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's Samuel Rubin Academy of Music (renamed the
Buchmann-Mehta School of Music) since 1990 and the Academy's director (1998- 2000); Artistic Director of the
Israel Chamber Orchestra
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(2002-2005); and Artistic Director of the Haifa Symphony Orchestra (2004-2013).
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Early life
Noam Sheriff studied
composition
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in
Tel Aviv
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with
Paul Ben-Haim
Paul Ben-Haim (or Paul Ben-Chaim, Hebrew: פאול בן חיים) (5 July 1897 – 14 January 1984) was an Israeli composer. Born Paul Frankenburger in Munich, Germany, he studied composition with Friedrich Klose and he was assistant conductor t ...
and in
Berlin
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with
Boris Blacher
Boris Blacher (30 January 1975) was a German composer and librettist.
Life
Blacher was born when his parents (of German-Estonian and Russian backgrounds) were living within a Russian-speaking community in the Manchurian town of Niuzhuang () (he ...
,
conducting
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in
Salzburg
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with
Igor Markevitch
Igor Borisovich Markevitch (russian: Игорь Борисович Маркевич, ''Igor Borisovich Markevich'', uk, Ігор Борисович Маркевич, ''Ihor Borysovych Markevych''; 27 July 1912 – 7 March 1983) was a Russian- ...
, and philosophy at the
Hebrew University
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...
, Jerusalem.
Noam Sheriff studied
composition
Composition or Compositions may refer to:
Arts and literature
*Composition (dance), practice and teaching of choreography
*Composition (language), in literature and rhetoric, producing a work in spoken tradition and written discourse, to include v ...
with
Paul Ben-Haim
Paul Ben-Haim (or Paul Ben-Chaim, Hebrew: פאול בן חיים) (5 July 1897 – 14 January 1984) was an Israeli composer. Born Paul Frankenburger in Munich, Germany, he studied composition with Friedrich Klose and he was assistant conductor t ...
in
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...
and
Boris Blacher
Boris Blacher (30 January 1975) was a German composer and librettist.
Life
Blacher was born when his parents (of German-Estonian and Russian backgrounds) were living within a Russian-speaking community in the Manchurian town of Niuzhuang () (he ...
in
Berlin
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, conducting with
Igor Markevitch
Igor Borisovich Markevitch (russian: Игорь Борисович Маркевич, ''Igor Borisovich Markevich'', uk, Ігор Борисович Маркевич, ''Ihor Borysovych Markevych''; 27 July 1912 – 7 March 1983) was a Russian- ...
in
Salzburg
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The town is on the site of the ...
, and philosophy at the
Hebrew University
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...
in Jerusalem.
Work as composer
Since the 1957 premiere of his work ''Festival Prelude'' by the
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (abbreviation IPO; Hebrew: התזמורת הפילהרמונית הישראלית, ''ha-Tizmoret ha-Filharmonit ha-Yisra'elit'') is an Israeli symphony orchestra based in Tel Aviv. Its principal concert venue ...
under
Leonard Bernstein
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at the opening of the
Mann Auditorium
Heichal HaTarbut ( he, היכל התרבות), also known in English as the Culture Palace, officially the Charles Bronfman Auditorium, until 2013 the Fredric R. Mann Auditorium, is the largest concert hall in Tel Aviv, Israel, and home to the ...
in Tel Aviv, his works have been regularly performed in Israel and all over the world.
In Noam Sheriff’s music one finds an original solution to the fusion of East and West, of musical elements from ancient Mediterranean cultures and from the West. Among his most significant works are the three scale vocal compositions that form a trilogy. ''Mechaye Hamethim'' (Revival of the Dead) which was premiered in Amsterdam by the IPO in 1987, based on the Jewish East-European traditional music as well as on the ancient oriental Jewish themes of the
Samaritans
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. ''Sephardic Passion'', which was premiered in Toledo, Spain, by the IPO,
Zubin Mehta
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and
Plácido Domingo
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in 1992, is based on the music of the Sephardic Jewry. ''Psalms of Jerusalem'' was premiered in 1995 in Jerusalem to open the 3000 year celebrations of that city with its four choirs around the hall singing in Hebrew and Latin.
His ''Mechaye Hamethim'' was performed by the IPO under Mehta in a unique concert at
Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum, Jerusalem, marking Israel’s Jubilee, and will additionally feature in the 2012
Salzburg Festival
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. Sheriff's newest vocal work, ''Genesis'', was commissioned and premiered by the Israel Philharmonic and Maestro Zubin Mehta at the festive concerts of Israel’s 50th Independence day. Sheriff completed an opera called ''Hagolem'' (The Clay Automaton).
Work as conductor
Noam Sheriff regularly conducted both his compositions and other works of the orchestral repertoire all over the world. Between 1989 and 1995 he was the Music Director of the
Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion
The Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion (ISO) (in hebrew: התזמורת הסימפונית הישראלית ראשון לציון) was founded in 1988 by the municipality of Rishon LeZion. A year later, in 1989, it became the resident orchestr ...
which, under his leadership, achieved unprecedented success in Israeli musical history. Since January 2002 he has been the Music Director of the
Israel Chamber Orchestra
Israel Chamber Orchestra (abbreviation ICO, Hebrewהתזמורת הקאמרית הישראלית (''Hatizmoret hakamerit'') is an Israeli orchestra based in Tel Aviv. Primary funding comes from the Israel Ministry of Education and the Tel Aviv-Yafo ...
, which, in its first season under his leadership (2002–03), won the praise of the critics and audiences. In April 2004 he was nominated Music Director of the New Haifa Symphony Orchestra.
Academic career
Since 1963 Noam Sheriff has been teaching composition and conducting. He has taught at such institutes as the Hebrew University and Tel Aviv University as well as the
Musikhochschule in Cologne and the
Mozarteum
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in Salzburg. Over the years he has directed many music festivals in Israel as well as various television and radio programs. Since 1990 Noam Sheriff has been professor of composition and conducting at the
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University (TAU) ( he, אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, ''Universitat Tel Aviv'') is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Locate ...
's Rubin Academy of Music. In the years 1998–2000 he was its Director.
Awards
* In 1991, Sheriff won the
ACUM Prize, for his life's work.
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Israel Prize website.
* In 2003, he was awarded the
EMET Prize
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, for music.
* In 2011, he was awarded the
Israel Prize
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History
The Israel Prize is awarded annually, on Israeli Independence Day, in a state cer ...
, for music.
Composer Noam Sheriff wins Israel Prize for music
''Haaretz'', March 9, 2011
He has also been nominated as one of the 50 most influential figures in Israeli music.
Selected works
Noam Sheriff's works are published by IMI
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* Indonesian Motor ...
and by C.F. Peters Edition, Frankfurt.
*''Festival Prelude'', 1957
*''Heptaprism'', Ballet, 1965
*''Israel-Suite'', 1967
*''May Ko Mashma Lan...'', Essay for harp and string quartet, 1976
*''Essay'' for string orchestra, 1977
*''Prayer'' for strings, 1983
*''La Follia Variations'', 1984
*''Partita'' for viola and cello, "LI-GUR" 1984
*''Mechaye Hamethim (Revival of the Dead)'', 1985
*''Sephardic Passion'', 1992
*''Scarlattiana'', piano concerto, 1994
*''Psalms of Jerusalem'', 1995
*''Wenn das Pendel der Liebe schwingt...'', Six Songs after Paul Celan
Paul Celan (; ; 23 November 1920 – c. 20 April 1970) was a Romanian-born German-language poet and translator. He was born as Paul Antschel to a Jewish family in Cernăuți (German: Czernowitz), in the then Kingdom of Romania (now Chernivtsi, U ...
, 1996
*''Akeda'', 1997
*''Bereshit'',1998
*''Golem 13'', Opera, 2008
See also
*List of Israel Prize recipients
This is a complete list of recipients of the Israel Prize from the inception of the Prize in 1953 through to 2022.
List
For each year, the recipients are, in most instances, listed in the order in which they appear on the official Israel Prize ...
References
External links
Noam Sheriff's website
Sheriff's home page at C.F. Peters edition
Israel Prize website.
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EMET Prize recipients in Culture and Art
Jewish Israeli musicians
Israeli people of Belarusian-Jewish descent
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21st-century classical composers
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21st-century conductors (music)
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21st-century Israeli male musicians
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