Boris Yoffe
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Boris Yoffe is a Russian-born Israeli composer, resident of Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe
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, Germany.

Biography

Boris Yoffe initially studied violin but turned to composing early, premiering his first works in the St. Petersburg Philharmonie in 1983.

He emigrated to Israel before the break-up of Soviet Union, and completed his composition studies at the Rubin Academy of Music at Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University
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. Later he moved to Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe
The City of Karlsruhe is a city in the southwest of Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border.Karlsruhe was founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, when Germany was a series of principalities and city states...

, Germany
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 to study with Wolfgang Rihm
Wolfgang Rihm
Wolfgang Rihm is a German composer.Rihm is Head of the Institute of Modern Music at the Karlsruhe Conservatory of Music and has been composer in residence at the Lucerne Festival and the Salzburg Festival...

 in 1997. Around that time, the composer began composing a series of short one-page pieces for string quartet. These were given a performance at ZKM in Karlsruhe in May 2003 and recorded on the ECM label.

His wife is the pianist Angela Yoffe.

Links

  • Poems form the Book of Quartets on YouTube
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