Jan Freidlin

Jan Freidlin (Hebrew: יאן פריידלין; Russian: Ян (Яков) Михайлович Фрейдлин; born 12 August 1944, aged 78)[1][2] is a Russian composer and pianist.[3][4] He has composed many pieces for solo instruments (primarily piano), chamber groups and orchestras.[5] He has also written music for films and television, such as "The Summer has Begun".[6]

Education

Freidlin was born on 12 August 1944[7] in Chita, Siberia.[6][8] He moved to Odesa and studied piano performance, composition and music theory at the Odesa Music College.[9] From 1965, Freidlin studied music theory composition at the Odesa Conservatory[6] under A. Kogan, graduating in 1971.[9]

Career

Odesa
From 1974 to 1990, Freidlin was head of music theory and composition at the Stolyarsky Special Music College

Freidlin stayed in Odesa for some time after completing his studies. In 1974, Freidlin joined the USSR's Union of Russian Composers,[8] an organisation created in 1932 by Joseph Stalin to contribute to "the moral and ethical education of a modern person".[10] During his time in Odesa, Freidlin also served as the Artistic Director and Principal conductor of the local Odesa Philharmonic Society Jazz Orchestra.[6] From 1974 until his emigration to Israel, Freidlin was the head of the Music Theory and Composition section of the Stolyarsky Special Music College, a music college established by Pyotr Stolyarsky in 1933.[6][9]

Tel-Aviv

In 1990, Freidlin emigrated to Israel and began teaching at the Rubin Academy of Music and Dance in Tel Aviv. He continued at this post for three years.[8] From then until the present, Freidlin has been teaching composition at the Levinsky College of Music.[9][8]

Awards and honours

Compositions

Jan Freidlin has written for many types of groups and ensembles. He has composed 5 symphonies, a ballet, some concertos and many pieces for solo instruments and chamber groups. Freidlin has also composed soundtracks for 7 motion pictures over 25 theatrical shows and many television shows.[9][8]

Orchestral works
  • Poem of Contrasts - commissioned by the IPO in 2007[13]
  • Symphony No. 1
  • Symphony No. 2
  • Symphony No. 3
  • Symphony No. 4
  • Symphony No. 5 - Nostalgias[12]

Solo instruments
  • Four Stories - character pieces for piano[4][8]
  • Sonata in 3 visions - for solo harp[14]
  • Letter from Arles - for guitar
  • Tenderness - for oboe and piano
  • Momento Mori - for organ
  • Contemplation - for piano and string orchestra
  • Concerto for cello, string orchestra and vibraphone (1994)
  • Moods - solo oboe
  • Ballade in Black and White - solo piano

Chamber groups
  • Twilight Music - for flute, violin and piano
  • Piano Trio No. 1
  • Piano Trio No. 2

Theatrical soundtracks
  • Guernica - a ballet[15]
  • The Summer has Begun - 1978 film
  • U menya vsyo normalno (I am Fine) - 1979 film

References
  1. Congress, The Library of. "Freidlin, Jan, 1944- - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies | Library of Congress, from LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". id.loc.gov. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
  2. "Zinfonia - Freidlin, Jan". www.zinfonia.com. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  3. "Welcome to ISNI". isni.oclc.org. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
  4. Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (2022). Piano exam pieces : ABRSM grade 7 : selected from the 2023 & 2024 syllabus. Richard Douglas Jones. London. ISBN 978-1-78601-460-3. OCLC 1344281083.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. "Recordings by Jan Freidlin | Now available to stream and purchase at Naxos". www.naxos.com. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  6. "Jan Freidlin, composer biography and works list published by Musik Fabrik/compositeur biographie et liste des œ;uvres éditées par Musik Fabrik". www.classicalmusicnow.com. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  7. "About: Jan Freidlin". data.carnegiehall.org. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
  8. Andrew Eales (2017-02-06). "Jan Freidlin: Four Stories". Pianodao. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  9. "Jan Freidlin". Informace o Českém rozhlase (in Czech). 2014-02-11. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  10. "О союзе". unioncomposers.ru. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
  11. "Sonata in Three Visions Jan Freidlin | harp solo | Scores". www.imi.org.il. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  12. "Awards and Achievements". Jan Freidlin - composer, pianist. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  13. "Freidlin,Jan - Poem of Contrasts". The Art-Music, Literature and Linguistics Forum. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
  14. "AUT - Zobrazení záznamu". aleph.nkp.cz. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
  15. "Jan Freidlin | Israel Music Institute". www.imi.org.il. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
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