Lior Navok (b. 1971) has earned his place as one of the most innovative, fresh and communicative composers of the younger generation. His music, emerging from reflections on nature and humanity, bridges between the realistic and the mysterious, the conscious and unconscious. Described by the Boston Globe as "colorful, haunting, accomplished and exciting", Navok's music takes listeners into revealing journeys through sound.
Played in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Navok's music has been performed by orchestras and ensembles such as the Radio Philharmonie Hannover NDR, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, The Cantata Singers, Soloists of Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Chamber Orchestra, The Borromeo Quartet, The Tel Aviv Soloists, The Alcan String Quartet, Raschèr Saxophone Quartet, Third-Rail Saxophone Quartet, The Silver-Garburg Piano Duo, Southern Cross Soloists, Akanthus Ensemble Berlin, Citywinds, Percadu, Ticom Ensemble, Florestan Recital Project, MIT wind Ensemble and Musica Nova. Among the many devoted performers one may find Sharon Kam, Chen Halevi, Sarah Bob and Anssi Karttunen.
Known for his passion to cooperate with artists from other disciplines, Navok has collaborated with the choreographers Lucía Baumgartner (inFlux Dance Company), Alexandra Waierstall (Noema Dance Works) and visual artists Ling-Wen Tsai and Ohad Meromi, as well as collaborations include piano improvisations on poetry with poet D. Nurkse.
Mr. Navok received numerous awards. Recent ones include the Lili Boulanger Memorial Fund Award, Prime Minster Award, Massachusetts Cultural Council, and America-Israel Cultural Foundation. Fellowships and residencies include the Tanglewood Music Center, Cité Internationale des Arts, Aspen Music Festival and the MacDowell Colony. Recent commissions include the Koussevitzky Music Foundation, Fromm Music Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Jerome Foundation, among many others.
2007/8 season includes premieres of The Little Mermaid (Commissioned by Audi’s SommerKonzert (for the Silver-Garburg Piano Duo.) followed by performances in Hong Kong and Australia. The Influx Dance company, will premiere the choreographed version of The Old Photo Box. Cantata Singers of Boston, will premiere their commission of And the Trains Kept Coming. . . (Slavery documents no. 3) based on texts and documents from the Holocaust. A new work for guitar and electronics (commissioned by Morasha Foundation and AICF) will receive its premiere by guitarist Liat Cohen, and a new work for mandolin and ensemble will receive its premiere in Modena, Italy.
Lior Navok has released two highly acclaimed CDs - Hidden Reflections and Meditations Over Shore - "The Music is dreamy and utterly gorgeous" (American Record Guide.) He received his Doctorate and Masters from the New England Conservatory where he studied composing with John Harbison and Double Bachelor's Degree from the Rubin Academy of Music, Jerusalem, where he studied with Yinam Leef.
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