Trio
Premiere: September 2010, Austria
Atar Trio (Tanya Beltser- violin; Marina Katz- cello; Ofer Shelley - piano)
Commissioned by Jazz Lines München 2011, Munich, Germany
Premiere: March 2011, Allerheiligen-Hofkirche, Jazz Lines München 2011l, Munich, Germany
Yedid Ensemble (Daniel Hoffman - violin; Galia Hai - viola; Yoni Gotlibovich - cello; Ora Boasson-Horev - double-bass; Yitzhak Yedid - piano)
Commissioned by Sapphire String Quartet
Premiere: November 2012, Jerusalem International YMCA, Jerusalem, Israel
Sapphire String Quartet (Janna Gandelman - violin; Roman Spitzer - violin; Amos Boasson - viola; Oleg Stolpner - cello)[12]
Commissioned by Kawai Piano Series
Premiere: Kawai Piano Series, 2010, Ian Hanger Recital Hall, Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
Yitzhak Yedid, piano
Commissioned by Israel's 2009 17th International Harp Contest to celebrate its 50th anniversary, with the kind assistance of the Israel National Lottery Council for the Arts
World premiere: March 2009, American Harp Society National Harp Competition, Young Professional Division
Noël Wan, harp[13]
Israeli premiere: October 2009, Tel Aviv, Israel
Various competing harpists
Commissioned by Lior Eitan (First Flautist, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra)
Premiere: 21 April 2010, Jerusalem International YMCA, Jerusalem, Israel
Lior Eitan - flute; Monica Fallon - piano
Commissioned by Sapphire String Quartet
Premiere: March 2010, Henry Crown Symphony Hall, Jerusalem, Israel
Sapphire String Quartet (Janna Gandelman - violin; Roman Spitzer - violin; Amos Boasson - viola; Oleg Stolpner - cello)[14]
Commissioned by Shoham Foundation
Premiere: August 2010
Albert Beger - saxophone; Yitzhak Yedid - piano
Commissioned by Sapphire String Quartet
Premiere: March 2010, Henry Crown Symphony Hall, Jerusalem, Israel
Sapphire String Quartet (Janna Gandelman - violin; Roman Spitzer - violin; Amos Boasson - viola; Oleg Stolpner - cello)[15]
Commissioned by the Confederation House
Premiere: November 2008, Confederation House, Jerusalem, Israel
Ras Deshen Ensemble (Abatte Barihun - voice and saxophones; Esti Kenan Ofri - voice; Tzeta Germaye - voice and dance; Fentahon Malessa - krar; Ora Boasson-Horev - double bass; Yitzhak Yedid - piano)
Commissioned by Deutsche Media Productions GmbH & Co. KG
Premiere: March, 2008, Jerusalem International YMCA, Jerusalem, Israel
Yitzhak Yedid, piano
Commissioned by Deutsche Media Productions GmbH & Co. KG and Between The Lines
Premiere: March 2010, Henry Crown Symphony Hall, Jerusalem, Israel
Sapphire String Quartet (Janna Gandelman - violin; Roman Spitzer - violin; Amos Boasson - viola; Oleg Stolpner - cello)[16]
Commissioned by Deutsche Media Productions GmbH & Co. KG and Between The Lines
Premiere: 2009 Lines Festival, Munich, Germany
Yedid Ensemble (Daniel Hoffman - violin; Galia Hai - viola; Yoni Gotlibovich - cello; Ora Boasson-Horev - double-bass; Yitzhak Yedid - piano)
Commissioned by Deutsche Media Productions GmbH & Co. KG, 2006
Premiere: March 2008, Jerusalem International YMCA, Jerusalem, Israel
Yitzhak Yedid - piano
Commissioned by IBA
Premiere: March 2007, Jerusalem International YMCA, Jerusalem, Israel
Orit Wolf - piano; Nathaniel Vallois - violin; Doo-Min Kim - cello
Commissioned by The Israeli Music Festival
Premiere: September 2007
CD released by Challenge International Records in September 2010
Yitzhak Yedid - piano
Commissioned by the Oud International Festival
CD released by Challenge International Records and Between The Lines in August 2007
Premiere: May 2005, Sibiu Festival, Romania
Yedid Ensemble (Michael Maroun - oud; Ora Boasson-Horev - double-bass; Yitzhak Yedid - piano
Commissioned by Vienna Music Gallery Festival, Vienna, Austria
CD released by Between The Lines
Premiere: Vienna Music Gallery Festival, Austria
Yedid Ensemble (François Houle - clarinet & bass-clarinet; Galia Hai - viola; Ora Boasson-Horev - double bass; Yitzhak Yedid - piano}
Commissioned by the Oud International Festival
CD released by Challenge International Records and Between The Lines in August 2007
Premiere: 2006, Vancouver Festival
Yedid Ensemble (Michael Maroun - oud; Ora Boasson-Horev - double bass; Yitzhak Yedid - piano}
Commissioned by Vienna Music Gallery Festival, Vienna, Austria
CD released by Between The Lines
Premiere: Vienna Music Gallery Festival
Yedid Ensemble (François Houle - clarinet & bass clarinet; Galia Hai - viola; Ora Boasson-Horev - double bass; Yitzhak Yedid - piano)
Commissioned by the Oud International Festival
CD released by Challenge International Records and Between The Lines in August 2007
Premiere: May 2005, Sibiu Festival, Romania
Yedid Ensemble (Michael Maroun - oud; Ora Boasson-Horev - double bass; Yitzhak Yedid - piano)
Commissioned by Deutsche Structured Finance GmbH, Germany
CD released by Between The Lines
Premiere: May 2005, Frankfurt, Germany
Yedid Ensemble (François Houle - clarinet & bass clarinet; Ora Boasson-Horev - double bass; Yitzhak Yedid - piano)
Commissioned by Vienna Music Gallery Festival, Vienna, Austria
Premiere: Chamber Music Festival, Israel
Yitzhak Yedid - piano
Commissioned by MCI
CD released by MCI records
Premiere: Tel Aviv Arts Festival
Ras Deshen Ensemble (Abatte Barihun - voice and saxophones; Fentahon Malessa - krar; Yitzhak Yedid - piano)

Before 2005

Commissioned by Vienna music Gallery Festival, Austria
Duration: 66 minutes
Premiere Performance: September 2005, Vienna Music Gallery Festival
Yedid Ensemble (Vlad Nedelin - drums & percussions, Ora Boasson Horev - double bass, Yitzhak Yedid - piano)
Commissioned by Musa Records 2001
CD released in 1999 by Musa records; reissued in 2005

Yitzhak Yedid - piano

Commissioned by Musa Records 1999
CD released in 1999 by Musa records
Yitzhak Yedid - piano
The Rubin Academy

Publications

Discography

Mikhail Maroun - Oud Ora Boasson - Double- Bass Yitzhak Yedid - Piano

François Houle - Clarinet/Bass Clarinet Gal Hai - Viola Ora Boasson - Double- Bass Yitzhak Yedid - Piano

Alon Reuven - horn Orit Orbach - clarinet & bass clarinet Yaron Ouzana - trombone Galia Hai - viola Ora Boasson - double bass Yitzhak Yedid - piano

François Houle - Clarinet/Bass Clarinet Ora Boasson - Double- Bass Yitzhak Yedid- Piano

Abate Barihun - Voice and Saxophones Fentahon Malessa - Krar Yitzhak Yedid - Piano

Recorded live at Israel Chamber music Festival August, 2001.

Vlad Nedelin - Percussions Ora Boasson - Bass Yitzhak Yedid - Piano

Live Radio Broadcasts

IBA, Israel. Live recording concert of "Since My Soul Loved"

IBA, Israel. Live recording concert of "Oud-Bass-Piano Trio"

Baltimore University, U.S.A. Live recording concert of "Oud-Bass-Piano Trio"

IBA, Israel. Live recording concert of "Myth of the Cave"

Prizes, Awards and Grants

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Israel's Yitzhak Yedid melds disparate elements". Jazz Fest. Retrieved 2010-11-04.
  2. Davis, Barry. "Traveling between worlds". Jpost.com. Retrieved 2013-02-13.
  3. This hall was named in honour of Ian Hanger, AM QC, a distinguished Queensland lawyer who had been a longtime supporter of the Queensland Conservatorium. In 1991, when the Conservatorium was amalgamated with the Griffith University, he was elected as Chairman of the newly-created Advisory Council. During that time, he made many important contributions to the Conservatorium's development including its relocation to new premises. For more information, see https://www.griffith.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/134649/hanger-plaque.pdf
  4. Divertimenti is the premier string ensemble of the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University. Their director is Graeme Jennings.
  5. Michael Kieran Harvey's world premiere performance of this work can be heard on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLXV9ey3gr0
  6. The Israeli Music Festival (Hebrew: חג המוסיקה הישראלי), sometimes translated as The Celebration of Israeli Music, is an annual festival held in Jerusalem towards the end of Summer and funded by the Music Section of the Culture Administration at the Ministry of Culture and Sport (Hebrew: משרד התרבות והספורט נבחר כעת). Although first conceived to concentrate on art music, more recently it has extended its interests to include ethnic music including Arabic classical music. A brief history of this festival and its development can be found at Seroussi, Edwin (2008), Music in Israel at Sixty: Processes and Experiences (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), pp. 29f.
  7. Delusions of War, Parts 1 and 2 can be heard played by the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra conducted by Yuval Zorn on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67dmxqrBfGs and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuM_Ie7WOyk.
  8. "zikaron" (Hebrew: זיכרון) is a singular construct from the root ז־כ־ר (Transliteration: z-k-r) meaning "a memory" or "a thing remembered".
  9. The Australian Voices' performance of The Crying Souls: Lament for Syrian Victims conducted by Gordon Hamilton can be heard on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4LhOBmjtXI.
  10. Sapphire String Quartet's performance of String Quartet No 6 can be heard on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV_klrN7A0w.
  11. Sapphire String Quartet's performance of String Quartet No 5 can be heard on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oeVm5oJBI8.
  12. Sapphire String Quartet's performance of String Quartet No 4 can be heard on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LElN1y5B1-E.
  13. Noël Wan's performance of Out to Infinity in her opening recital at Israel's 17th International Harp Contest that same year can be heard on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKYJD9vL1vA.
  14. Sapphire String Quartet's performance of String Quartet N0 3 can be heard on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcKTH2vDxpE.
  15. Sapphire String Quartet's performance of String Quartet No 2 can be heard on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCg_r_n1whM.
  16. Sapphire String Quartet's performance of String Quartet No 1 can be heard on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84tRPjcbmMg.

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