Yitzhak Yedid (; born 29 September 1971) is an Israeli-Australian

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. He is also a

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and an educator. The recipient of numerous awards, Yedid is an Azrieli Prize Laureate in Jewish Music, a Laureate of the , and a Sidney Myer Creative Fellow. His compositional style has been characterised as "eclectic, multicultural, and deeply personal," blending elements of jazz and Jewish

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music, classical European traditions, and avant-garde experimentation. He has been hailed as one of the most original composers on the international music scene today.

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and

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integration are central to Yedid's artistic practice. Yedid's work is a reflection of his deep interest in Middle Eastern culture, ancient

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, the aesthetics of classical and liturgical

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, and non-Western music performance practices. Yitzhak Yedid specializes in performing Judaeo-Sephardic and Middle Eastern sacred music in concert piano recitals.

Biography

Yitzhak Yedid was born in

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to a Jewish family of

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and Iraqi descent. His initial formative musical experiences included attending liturgical services at his local synagogue where he imbibed the sounds and rhythms of the Syrian-Jewish

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tradition. While the young Yitzhak immersed himself in music rooted in the Jewish-Arabic tradition and the rendition of traditional Maqamat-based songs, his mother was insistent on exposing him to

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and a western instrument. At age seven, he embarked on piano lessons with a private instructor. As his teenage years unfolded, his musical focus shifted to jazz piano, and by his twentieth year, he initiated performances of his original compositions with his own new-music ensemble. Yitzhak Yedid's musical aesthetics find their roots in the music he immersed himself in during his formative years, particularly in the

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's tradition of chanting

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and

. His musical journey is also inspired by piano music and improvisation. In his compositions, Yedid seamlessly integrates various elements, including energies and dynamics, while introducing a distinctive aesthetic that departs from the conventional norms of classical stage traditions. This innovative approach adds a nuanced, and at times even provocative, dimension to his musical creations. Yedid studied at the Rubin Academy of Music with Vyacheslav Ganelin and the

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in Boston with

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and

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in 1997 and 1998. After moving to Australia, he gained a

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from

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in 2012, publishing ''Methods of Integrating Elements of Arabic Music and Arabic-Influenced Jewish Music into Contemporary Western Classical Music''.

Career

In 1999 Yedid released his first album ''Full Moon Fantasy''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

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. In 2001, Yedid's second recording, ''Inner Outcry'', was released, also for Musa. Yedid was commissioned to compose the suite

Tachanun ''Tachanun'' or ''Taḥanun'' ( "Supplication"), also called ''nefilat apayim'' ( "falling on the face"), is part of Judaism's morning (''Shacharit'') and afternoon (''Mincha'') prayer services; it follows the recitation of the ''Amidah'', the ce ...

for a festival in Vienna, Austria, in 2002.

has been performed many times in Israel including at the Kfar Blum Chamber Music Festival. Between 1999-2009, Yedid crafted a collection of seven large-scale works for various instrumentations, always featuring himself on the piano. These compositions combined fully notated music with free improvisation, including maqamat, and composed for a selection of individual players. The works were released on a series of eight solo albums on the record label Challenge Records (

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). However, Yedid refuses to publish the hand-written scores of these works. ''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

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and at the Tel Aviv Jazz Festival. It is based on

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'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. In 2002, he joined Israeli jazz saxophonist

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to form the duo Ras Deshen. They recorded their maiden album in September 2002, which featured a blend of Ethiopian music and Free improvisation jazz. 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 by a festival in Vienna Austria in 2004. The music depicts the union and division of images, colours, 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 2004 in Israel. The album was released at the end of 2005. In 2005, Yedid composed the Oud Bass Piano Trio, performed at the

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Festival in Romania, as well as in Australia, Canada, and the US in May and September 2005. In 2006, Yedid composed Since My Soul Loved, a four movement composition for improvising players for violin, viola, cello, double bass and piano. In 2009, Yedid composed Arabic Violin Bass Piano Trio. The work was premiered at the Jerusalem Theatre's Henry Crown Symphony Hall in March 2010. The composition is a continuation of his endeavour in Oud Bass Piano Trio (2005) integrating classical Arabic music, Arabic-influenced Jewish music and contemporary Western classical music. This trio has been composed for improvising performers. Since immigrating to Australia in 2007, his large-scale works include: Visions, Fantasies & Dances, music for string quartet, commissioned by Israel's Sapphire String Quartet; Piano Concerto (2016), commissioned by Michael Kieran Harvey and the Tel Aviv Soloists; Kiddushim & Killulim (2017) commissioned by

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& NK Orchestra; Delusions of War (2014) for 22 string soloists or string orchestra, commissioned by Divertimenti Ensemble and the

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; Mandolin Concerto (2016), for mandolin and a large orchestra. Yedid's chamber and solo works include: Chad Gadya (2017), quartet for clarinet, violin, cello & piano, commissioned by Stradbroke Chamber Music Festival; Sensations (2010) for piano, violin and cello, commissioned by Atar Trio; Angels' Revolt (2017) chaconne for solo piano, commissioned by

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Piano Competition; Out to Infinity (2009) for Harp solo, commissioned by the 2009 International Harp Contest for their 50th Anniversary; The Crying Souls, Lament for Syrian Victims (2013), a cappella choir, commissioned by the Australian Voices (TAV) Yedid has put out over ten albums as a solo act ( Challenge Records International,

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, -btl-, Muse, MCI, and Kaleidos) and has collaborated Ethiopian-born saxophonist and vocalist

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as the Ras-Deshen ensemble. Yedid's works for strings include Visions, Fantasies and Dances for string quartet (2006–09), and Delusions of War for string orchestra (2014), and his compositions Oud Bass Piano Trio (2006) and 'Arabic Violin Bass Piano Trio' (2008) combine a classical Arabic instrument with Western instruments. Some of Yedid's works have been described as

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, which combines contemporary classical music with jazz improvisation. Much of Yedid's output includes slots where soloists can improvise. Yedid has often said he is delighted when performers surprise him with their inventiveness. In his work
Kadosh Kadosh and Cursed
', Yedid comments on the religious dimensions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Musical style and influences

Yedid says his music is influenced by Arabic music, Pic by James Goss

Yedid's music contains a mix of elements. He says: Yedid writes Yedid's style of composition has been described as Barry Davis wrote in

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, Yedid writes This correlates with what the critics write about his music: John Shand from the ''Sydney Morning Herald'' wrote in 2014 about Yedid's Myth of the Cave "a vividly expansive composition"; Noam Ben-Zeav (Haaretz) wrote in 2013 that "Yedid music is an authentic expression of new music which incorporates a wide spectrum of contemporary and ancient styles"; and Ake Holmquist (NorraSkåne, Sweden) wrote in 2004 that Musically, Yedid creates a confluence between the Maqamat (Arabic music modal system), heterophonic textures of ancient genres, and compositional approaches of contemporary Western classical music, to produce an original sound. Yedid introduces microtonality in his works in a range of different ways. He examined ways of using microtonal pitches that in Arabic music function as ornamentation and as part of improvisational gestures. He has extended the use of traditional ornamentation to compose microtonal sounds with microtonal qualities that unfold at different tempi without a definite pitch. This can be seen in many of his works. In his string quartet Visions, Fantasies and Dances, the microtonal intervals function in the context of diatonic and chromatic intervals and the method of a tension-and-release for intervals of a quarter-tone and three-quarter-tones have been employed. Yedid have shown a new direction in his later works and courage to make a commentary on international currant political/religious problems that continue to find no resolution. The Crying Souls (commissioned by the Australian Voices) and Delusions of War (commissioned by the

) are both anti-war works. The Crying Souls was written as a response to the chemical weapons attacks that happened in August 2013 in Damascus when more than 1,300 innocent civilian including children were massacred. Yedid writes "This work expresses my endless sadness to the death of innocent people". In the notes on Delusions of War he writes

Awards and Prizes

Yedid is the recipient of the Azrieli Foundation Prize for Jewish Music. His winning composition, ''Kiddushim Ve’ Killulim'' (Blessings and Curses), was unanimously declared the best new major work of Jewish music by the judges of the Canadian prize. Yedid received a total prize package valued at over , which included a world premiere performance of his work by Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, and a recording released on the Analekta label. In 2018 Yedid was awarded the

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, valued over a two-year period. Yedid has received the top two prizes in Israel for composers and performers: the Prime Minister's Prize for Composers in 2007 and the in 2009. Additionally, in 2008, he received the first composition prize for Out to Infinity, a solo work for harp, at the 17th International Harp contest which led to numerous performances and recordings of the piece worldwide. Yedid has been awarded a composer-in- residence position at the

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(Brisbane, 2010), at the

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(2008) and at the Gallop House in WA (2021,

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). AWARDS * 2021 Azrieli Prize for Jewish Music * 2021 Gallop House composer in residence * 2019 Sidney Myer Creative Fellowship * 2016 ACUM Prize * 2014

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commissioning grant * 2012

commissioning grant * 2010 Artist-in-Residence at the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts * 2009: Landau Prize for Performing Arts Michael Landau Foundation, Israel * 2009

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commissioning grant * 2007: Israel Prime Minister Award for Composers * 2007 Award from The Center for Ethnic Music and Poetry, The Kalman Sultanik Confederation, Jerusalem Oud International Festival

Selected works

Before 2000

* Remembering Yitzhak Rabin (1999) for piano solo (ca. 7') :Commissioned by Musa Records 1999 :CD released in 1999 by Musa records :Yitzhak Yedid – piano * Tachanun (1998), Suite in one movement for piano, double bass and percussions (ca. 66') :Commissioned by Vienna music Gallery Festival, Austria :Duration: 66 minutes :Premiere Performance: September 2002, Vienna Music Gallery Festival :Yedid Ensemble (Vlad Nedelin – drums & percussions, Ora Boasson Horev – double bass, Yitzhak Yedid – piano)

2000–2023

* Myth of the Cave (2003) for clarinet/bass clarinet, double bass and piano (ca. 56') :Commissioned by Deutsche Structured Finance GmbH, Germany :CD released by Between The Lines :Premiere: May 2005, Frankfurt, Germany :Yedid Ensemble (

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– clarinet & bass clarinet; Ora Boasson-Horev – double bass; Yitzhak Yedid – piano) * Tachanun (2005), Suite in one movement for piano solo (ca. 50') :Commissioned by Vienna Music Gallery Festival, Vienna, Austria :Premiere: Chamber Music Festival, Israel :Yitzhak Yedid – piano * Full Moon Fantasy (2005) for piano solo (ca. 37') :Commissioned by Musa Records 2001 :CD released in 1999 by Musa records; reissued in 2005 Yitzhak Yedid – piano * Oud, Bass, Piano Trio (2006), Parts 3 (ca. 11') :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) * Reflections upon Six Images (2006), Image 1, for clarinet, viola, double bass and piano (ca. 13') :Commissioned by Vienna Music Gallery Festival, Vienna, Austria :CD released by Between The Lines :Premiere: Vienna Music Gallery Festival :Yedid Ensemble (

– clarinet & bass clarinet; Galia Hai – viola; Ora Boasson-Horev – double bass; Yitzhak Yedid – piano) * Oud, Bass, Piano Trio (2006), Parts 1–2 (ca. 21') :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) * Ras Deshen (2006) for voice, saxophones, krar and piano (ca. 61') :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) * Nine Images (2007) for violin, cello and piano (ca. 18') :Commissioned by IBA :Premiere: March 2007, Jerusalem International YMCA, Jerusalem, Israel :

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– piano; Nathaniel Vallois – violin; Doo-Min Kim – cello * Chagall Project (2007), seven piano solo pieces inspired by Marc Chagall (ca. 42') :Commissioned by The Israeli Music Festival :Premiere: September 2007 :CD released by Challenge International Records in September 2010 :Yitzhak Yedid – piano * Oud, Bass, Piano Trio (2007), Parts 4–5 (ca. 32') :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 * Reflections upon Six Images (2007), Images 2–3, for clarinet, viola, double bass and piano (ca. 27') :Commissioned by Vienna Music Gallery Festival, Vienna, Austria :CD released by Between The Lines :Premiere: Vienna Music Gallery Festival, Austria :Yedid Ensemble (

– clarinet & bass-clarinet; Galia Hai – viola; Ora Boasson-Horev – double bass; Yitzhak Yedid – piano) * Ethiopian voices: Psalms (2008) for three singers, Ethiopian folk dancer, alto, double bass and piano (ca. 51') :Commissioned by the Confederation House :Premiere: November 2008, Confederation House, Jerusalem, Israel :Ras Deshen Ensemble (

– voice and saxophones; Esti Kenan Ofri – voice; Tzeta Germaye – voice and dance; Fentahon Malessa –

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; Ora Boasson-Horev – double bass; Yitzhak Yedid – piano) * Clowns at Night (2008) for piano solo (ca. 16') :Commissioned by Deutsche Media Productions GmbH & Co. KG :Premiere: March 2008, Jerusalem International YMCA, Jerusalem, Israel :Yitzhak Yedid, piano * String Quartet No 1 (2008) (ca. 14') :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) * Since my Soul Loved (2008) for violin, viola, cello, double bass and piano (ca. 55') :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) * Midsummer Night's Dream (2008) for piano solo (ca. 21') :Commissioned by Deutsche Media Productions GmbH & Co. KG, 2006 :Premiere: March 2008, Jerusalem International YMCA, Jerusalem, Israel :Yitzhak Yedid – piano *Out to Infinity (2008) for harp solo (ca. 7') :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 :Israeli premiere: October 2009, Tel Aviv, Israel :Various competing harpists * In Memory (2009), duo for flute (piccolo and bass) and piano (ca. 13') :Commissioned by Lior Eitan :Premiere: 21 April 2010, Jerusalem International YMCA, Jerusalem, Israel :Lior Eitan – flute; Monica Fallon – piano * String Quartet No 3 (2009) (ca. 13') :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) * Kidoshin (2009), duo for saxophone (tenor and soprano) and piano (ca. 26') :Commissioned by Shoham Foundation :Premiere: August 2010 : Albert Beger – saxophone; Yitzhak Yedid – piano * String Quartet No 2 (2009) (ca. 9') :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) * Sensations (2010) for piano, violin and cello (c. 14') :Commissioned by Atar Trio :Premiere: September 2010, Austria :Atar Trio (Tanya Beltser- violin; Marina Katz- cello; Ofer Shelley – piano) * Piano Quintet (2010) for violin, viola, cello, double bass and piano (ca. 52') :Commissioned by Jazz Lines München 2011, Munich, Germany :Premiere: March 2011,

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, 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) * String Quartet No 4 (2010) (ca. 9') :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) * Through the Window of

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(2010) for piano solo (c. 55') :Commissioned by Kawai Piano Series :Premiere: Kawai Piano Series, 2010, Ian Hanger Recital Hall, Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia :Yitzhak Yedid, piano * Reflections Upon Six Images (2011), Image no 5 for double bass solo (ca. 7') :Commissioned by Ora Boasson-Horev :Premiere:

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, Austria :CD released by Challenge International Records in September 2011 * Arabic Violin Bass Piano Trio (2011) for Arabic violin, double bass and piano, Parts 4–5 (ca. 18') :Commissioned by IBA, Between the Lines and Challenge Records :Premiere: November 2012 :Yedid Ensemble (Sami Hashibun – violin (Arabic tuning); Ora Boasson-Horev – double-bass; Yitzhak Yedid – piano) * String Quartet No 5 (2011) (ca. 11') :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) * Passions and Prayers, Sextet in hommage to Jerusalem (2011) for horn, clarinet/bass clarinet, trombone, viola, double bass and piano (ca. 18') :Commissioned by Deutsche Media Productions GmbH & Co. KG and Between The Lines :CD released by Between The Lines :Premiere: Seattle 2012 :Seattle Chamber Players * Passions & Prayers, (2012) for horn, clarinet/bass clarinet, trombone, viola, double bass and piano (ca. 17') :Commissioned by

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:Premiere: August 2013,

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, USA :Seattle Chamber Players * String Quartet No 7 (2012) (ca. 11') :Commissioned by Sapphire String Quartet :Premiere: August 2013 :Sapphire String Quartet (Janna Gandelman – violin; Roman Spitzer – violin; Amos Boasson – viola; Oleg Stolpner – cello) * Haunted! (2012), Stage music for a play by Daniel Karasik (ca. 75') :Commissioned by

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:Premiere: Chutzpah! Festival, March 2013 :Norman Rothstein Theatre, Vancouver, Canada * String Quartet No 6 (2012) (ca. 16') :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) * Arabic Violin Bass Piano Trio](2012) for Arabic violin, double bass and piano, Parts 1–3 (ca. 25') :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) * The Crying Souls: Lament for Syrian Victims (2013) ca. 9') :for 6-part

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:The Australian Voices * Psalm 1 (2014) for solo soprano (ca. 6') :Supported by the Australia Council for the Arts * Delusions of War (2014) ca. 24' :for 22 string soloists or a string orchestra :Commissioned by Divertimenti and the

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:World premiere: October 2014 at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia * Violin (Arabic Violin) Concerto (2015) for violin and a large orchestra (ca. 25') :Divertimenti :Israeli premiere: February 2015 at the Henry Crown Symphony Hall :Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra conducted by Yuval Zorn :Broadcast live on Israel Broadcasting Authority's (IBA) Kol Ha'Musika station * Zikaron (2013–14), a structured improvisation for piano solo (ca. 55') :Commissioned by Kawai Piano Series :Premiere: April 2015, Kawai Piano Series, Ian Hanger Recital Hall, Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University :Yitzhak Yedid, piano * CONCERTO FOR PIANO AND STRINGS (2016) ca. 24' :For piano and strings, or Michael Kieran Harvey :Commissioned by the Tel Aviv Soloists and Australian pianist Michael Kieran Harvey :World premiere: 6 October 2016, Ian Hanger Recital Hall, Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia :Divertimenti conducted by Graeme Jennings :Israeli premiere: 20 May 2017,

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, Australia :William Stafford, clarinet; Rachel Smith, violin; Louise King, cello; Ayesha Gough, piano * KIDDUSHIM VE' KILLULIM (Blessings & Curses), 2017 :for chamber orchestra :Commissioned by trombonist/conductor

and the Israel Netanya Kibbutz Orchestra :Premiere: NK Orchestra in October & November 2017 * Music for Ancient Rituals (2018, for 13 wind instruments (ca. 10') :Commissioned by ANAM :Premiere: 12 September 2018, South Melbourne Town Hall

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, Clarinet; Mitchell Jones, Clarinet; Lyndon Watts, Bassoon; Carol Wang, Bassoon; Matthew Ventura, Contrabassoon; Marie Luise Neunecker, Horn; William Tanner, Horn; Freya Hombergen, Horn; Maraika Smit, Horn; Fabian Rusell, Conductor * MAQA VIOLIN (2018, for violin solo (ca. 16') :Commissioned by Graeme Jennings and Karen Bentley Pollick. :Premiere: 20 July 2017,

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*LA BALLERINA DEL DIAVOLO (The Devil's Ballerina) 2020, (ca. 12') :Solo piano, with optional improvising dancer. :Commissioned by Brisbane Music Festival :Premiere: Alex Raineri, Brisbane Music Festival on 27 Oct 2023

Publications

* 2001: Analysis of "Tachanun" (2001) WMG * 2002: Myth and Music, Allegory of the Cave, CD Liner notes, Vienna New Music Festival Booklet * 2003: Analysis of "Passions & Prayers, Sextet in Homage to Jerusalem" CD Liner notes and Israel Festival program. * 2004: Analysis of "Reflections Upon Six Images" IBA channel * 2005: "Psalms", Ethiopian tradition Kessim Liturgy Liner notes. Confederation House Program. * 2005: Analysis of "Oud-Bass-Piano Trio" IBA channel, Israel * 2006: Analysis of "Since my soul Loved" Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA), Israel * 2007: Oud Bass Piano Trio – New music incorporating a spectrum of contemporary and ancient styles. Sibiu Festival booklet (Romania), Vienna Festival booklet (Austria), International Oud Festival booklet. * 2008: Analysis of "Out to Infinity" * Curriculum Vitae

Discography

* 1999 ''Full Moon Fantasy'' * 2001 ''Inner Outcry'' * 2002 ''Ras Deshen'' * 2003 ''Myth of the Cave'' * 2005 ''Passions & Prayers, Sextet in Homage to Jerusalem'' * 2006 ''Reflections upon Six Images'' * 2008 ''Oud Bass Piano Trio'' *2009 Since My Soul Loved *2010 Through the Window of Marc Chagall *2012 Arabic Violin Bass Piano Trio * 2014 ''Visions, Fantasies and Dances: Music for String Quartet Sapphire String Quartet'' *2019 Angels' Revolt *2021 V'ahavta ("and thou shalt love) *2022 New Jewish Music, (Kadosh Kadosh and Cursed)

Notes

References

External links

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YouTube channel

Yitzhak Yedid , Israel Music Institute

Australian Music Center

Challenge Records International (albums)

Music Teachers

The National Library of Israel

Drouat, John (2008), "Yitzhak Yedid, Oud Bass Piano Trio, Between the Lines", ''Downbeat'', October 2008, p. 76 (.pdf)

Caemmerer, Arjun von. (2013), "Where Angels Fear to Tread" in ''Australian Jazz Magazine'', 27 October 2013

* [http://australianjazz.net/2014/12/singing-baqashot-reflections-yitzak-yedids-visions-fantasies-dances/ Caemmerer, Arjun von (2014), "Singing the Baqashot – reflections on Yitzak Yedid's Visions, Fantasies and Dances" in ''Australian Jazz Magazine'', 23 December 2014]
Mitchell, Roger, "And the Winners Are ...", in ''Ausjazz'', 26 April 2013

Yitzhak Yedid wins Azrieli Prize for Jewish Music

"Yitzhak Yedid wins a Sidney Myer Creative Fellowship"

Yitzhak Yedid (composer of 'A Kiss For Death') in discussion with Brisbane Music Festival Artistic Director Alex Raineri.

Yitzhak Yedid in conversation with Roman Czura (Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice

Yitzhak Yedid accepting the Azrieli Prize for Jewish Music
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