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Lior Navok -
Classical Music Composer |
| IcExcellence chosen artist 2003-2004 |
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"Navok, who obviously has a fabulous ear for orchestration is clearly a major talent who we will hear more from in coming years."
"...The piece is colorful, haunting, accomplished and exciting."
The Boston Globe
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Born in 1972, Lior Navok has already had his music performed in the United States, Europe, Israel and Mexico by numerous prestigious orchestras and ensembles, including the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Tanglewood Festival Orchestra and Omaha Symphony Orchestra, as well as the Rasch'r Saxophone Quartet, Collage New Music and Alea III.
Lior holds a Doctor's degree in Composition from the New England Conservatory of Music, where he studied composition with John Harbison and conducting with Tamara Brooks. He earned a double Bachelor's degree in Classical Composition and Orchestral Conducting from the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem, studying composition with Yinam Leef.
Lior has released two highly acclaimed CDs: Hidden Reflections and Meditations Over Shore. Well-received by critics, these CDs are frequently broadcast worldwide. Navok's pieces have also been performed in such celebrated festivals as Tanglewood (US), Aspen (US), Begegnungen (Austria), Manuel Enriquez (Mexico), Internationaler Zelt Musik Festival (Germany), Greensboro (US), and halls such as Carnegie Recital Hall, Jordan Hall and the Berlin Dom.
Awards and Fellowships
Mr. Navok has received numerous awards, including the Lily Boulanger Award, Prime Minister's Award (Israel), Massachusetts Cultural Council, Golden Feather Award (Society of Authors, Composers and Music Publishers in Israel), America-Israel Cultural Foundation grants, and fellowships from the Tangelwood Music Center, Aspen Music Festival, and McDowell Colony, among many others.
His busy composing schedule includes compositions for diverse orchestras, ensembles and performers. Recent commissions include the Fromm Music Foundation, American Composers Forum, Florestan Recital Project, Collage New Music and a consortium of twenty US wind ensembles (including MIT, New England Conservatory, Harvard, and Yale).
IcExcellence is supporting Lior in tailor-made artistic programs, and providing special career advancement consulting.
For more information and to sample Lior's compositions, please visit www.liornavok.com
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| "The music is dreamy and utterly gorgeous" |
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"...This work is a real winner in every sense of the word. Navok shows considerable technical command in this solid, well-grounded work, which has a real sense of identity and presence."
Omaha World-Herald
"Sensuous orchestration. . . A longer song cycle from this young composer certainly would be welcome."
The Boston Herald
"Lior Navok is a young Israeli composer with a knack for creating haunting melodies and a command of orchestration that belies his years."
Sequenza 21
"Navok's new CD is the work of a serious artist who isn't averse to seducing the ear and touching the heart....Navok leads a subtle, atmospheric performance."
Classical Music Review
"Navok is a talented composer whose music deserves far wider recognition."
Classical Net
"Brilliant!"
Haaretz
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