Jorge Mario Liderman (November 16, 1957 – February 3, 2008) was an

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-born

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. He was awarded the

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in 2003 to partially fund a new work for Duo46 titled Aires de Sefarad: 46 Spanish Songs for Violin and Guitar. Jorge went on to compose a second set of 46 songs for Duo46 titled Aires de Sefarad II shortly before his untimely death in 2008. He taught composition at the

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Life

Jorge Liderman was born in

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, in 1957. He studied at the Rubin School of Music in

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and earned a doctorate in composition from the

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in 1988. He joined the faculty of the

, in 1989. He died February 3, 2008, in an apparent suicide, struck by an incoming train at the

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(BART) station in El Cerrito.SFGate.com
"Composer Liderman dies in apparent suicide"
February 4, 2008.

Selected works

Orchestral

*Shir Eres (1984) *Song of Songs (2001), cantata for soprano, tenor, female chorus & chamber orchestra *Open Strings for guitar orchestra & electric bass

Operatic

* Antigona Furiosa (1991), libretto by the composer after the drama by

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, performed at the third

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Chamber

*Aires de Sefarad (2004) - 46 Sephardic songs for Duo46, violin and guitar *Aires de Sefarad II (2007) - 46 Sephardic songs for Duo46, violin and guitar *Draft (1998) for piano, violin and tuned percussion *Furthermore. . . (2006) concerto for violin and chamber ensemble *Piano Quintet (2002) *Puncti, Belly, Etc., Etc... (1986) *String Quartet No. 1 (1985) *String Quartet No. 3 (1994) *Swirling Streams, for guitar, bass clarinet & string trio *That is already... for solo piano *Tropes IV (1994) for solo piano *Walking Dances for David Tanenbaum, guitar *Wind Up Toys for two pianos *Yzkor (1991)

Notes

External links

Jorge Liderman, Official Website

obit at SF Classical Voice

UCB press release

Chronicle update
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