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Boris Yoffe (born 21 December 1968 in St. Petersburg) is a Russian-born Israeli composer,[1] resident of Karlsruhe, Germany.

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Boris Yoffe
Karlsruhe, nov. 2014.
Background information
Birth name	Борис Иоффе
Born	(1968-12-21) December 21, 1968 (age 53) Leningrad, USSR (Russia)
Genres	symphonic, chamber, opera
Occupation(s)	Composer, writer
Instrument(s)	Violin, viola, piano
Years active	1991 - present
Website	Official website

Biography

Boris Yoffe initially studied violin but turned to composing early, premiering his first works in the St. Petersburg Philharmonic in 1983.[2]

He emigrated to Israel before the break-up of Soviet Union, and completed his composition studies at the Rubin Academy of Music at Tel Aviv University. Later he moved to Karlsruhe, Germany to study with Wolfgang Rihm in 1997.[3] Around that time, the composer began composing a series of short one-page pieces for string quartet. These were given a performance at ZKM in Karlsruhe in May 2003^{[citation needed]} and recorded on the ECM label by the Rosamunde Quartett with the Hilliard Ensemble. Boris Yoffe himself considers his work not specifically national: Russian, Israeli or German, but in principle ″belonging to all three cultures″.[4]

References

• Website of Boris Yoffe
• Profil Boris Yoffe: Komponist in Ka-News (Karlsruhe, Germany) 23 August 2006 (in German)
• M. Reiss Boris Yoffe - an Israeli in Germany in Israel XXI Music Journal (in Russian)

External links

• Poems form the Book of Quartets on YouTube

Notes

На других языках

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[de] Boris Yoffe

Boris Yoffe (geboren am 21. Dezember 1968 in Leningrad) ist Komponist.

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- [en] Boris Yoffe

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[ru] Иоффе, Борис

Бори́с Ио́ффе (также Йоффе;[1] нем. Boris Yoffe; род. 21 декабря 1968 (1968-12-21), Ленинград) — немецкий композитор, скрипач, альтист, дирижёр, музыкальный писатель и публицист.

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