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— 2021 —

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The Praetorius Projekt and "Ode to Time" broadcast on WDR 3 Konzert

On the 400 Jubilee of early 17th century German composer, Michael Praetorius, a new project, initiated by Stefan Heucke, premieres piano works by 24 international composers, especially composed for this occasion.

The concert was recorded by WDR 3 on November 1st and will be broadcast on December 2nd, including Hochman's "Ode to Time" for piano.

 

WDR 3 Konzert

December 2nd | 8:04PM | Details

 

 

Kammerorchester Balingen plays Hochman's  "Nedudim" ("Wanderings") and "A Voice in the Wilderness"

Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohn, Ouvertüre in C-Dur
Paul Ben-Haim, Three Songs without Words
Gilad Hochman, Nedudim Fantasia Concertante für Mandoline  und Streichorchester
Gilad Hochman, A Voice on the Wilderness
Maurice Ravel, Kaddish aus Deux Mélodies hébraïques

Alon Sariel, solo mandolin

Kammerorchester Balingen

Dietrich Schöller-Manno, conductor

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November 21st | Details – POSTPONED (Covid-19)

 

"Ode to Time" for piano premiered in Bochum as part of the Praetorius Projekt
On the 400 Jubilee of early 17th century German composer, Michael Praetorius, a new project, initiated by Stefan Heucke, premieres piano works by 24 international composers, especially composed for this occasion.
The works – including Hochman's "Ode to Time" – all relate to "Pavane de Spaigne" by French violinist and composer Pierre-Francisque Caroubel and M. Praetorius (1610).

 

Melanchthonkirche, Bochum, Germany

November 1st | 6PM | Details


Magdalena Łapaj-Jagow plays "Monologue" for saxophone solo

Martinikirche Münster, Germany

October 30th | 7:30PM | Details | Program

 

Amit Dubester plays Hochman's "Monologue" for saxophone solo at DAVOS FESTIVAL
The festival's second concert features works for saxophone and cello by Hochman, Bach and Gubaidulina in a unique program titled "Frau Bach im Museum".

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Amit Dubester, Saxophon

Friedrich Thiele, Violoncello

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Kirchner Museum Davos, Switzerland

August 8th | 11AM | Details

 

VIII Stockholm International Music Competition
Congratulations to two young winners of the VIII Stockholm International Music Competition, who won first prizes playing Hochman's works!

Magdalena Szczęsna (Poland)
1st Prize, Saxophone group D, No. 294
Teacher: Tomasz Kajkowski
• Gilad Hochman. “Monologue” - LISTEN

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Titus Paulsons Johansson (Sweden)
2nd Prize, Cello group C, No. 212
Teacher: Peter Schöning
• G. Hochman. Rhapsody for Cello Solo - LISTEN

Hochman's "Creation Septet" on Kol Hamusica

Hochman's "Creation Septet" for soprano and ensemble, on texts from the Book of Genesis, will be featured on Israel's classical music radio in a program by Uri Golomb on the theme of "Creation".

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Agam Englard-Saar, soprano
Mira Meerovich, clarinet
Moshe Aharonov-Sarouk, violin
AnastasiaTomer Denisov, viola
Udi Weber, cello
Danny Felsteiner Mekori, contrabass
Dan Moshayev, percussion
Itay Saporta Eksten, conductor

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May 17th | 8PM (GMT+2) | Listen to program

"Whom My Soul Loveth" on Kol Hamusica

Hochman's work for cello and choir, on texts from the biblical book of Song of Songs, will be featured on Israel's classical music radio in a program by Itay Beiner.

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Aachener Kammerchor
Walter Mengler - solo cello
Martin te Laak - conductor

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April 9th | 4PM (GMT+2) | Listen to program

XII Savshinsky International Music Competition
Young saxophonist, Magdalena Szczęsna (Poland), wins 1st prize with her interpretation of Hochman's "Monologue" at the XII Savshinsky International Music Competition (D age category) in Saint Petersburg, Russia,

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February 5th | Details

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Transmigration: "Prayer Without Words" released in a new compilation by 'Lullabies For Insomniacs'

Hochman's work for Harp and Saxophone (Soprano), performed by Jerusalem Duo, has been chosen for a new compilation by the independent music label, which seeks to present a range of musical creations that echo our time. The digital compilation's proceeds are dedicated to the humanitarian organization Samos Volunteers.

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February 5th | Details

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Hochman is to take part as Guest Composer at the International Saxophone Academy (USA)

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January 16th | Details

 

— 2020 —
 

New work for Klang Dimension duo

A second work for Harp and Saxophone (Alto) has been commissioned by the Munich-based duo Klang Dimension –Martina Holler (Harp) and Hermann Rid (Saxophone) – and will be premiered in 2021.

The piece comes following Hochman's first duo for Harp and Saxophone (Soprano), "Prayer Without Words", which has been commissioned by the Kunstmuseum Bochum in 2018.

 

The 20th day of Chorbiennale Aachen's Advent Calendar is marked with Hochman's "Szymborska" for women's ensemble, composed and performed  by Ensemble Sirenot.

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December 20th | Details

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"Heritage" (album) on Deutschlandfunk Kultur with cantor Azi Schwartz, the RIAS Kammerchor and Hochman's "Sim Shalom" ("Grant Peace")

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July 21st-22nd | 00:05AM | Details

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Watch the Jerusalem Symphony play "A Voice in the Wilderness" on its Season Finale

The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of conductor Guy Feder, performs Hochman's orchestral work "A Voice in the Wilderness" at its season finale. The piece, inspired by Israel's desert landscapes was composed after a poem by renowned author Nava Semel.

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The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra

Guy Feder, conductor

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The Henry Crown Symphony Hall, Jerusalem Theater, Israel

July 8th | 8PM | Details | Watch

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Worldwide release of "Monologue" for Saxophone Solo on all major digital music platforms, played by Joël Versavaud

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March 20th | iMusician Digital | Play

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"Prayer without Words" played at the Bensheim-Auerbach Synagogue

Hochman's work for Soprano Saxophone and Harp will be performed by the acclaimed Jerusalem Duo, as part of their program "PREMIERE" in a concert held by the Auerbacher Synagogenverein.

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Jerusalem Duo - "PREMIERE"

Andre Tsirlin - saxophone

Hila Ofek - Harp

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Bensheim-Auerbach Synagogue, Bachgasse 28, Germany

March 11th | 7:30PM | Details

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"Brief Memories" played in Munich

Hochman's String Trio "Brief Memories" will be played, led by violinist Joe Rappaport, alongside works by Józef Koffler and Gideon Klein, as part of a lecture by Prof. Dr. Johannes Heil (Rector of the Hochschule für jüdische Studien, Heidelberg) about "Jewish past and future in Germany".

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Józef Koffler, string trio op. 10 a-Moll (1928)

Gideon Klein, string trio (Theresienstadt, 1944)

Gilad Hochman, Brief Memories for string trio (2004)

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Herz-Jesu-Kirche, Munich, Germany

March 8th | 6:00PM | Details

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ICO plays Hochman's "A Voice in the Wilderness"

The Israel Chamber Orchestra, led by its artistic director, Ariel Zuckermann, will perform Hochman's orchestral work "A Voice in the Wilderness" as part of the "All Roads Lead to Rome" program.

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Beethoven "The Coriolan Overture", op. 62

Chopin Piano concerto no. 2 in F minor, op. 21

Gilad Hochman "A Voice in the Wilderness" for chamber orchestra

Mendelssohn Symphony no. 4 ("Italian") in A Major, op. 90

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Israel Chamber Orchestra

Ariel Zuckermann, conductor

Alexander Korsantia, piano

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January 8th, 9th, 11th | Details EN/HE (pg. 17)

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— 2019 —

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Jerusalem Duo plays "Prayer without Words"

Hochman's work for Soprano Saxophone and Harp will be performed at the Chamber Visits concert series in Kfar Blum (Israel) by the acclaimed Jerusalem Duo, following its World Premiere at the Kunstmuseum Bochum in Germany.

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Jerusalem Duo

Andre Tsirlin - saxophone

Hila Ofek - Harp

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The Clore for Music and Dance Center, Kfar Blum, Israel

December 30th | 7:30PM | Details

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New work for Park Avenue Synagogue

Hochman's song on Psalm 30, commissioned by Park Avenue Synagogue in NYC, is to be premiered by Cantor Azi Schwartz and Artistic Director Colin Fowler.

Details TBA

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"Brief Memories" played at Tel Aviv Museum of Art

Hochman's String Trio "Brief Memories" is to be performed by some of Israel's finest musicians as part of Po'em BaLev vivid concert series, dedicated to Israeli art music.

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Natasha Sher, violin

Miriam Manasherov, viola

Zvi Plesser, cello

Hadas Fabrikant, artistic direction

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Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Asia Auditorium, Israel

December 14th | 8:30PM | Details

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"Brief Memories" played at Forest Hills Chamber Music Series

Hochman's String Trio "Brief Memories" is to be performed at the 1st concert of the new Forest Hills Chamber Music Series, led by cellist Ari Evan, alongside String Trios by Jean Françaix and Beethoven.

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Ruben Rengel, violin

Tanner Menees, viola

Ari Evan, cello

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Reform Temple of Forest Hills

71-11 112th St., Forest Hills, NY 11375, USA

November 17th | 2PM | Details

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Greg Williams plays "Akeda" in NY and Berlin

American violist Greg Williams presents a solo program including Günter Raphael's viola sonatas, Anthony Green and Hochman's "Akeda" ("The Binding of Isaac") for solo viola in New York and in Berlin's Piano Salon Christophori.

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Greg Williams, viola

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Piano Salon Christophori, Berlin, Germany

September 24th | 8PM | Details

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Custer Observatory and Institute, NY, USA

October 12th | 7PM | Details

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"Legacy" on a new DVD and TV broadcast

The documentary film "Nachlass" ("Legacy") by Christoph Hübner and Gabriele Voss, featuring music by Gilad Hochman, is released as DVD and is to be aired on German TV channel 3sat.

 

September 2nd | Details

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New Video: Cantor Azi Schwartz and RIAS Kammerchor Berlin singing Hochman's "Sim Shalom" ("Grant Peace") for cantor and mixed choir

July 19th 

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"Hochman's exciting music is recommended throughout!"

Germany's choral music journal, Chorzeit - das Vokalmagazin, reviews three of Hochman's works.

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July 1st | Read

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"Monologue" for Saxophone played in Thailand

Hochman's "Monologue" for Saxophone Solo played at the Chiang Mai Ginastera International Music Festival and Prize Winners Concert in Thailand by Zen P. Tanwattana (Silver Medalist).

June 15th | Watch (1:28:20)

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Music, When Soft Voices Die: Cambridge Chamber Singers perform Hochman's "Beyond Nine Lakes" 

Hochman's work for mixed choir - winner of the 20th Annual Cambridge Chamber Singers Composition Competition - was chosen out of over 450 works and will be performed under CCS's Music Director, Dr. Raymond Fahrner, in two concerts on May 11th and 12th. Details

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Hochman's Three Episodes played in Bangkok

Kun Yothaprasert plays Hochman's work for solo saxophone as part of his Junior Saxophone Recital at the Professor Trungjai Buranasomphop Recital Hall, Faculty of Music, Silpakorn University. Details

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Interview to Göteborg's K103

Gilad Hochman interviews to the Swedish student radio program 'Not So Fucking Classical' hosted by Jakob Glans. Featuring: 

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― 90 Sec's for soprano-saxophone / melodic instrument
Andre Tsirlin - alto saxophone
― Slightly Disturbed monodrama for violin, clarinet and cello
Moshe Aharonov-Sarouk - violin, Jonathan Hadas - clarinet, Dan Weinstein - cello
― Quest for tenor-saxophone and piano
Reut Livnat - tenor saxophone, Victor Stanislavsky - piano
― Whom My Soul Loveth for cello and choir

Aachener Kammerchor. Martin te Laak - conductor, Walter Mengler - solo cello

 

April 23rd & 30th | 8:30PM (CEST) | Listen to program

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New release on Naxos Music Library

The 2018 Intimacy of Creativity concerts in Hong Kong, performed by pianist Yael Manor and the Israeli Chamber Project - including Hochman's Shedun Fini for clarinet, cello and piano - have now been released Naxos Digital Music Library.

 

April 8th | Watch concert

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Hochman's "Creation Septet" on Kol Hamusica

Dvořák's Piano Quintet No. 2 and Hochman's "Creation Septet" for soprano and ensemble, on texts from the Book of Genesis, will be featured in a program by Tamara Balter on Israel's classical music radio.

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Agam Englard-Saar, soprano
Mira Meerovich, clarinet
Moshe Aharonov-Sarouk, violin
AnastasiaTomer Denisov, viola
Udi Weber, cello
Danny Felsteiner Mekori, contrabass
Dan Moshayev, percussion
Itay Saporta Eksten, conductor

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March 17th | 2PM (GMT+2) | Listen to program

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"Prayer of the Living" for choir recorded

The piece, Elegy and Canon for choir, bringing together Latin and Hebrew liturgical texts, was commissioned and performed by Kammerchor Hannover under conductor Stephan Doormann for the 2013 International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Its new recording by the Kammerchor Hannover will be available during April 2019.

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A new Harpsichord work recorded

"In Pursuit of..." for solo Harpsichord (2018), composed for pianist and Harpsichord player Hagai Yodan, is released in a WP recording as part of the ICMP.

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February 20th | Listen

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"Nachlass" continued screenings in Germany

The award-winning documentary film "Nachlass" ("Legacy") by Christoph Hübner and Gabriele Voss, featuring music by Gilad Hochman, continues its screenings in cinemas throughout Germany, after being presented in several renowned film festivals during the previous year. 

The film focuses on the second and third generation of German perpetrators after the Holocaust | Details

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Hochman's "Shedun Fini" on Kol Hamusica

Israel's classical music radio and Dr. Uri Golomb dedicate a full program surrounding F. Schubert's music, featuring Hochman's 'Shedun Fini' for clarinet, cello and piano - an hommage to Schubert's Symphony in B minor ('Unfinished').

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BOVIARTrio

Daniel Bollinger, clarinet

Julian Arp, cello

Gerhard Vielhaber, piano

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January 31st | 9AM (GMT+2) | Listen to program

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"Night Winds" for soprano and piano recorded 

Hochman's award-winning vocalise, composed for soprano Dana Marbach and pianist Hagai Yodan, will be released during the first half of 2019 as part of the ICMP.

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January 15th | Details

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Music Theory Forum presentation

Hochman speaks about his music practices and compositions in front of The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance's Music Theory Forum.

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January 2nd | 2:30PM | Details

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