Jan Freidlin

Bio

Jan Freidlin was born in Chita (Southern Siberia) in 1944.  He studied composition, piano and music theory at the Odessa Music College.  From 1965 to 1971 he studied composition and theory with Prof. A. Kogan at the Odessa State Conservatory.  Upon his graduation he served as Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Odessa Philharmonic Society Jazz Orchestra, and in 1974 became a member of the USSR Composers' Union.  He was the Head of the Music Theory department at the Stolyarsky Special Music College from 1974 until 1990 when he immigrated to Israel.  Freidlin taught at the Rubin Academy of Music for three years, and he currently teaches at the Levinsky College of Music in Tel-Aviv.  He has composed music for many television programs, for 26 theatre plays and for 7 feature films.  A prolific composer, many of his works have been performed in Russia, Israel, Germany, Australia, Italy, Sweden, UK, Czech Republic, Holland, France, Brazil, Japan, and the USA.  The  works  of  J. Freidlin  are  published  in  many  Editions  in  USA ( 3 ) , Germany , France ( 2 ) , Israel , Belgium , Russia  &  Ukraine. 

Among his important achievements are:

• Grand Prix of Warna Cinema Festival (Bulgaria) for the original music for the movie The Summer has Begun (1978).
• The ACUM Prize (Israel, 1993) for Miscenscenes - Sonata for Violin and Cello.
• The ISCM - Liberson Prize (Israel, 1995) for Piano Trio No. 2.
• 2nd Prize of G.F.A. (Claremont, CA - 1995) for Letters from Arles for Guitar.
• Sonata in 3 Visions for Solo Harp was chosen by 13 International Harp Contest 1998 as required Israeli work.
• In  2002  his  work  "TWILIGHT  MUSIC"  for  Fl, V-n & P-no  becomes  the  First  Prize  Winner of  Tampa  Bay  International  Composers'  Forum  for  Excellence  in  Chamber  Music (Florida , USA).
• Many performances on Russian TV of Ancient Greece Album and Guernica - Ballet Music (1984).
• Performances in Moscow, Odessa and other towns of former USSR by Odessa Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mariss Jansons - of Spring Games (1983, 1984).
• Performances in Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv and Haifa by Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Gennadi Rozhdestvensky with cellist Michael Haran playing the Cello Concerto (1995).
• Performances in Germany, Australia, Brazil, Italy, France, UK and USA of chamber music works.
• 2 'Melodia' LP albums containing the Capriccio Concertante for Piano and Orchestra and Chamber Works Disc.
• In May 1998 in Paris, Israel was represented by Trio #2 by Jan Freidlin at the International Radio Broadcasting Rostrum and received high estimation.  It was broadcast in many European countries.
• "5 Duets"  for  Violin  and  V-cello  have  been  very  successfully  performed  and  warmly  accepted  at  Annual  Festival  Mozart  in  Bruxelles (Belgium) on  September  2003 (performed  by  G.  Sharon  and  M.  Haran).
• Piano  "Ballade  in  Black  &  White"  was  dedicated  and  then  "premiered" by  I. Faliks  in  Chicago , Boston  and  finally  at  the  famous Carnegie  Hall in  New  York  on  March  2006.
• 11-12 of August, 2006 - Symphony 2 has been very successfully performed and warmly accepted in Santiago by Chili State Symphony under cond. M. Haran.
• 21 - 24 October of 2007 - series of "premiere" performances of "POEM OF THE CONTRASTS" , commissioned by IPO and played by Israel Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Zubin Mehta.

Prizes

Varna International Cinema Festival Grand Prix - 1978 - Bulgaria - original music for the opera The Summer Has Begun

ACUM Competition - 1993 - Israel - Sonata for Violin and Cello

GFA "Set Piece" Competition - 1995 - USA - Letters from Arles [Van Gogh] for Guitar

Liberson Prize - 1995 - Israel - Trio #2 for Violin, Cello and Piano

International Harp Piece Competition - 1996 - Israel - Sonata in 3 Visions for Harp

Tampa Bay Composers' Forum Prize  for  Excellence in Chamber Music in Composition  2002  (Florida  33733) - "TWILIGHT  MUSIC"  for  Fl, V-n & P-no - The   First  Prize  Winner

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