top of page
Contemporary music composers

LIOR NAVOK
CONTEMPORARY MUSIC COMPOSER

CONTEMPORARY MUSIC BY LIOR NAVOK

Lior Navok stands among the innovative contemporary music composers. His compositions resonate across borders, gracing iconic venues from Carnegie Hall to the Sydney Opera House. Navok’s artistic palette blends emotion, color, and texture, creating a vivid musical tapestry.

Lior Navok: Contemporary Music Composer
​
Lior Navok is an acclaimed contemporary music composer whose works encompass orchestral, chamber, vocal, and solo genres. His compositions have been performed by esteemed ensembles such as the Oper Frankfurt, Nuremberg Opera, and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. His music has been featured at prominent festivals, including the Tanglewood Music Center.
​
Navok’s compositions are characterized by their emotional depth and innovative use of instrumental timbres. His style blends elements of traditional classical music with modern techniques, creating works that are both challenging for performers and engaging for audiences. His orchestral pieces, such as And the Trains Kept Coming... and Clarinet Concerto, showcase his ability to evoke powerful narratives through music.
​
In addition to his orchestral works, Navok has composed several chamber operas, including An unserem Fluss and The Bet, as well as children's operas like The Little Mermaid and Brave Little Timmy. These works reflect his versatility and commitment to expanding the operatic repertoire.
​
Navok's solo compositions, such as The Old Photo Box and Inner Landscapes, offer performers opportunities to explore complex textures and expressive depth. His recordings, available through various platforms, provide insight into his evolving artistic voice.
​
For musicians seeking to expand their repertoire, Lior Navok’s compositions offer a rich and rewarding experience, combining technical challenge with profound musical expression.
Contemporary Music Composer Lior Navok

Contemporary Music Repertoire by Lior Navok

woodwind:

contemporary music for flute
contemporary music for oboe
contemporary music for clarinet
contemporary music for saxophone
contemporary music for bassoon

brass & percussion:

contemporary music catalog:

contemporary stage music
contemporary orchestral music
contemporary wind ensemble music
contemporary choral music
contemporary vocal music
contemporary chamber music
contemporary unaccompanied music

contemporary music for horn
contemporary music for trumpet
contemporary music for trombone
contemporary music for tuba
contemporary music for percussion

plucked instruments:

contemporary music for harp
contemporary music for guitar

keyboard instruments:

contemporary music for piano
contemporary music for harpsichord
contemporary music for accordion

String instruments:

contemporary music for violin
contemporary music for viola
contemporary music for cello

contemporary music for double bass

contemporary chamber music:

contemporary piano duo
contemporary music for flute and piano
contemporary music for oboe and piano
contemporary music for clarinet and piano
contemporary music for saxophone and piano
contemporary music for bassoon and piano
contemporary music for horn and piano
contemporary music for trombone and piano
contemporary music for violin and piano
contemporary music for viola and piano
contemporary music for cello and piano
contemporary music for piano trio
contemporary music for flute, viola and harp
contemporary music for flute, oboe and piano
contemporary music string quartets
contemporary music for saxophone quartet
contemporary music for piano quintet
contemporary music for woodwind quintet
contemporary music for brass quintet
contemporary music for percussion ensemble
contemporary music for Pierrot ensemble

unaccompanied:

contemporary music for solo piano
contemporary music for unaccompanied flute
contemporary music for unaccompanied clarinet
contemporary music for unaccompanied horn
contemporary music for unaccompanied marimba
contemporary music for unaccompanied harp
contemporary music for unaccompanied guitar
contemporary music for unaccompanied violin
contemporary music for unaccompanied viola
contemporary music for unaccompanied cello
contemporary music for unaccompanied bass

Representative Contemporary Music Works

Representative Contemporary Works for Woodwind Instruments

Contemporary Music for Flute

  1. Density 21.5 – Edgard Varèse (1936) (Solo flute)

  2. Sequenza I – Luciano Berio (1958) (Solo flute)

  3. Syrinx – Claude Debussy (1913) (Solo flute)

  4. Concerto for Flute and Orchestra – Elliott Carter (2008) (Flute & orchestra)

  5. Air – Toru Takemitsu (1995) (Solo flute)

Contemporary Music for Oboe

  1. Sequenza VII – Luciano Berio (1969) (Solo oboe)

  2. Six Metamorphoses after Ovid, Op. 49 – Benjamin Britten (1951) (Solo oboe)

  3. Temporal Variations – Benjamin Britten (1936) (Oboe & piano)

  4. Oboe Concerto – James MacMillan (2010) (Oboe & orchestra)

  5. Sonata for Oboe and Piano, Op. 85 – York Bowen (1927) (Oboe & piano)

Contemporary Music for Clarinet

  1. Clarinet Concerto – Magnus Lindberg (2002) (Clarinet & orchestra)

  2. Clarinet Quintet – Elliott Carter (2007) (Clarinet & string quartet)

  3. Brooklyn Bridge – Michael Daugherty (2005) (Clarinet & wind ensemble)

  4. Clarinet Concerto – Jean Françaix (1968) (Clarinet & orchestra)

  5. Sonatine for Clarinet and Piano – Edison Denisov (1980) (Clarinet & piano)

Contemporary Music for Saxophone

  1. Escapades for Saxophone and Orchestra – John Williams (2002) (Alto saxophone & orchestra)

  2. Concerto for Soprano Saxophone and Orchestra – Jennifer Higdon (2007) (Soprano saxophone & orchestra)

  3. Where the Bee Dances – Michael Nyman (1991) (Soprano saxophone & orchestra)

  4. Saxophone Concerto No. 1: Imagined Sound of Sun On Stone – Sally Beamish (1999) (Soprano saxophone & orchestra)

  5. Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra – Paul Creston (1944) (Alto saxophone & orchestra)

Contemporary Music for Bassoon

  1. Metafagote – Felipe Lara (2015) (Solo bassoon & electronics)

  2. Bassoon Concerto – Kalevi Aho (2004) (Bassoon & orchestra)

  3. Hexen for Bassoon and String Orchestra – Miguel del Aguila (2011) (Bassoon & string orchestra)

  4. Bassango – Mathieu Lussier (2003) (Bassoon & piano)

  5. Get It! for Bassoon and Percussion – Gene Koshinski (2010) (Bassoon & percussion ensemble)

Representative Contemporary Works for Brass and Percussion Instruments

Contemporary Music for Horn

  1. Concerto for Horn and Orchestra – Elliott Carter (2006) (Horn & orchestra)

  2. Horn Concerto – György Ligeti (1990–91) (Horn & orchestra)

  3. Sequenza X – Luciano Berio (1984) (Solo horn & piano resonance)

  4. Elegy for Horn and Piano – Francis Poulenc (1957) (Horn & piano)

  5. Horn Trio, Op. 44 – Jörg Widmann (2003) (Horn, violin & piano)

Contemporary Music for Trumpet

  1. Sequenza X – Luciano Berio (1984) (Solo trumpet & piano resonance)

  2. Trumpet Concerto – Alexander Arutunian (1950) (Trumpet & orchestra)

  3. Sonata for Trumpet and Piano – Paul Hindemith (1939) (Trumpet & piano)

  4. Légende – George Enescu (1906) (Trumpet & piano)

  5. Epiclesis – James MacMillan (1993) (Trumpet & electronics)

Contemporary Music for Trombone

  1. Sequenza V – Luciano Berio (1966) (Solo trombone)

  2. Trombone Concerto – Christopher Rouse (1991) (Trombone & orchestra)

  3. Elegy for Mippy II – Leonard Bernstein (1948) (Solo trombone)

  4. Fantasy for Trombone, Op. 101 – Malcolm Arnold (1969) (Solo trombone)

  5. Basalt – Richard Barrett (1990–91) (Solo trombone)

Contemporary Music for Tuba

  1. Tuba Sonata – Paul Hindemith (1955) (Tuba & piano)

  2. Capriccio for Tuba – Krzysztof Penderecki (1980) (Solo tuba)

  3. Mirum – Mauricio Kagel (1965) (Solo tuba)

  4. Serenade No. 12, Op. 88 – Vincent Persichetti (1961) (Solo tuba)

  5. Che – Franco Donatoni (1997) (Solo tuba)

Contemporary Music for Percussion

  1. Zyklus – Karlheinz Stockhausen (1959) (Solo percussion)

  2. Ionisation – Edgard Varèse (1931) (Percussion ensemble)

  3. Drumming – Steve Reich (1971) (Percussion ensemble)

  4. Psappha – Iannis Xenakis (1975) (Solo percussion)

  5. Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra – André Jolivet (1958) (Percussion & orchestra)

​

Representative Contemporary Works for Harp and Guitar

Contemporary Music for Harp

  1. Sequenza II – Luciano Berio (1963) (Solo harp)

  2. Bariolage – Elliott Carter (1992) (Solo harp)

  3. Suite for Harp – Benjamin Britten (1969) (Solo harp)

  4. Tell Tale Harp – Michael Daugherty (2002) (Two harps & orchestra)

  5. Concerto for Harp and Orchestra – Alberto Ginastera (1965) (Harp & orchestra)

Contemporary Music for Guitar

  1. El Decameron Negro – Leo Brouwer (1981) (Solo guitar)

  2. Sonata for Guitar – Alberto Ginastera (1976) (Solo guitar)

  3. Nocturnal, Op. 70 – Benjamin Britten (1963) (Solo guitar)

  4. Sequenza XI – Luciano Berio (1988) (Solo guitar)

  5. Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra – Hans Werner Henze (1985) (Guitar & orchestra)

Representative Contemporary Works for Piano

Contemporary Music for Piano

  1. Piano Phase – Steve Reich (1967) (Two pianos or solo piano with recording)

  2. Makrokosmos, Vol. I & II – George Crumb (1972–73) (Solo piano, extended techniques)

  3. Two Thoughts About the Piano – Elliott Carter (2005–06) (Solo piano)

  4. Darknesse Visible – Thomas Adès (1992) (Solo piano)

  5. Sonata for Piano – Pierre Boulez (1946–48) (Solo piano)

  6. Etudes for Piano – György Ligeti (1985–2001) (Solo piano)

  7. Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus – Olivier Messiaen (1944) (Solo piano)

  8. Musica Ricercata – György Ligeti (1951–53) (Solo piano)

  9. Concord Sonata – Charles Ives (1904–15, revised 1947) (Solo piano)

  10. Mists – Iannis Xenakis (1980) (Solo piano)

Representative Contemporary Works for String Instruments

Contemporary Music for Violin

  1. Sequenza VIII – Luciano Berio (1976) (Solo violin)

  2. Violin Concerto – György Ligeti (1990–92) (Violin & orchestra)

  3. Fratres – Arvo Pärt (1977) (Violin & piano or violin & orchestra)

  4. Violin Concerto – John Adams (1993) (Violin & orchestra)

  5. Passacaglia – Krzysztof Penderecki (1997) (Solo violin)

Contemporary Music for Viola

  1. Viola Concerto – Alfred Schnittke (1985) (Viola & orchestra)

  2. Sequenza VI – Luciano Berio (1967) (Solo viola)

  3. Viola Sonata – György Ligeti (1991–94) (Solo viola)

  4. Lachrymae, Op. 48 – Benjamin Britten (1950) (Viola & piano or viola & string orchestra)

  5. Viola Concerto – Krzysztof Penderecki (1983) (Viola & orchestra)

Contemporary Music for Cello

  1. Sonata for Solo Cello – Zoltán Kodály (1915) (Solo cello)

  2. Cello Concerto No. 1 – Witold Lutosławski (1970) (Cello & orchestra)

  3. Cello Concerto – Henri Dutilleux (1970) (Cello & orchestra)

  4. Omaramor – Osvaldo Golijov (1991) (Solo cello)

  5. Sacher Variations – Hans Werner Henze (1976) (Solo cello)

Contemporary Music for Double Bass

  1. Capriccio for Solo Double Bass – Krzysztof Penderecki (1980) (Solo double bass)

  2. Double Bass Concerto – Sofia Gubaidulina (1975) (Double bass & orchestra)

  3. Sonata for Double Bass and Piano – Paul Hindemith (1949) (Double bass & piano)

  4. Bass Trip – Pēteris Vasks (2003) (Solo double bass)

  5. Double Bass Concerto – Frank Proto (1977) (Double bass & orchestra)

Representative Contemporary Works for Stage Music

Contemporary Stage Music

  1. L’Amour de loin – Kaija Saariaho (2000)

  2. The Tempest – Thomas Adès (2004)

  3. Written on Skin – George Benjamin (2012)

  4. Three Tales – Steve Reich (2002)

  5. The Exterminating Angel – Thomas Adès (2016)

Representative Contemporary Works for Orchestral Music

Contemporary Orchestral Music 

  1. Atmosphères – György Ligeti (1961)

  2. Lontano – György Ligeti (1967)

  3. City Life – Steve Reich (1995)

  4. Asyla – Thomas Adès (1997)

  5. Turangalîla-Symphonie – Olivier Messiaen (1946–48)

Representative Contemporary Works for Wind Ensemble Music

Contemporary Wind Ensemble Music 

  1. Symphony No. 6 – Vincent Persichetti (1956)

  2. Lincolnshire Posy – Percy Grainger (1937)

  3. Music for Prague 1968 – Karel Husa (1968)

  4. Symphony No. 1 – John Corigliano (1988)

  5. Frozen Cathedral – John Mackey (2013)

Representative Contemporary Works for Choral Music

  1. ​1. Concerto for Choir – Alfred Schnittke (1984–85)

  2. Requiem – György Ligeti (1965)

  3. Cloudburst – Eric Whitacre (1995)

  4. Spem in Alium (reimagined version) – Thomas Adès (2006)

  5. The Veil of the Temple – John Tavener (2003)

Representative Contemporary Works for Vocal Music

Contemporary Vocal Music for Soprano

  1. Mysteries of the Macabre – György Ligeti (1992)

  2. Kafka-Fragmente – György Kurtág (1985–87)

  3. Sequenza III – Luciano Berio (1965)

  4. Circles – Luciano Berio (1960)

  5. Ancient Voices of Children – George Crumb (1970)

Contemporary Vocal Music for Alto

  1. Concerto for Mezzo-Soprano and Orchestra – Peter Eötvös (1998)

  2. La voix humaine – Francis Poulenc (1958)

  3. Omaramor – Osvaldo Golijov (1991)

  4. Arianna a Naxos – Alexander Goehr (1995)

  5. Sequenza V – Luciano Berio (1966)

Contemporary Vocal Music for Tenor

  1. Winter Words – Benjamin Britten (1953)

  2. Les Illuminations – Benjamin Britten (1939)

  3. Canticle III: Still Falls the Rain – Benjamin Britten (1954)

  4. Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings – Benjamin Britten (1943)

  5. Songs of Travel – Ralph Vaughan Williams (1901–04)

Contemporary Vocal Music for Bass

  1. Concerto for Bass Voice and Orchestra – Krzysztof Penderecki (1970)

  2. Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen – Gustav Mahler (1884–85)

  3. Songs and Proverbs of William Blake – Benjamin Britten (1965)

  4. Four Serious Songs, Op. 121 – Johannes Brahms (1896)

  5. Ariettes oubliées – Claude Debussy (1885–87)

Contemporary Vocal Music for Voice & Orchestra

  1. Le Marteau sans Maître – Pierre Boulez (1953–55)

  2. Concerto for Soprano and Orchestra – Hans Werner Henze (1993)

  3. Concerto for Mezzo-Soprano and Orchestra – Peter Eötvös (1998)

  4. Aventures – György Ligeti (1962)

  5. Kafka-Fragmente – György Kurtág (1985–87)

bottom of page