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
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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
- 1st place at the 1978 Grand Prix of Warna Cinema Festival (The Summer has Begun).[6]
- Tampa Bay International Composers Forum 1st prize for chamber music (Twilight Music).[6]
- His piece, Sonata in 3 visions, was written and used especially for the 1998 International Harp Contest.[11]
- 1st place in the 1993 Society of Authors, Composers and Music Publishers in Israel ACUM Prize (Mise en scenes).[12]
- 1st prize 1995 International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) in composition (Piano Trio No. 2).[12]
- 2nd prize in the 1995 Guitar Foundation of America composition competition (Letters from Arles).[6]
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
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
Theatrical soundtracks
- Guernica - a ballet[15]
- The Summer has Begun - 1978 film
- U menya vsyo normalno (I am Fine) - 1979 film
References
- 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.
- "Zinfonia - Freidlin, Jan". www.zinfonia.com. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
- "Welcome to ISNI". isni.oclc.org. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
- 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.
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- "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.
- "About: Jan Freidlin". data.carnegiehall.org. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
- Andrew Eales (2017-02-06). "Jan Freidlin: Four Stories". Pianodao. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
- "Jan Freidlin". Informace o Českém rozhlase (in Czech). 2014-02-11. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
- "О союзе". unioncomposers.ru. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
- "Sonata in Three Visions Jan Freidlin | harp solo | Scores". www.imi.org.il. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
- "Awards and Achievements". Jan Freidlin - composer, pianist. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
- "Freidlin,Jan - Poem of Contrasts". The Art-Music, Literature and Linguistics Forum. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
- "AUT - Zobrazení záznamu". aleph.nkp.cz. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
- "Jan Freidlin | Israel Music Institute". www.imi.org.il. Retrieved 2022-11-12.