Jan Freidlin
{{Short description|Russian composer and pianist}}
Jan Freidlin (Hebrew: יאן פריידלין; Russian: Ян (Яков) Михайлович Фрейдлин; born 12 August 1944) is a Russian composer and pianist. He has composed pieces for solo instruments (primarily piano), chamber groups and orchestras. He has also written music for films and television, such as The Summer has Begun.
Biography
Freidlin was born on 12 August 1944{{Cite web |title=Jan Freidlin |url=https://data.carnegiehall.org/names/1013186/about |access-date=11 December 2022 |website=data.carnegiehall.org}} in Chita, Siberia.{{Cite web |title=Jan Freidlin |url=http://www.classicalmusicnow.com/freidlin.htm |access-date=11 November 2022 |website=www.classicalmusicnow.com}} He moved to Odesa and studied piano performance, composition and music theory at the Odesa Music College. Under A. Kogan, Freidlin studied music theory and composition at the Odesa Conservatory, graduating in 1971.{{Cite web |title=Jan Freidlin {{!}} Israel Music Institute |url=https://www.imi.org.il/Jan-Freidlin-Israel-Music-Institute |access-date=12 November 2022 |website=www.imi.org.il}}File:Одеса 189115.JPG
Freidlin stayed in Odesa for some time after completing his studies. In 1974, Freidlin joined the USSR's Union of Russian Composers, an organisation created in 1932 by Joseph Stalin. During his time in Odesa, Freidlin also served as the Artistic Director and Principal conductor of the local Odesa Philharmonic Society Jazz Orchestra. From 1974 until his emigration to Israel, Freidlin was the head of the Music Theory and Composition section of the School of Stolyarsky, a music college established by Pyotr Stolyarsky.
In 1990, Freidlin emigrated to Israel and began teaching at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance in Tel Aviv. He continued at this post for three years. From then until the present, Freidlin has been teaching composition at the Levinsky College of Music.{{Cite web |last=Eales |first=Andrew |date=6 February 2017 |title=Jan Freidlin: Four Stories |url=https://pianodao.com/2017/02/06/jan-freidlin-four-stories/ |access-date=11 November 2022 |website=Pianodao |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=11 February 2014 |title=Jan Freidlin |url=https://informace.rozhlas.cz/jan-freidlin-8034577 |access-date=11 November 2022 |website=Informace o Českém rozhlase |language=cs}}
Selected compositions
Freidlin has written for various groups and ensembles. He has composed five symphonies, a ballet, some concertos and many pieces for solo instruments and chamber groups. Freidlin has also composed soundtracks for seven motion pictures, over 25 theatrical shows and several television shows.
- Four Stories – character pieces for piano, used for the ABRSM Grade 7 exam list{{Cite book |last= |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1344281083 |title=Piano exam pieces : ABRSM grade 7 : selected from the 2023 & 2024 syllabus. |date=2022 |publisher=Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music |isbn=978-1-78601-460-3 |location=London |oclc=1344281083}}
- Guernica – a ballet
- Letters From Arles – in six movements for guitar{{Cite journal |last=Caluda |first=Glenn |date=1997 |title=Letters From Arles |journal=The American Music Teacher |volume=47 |issue=1 |pages=75–76}}
- Mist Over the Lake – for guitar and clarinet{{Cite journal |last=Caluda |first=Glenn |date=2000 |title=Mist Over the Lake |journal=The American Music Teacher |volume=49 |issue=6 |pages=98–99}}
- Poem of Contrasts – commissioned by the IPO in 2007
- Romantic Concerto for Trombone, Piano and Strings{{Cite journal |last=Edwards |first=Brad |date=January 2019 |title=Romantic Concerto for Trombone, Piano and Strings |journal=ITA Journal |volume=47 |issue=1 |page=61}}
- Sonata in 3 visions – written and used especially for the 1998 International Harp Contest.{{Cite web |title=Sonata in Three Visions Jan Freidlin {{!}} harp solo {{!}} Scores |url=https://www.imi.org.il/Sonata-in-Three-Visions-Jan-Freidlin-harp-solo-Scores |access-date=11 November 2022 |website=www.imi.org.il}}
References
External links
- [https://www.dohr.de/autor/freidlin.htm Published works with Dohr Edition]
- [https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0293973/?ref_=m_ttfcd_cr1 Jan Freidlin at IMDb (under name Yan Freydlin)]
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Category:Russian male composers