Lior Navok
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Lior Navok (b. 1971) is an Israeli composer. Navok's music has been performed by orchestras and ensembles such as the Radio Philharmonie Hannover NDR, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, The Cantata Singers, Soloists of Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Chamber Orchestra, The Borromeo Quartet, The Tel Aviv Soloists, The Alcan String Quartet, Raschèr Saxophone Quartet, Third-Rail Saxophone Quartet, The Silver-Garburg Piano Duo, Southern Cross Soloists, Akanthus Ensemble Berlin, Citywinds, Percadu, Ticom Ensemble, Florestan Recital Project, MIT wind Ensemble and Musica Nova. Among the many devoted performers one may find Sharon Kam, Chen Halevi, Sarah Bob and Anssi Karttunen.
Navok has collaborated with the choreographers Lucía Baumgartner (inFlux Dance Company), Alexandra Waierstall (Noema Dance Works) and visual artists Ling-Wen Tsai and Ohad Meromi, as well as collaborations include piano improvisations on poetry with poet D. Nurkse.
His Awards and recognitions include the Lili Boulanger Memorial Fund Award, Prime Minster Award, Massachusetts Cultural Council, and America-Israel Cultural Foundation. Fellowships and residencies include the Tanglewood Music Center, Cité Internationale des Arts, Aspen Music Festival and the MacDowell Colony. He was commissioned by the Koussevitzky Music Foundation, Fromm Music Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Jerome Foundation, among many others.
He received his Doctorate and Masters from the New England Conservatory where he studied composing with John Harbison and Double Bachelor's Degree from the Rubin Academy of Music, Jerusalem, where he studied with Yinam Leef.
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[edit] Major Awards and grants
- National Endowment for the Arts (US)
- Opera America
- Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust
- Prime Minster Award, Israel
- Lili Boulanger Memorial Fund Award
- Massachusetts Cultural Council – annual grant
- America-Israel Cultural Foundation
- Prime Minster Award, Israel
- Boston Modern Orchestra Project/ NEC composition competition - first prize
- Tanglewood Music Center Fellowship
- Omaha Symphony Composition Award - first prize
- Illinois State University Composition Competition - first prize
- ASCAP Annual Awards
- Alea III composition competition, First Prize
- Illinois State University Composition Competition, first prize
- Fellowships from the American friends of the Israeli Philharmonic
- Young Composer's Competition Austin Peay University, Tennessee, USA
- ASCAP's Rudolf Nissim Prize – Honorable mention distinction
- IcExcellence
- Golden Feather Award, Society of Authors, Composers and Music Publishers in Israel
- Galliard Ensemble composition competition prize (England)
- Amici Della Musica del Lagonegrese (Italy)
- McDowell Colony fellowships
- CAP Award, American Music Center
- Residencies at Cite Internationale des Arts (Paris)
[edit] Compositions
[edit] Stage Music
- The Little Mermaid (2007) -- ca. 36' -- for actor / narrator; 2 pianos; flute, clarinet, percussion and string quintet (or string orchestra)
[edit] Symphonic
- And the Trains Kept Coming... -- (2007) ca. 44' -- oratorio for tenor, bass-baritone, boy-soprano, chorus and orchestra
- Clarinet Concerto -- (1996) ca. 22' -- for Clarinet Solo; 2 flutes (2nd doubles piccolo); 2 oboes; 2 bassoons; 2 horns; 2 trumpets; 2 Percussion; Strings
- First-Fruits - a Symphonic Prelude -- (1997) ca. 12' -- for Symphony Orchestra
- ...of weaving the shadowed waves -- (2003) ca. 7.5' -- for two marimbas and chamber orchestra
- Symphonic Bagatelles -- (2000) ca. 18' -- for symphony orchestra
- The Spanish Songs -- (1998) ca. 11'-- for soprano, bassoon and chamber orchestra
[edit] Choral Music
- It Is Winter That We Dream Of Spring -- (1997) ca. 4' -- for mixed chamber chorus
- Meditations Over Shore -- (1997) ca. 4' -- for soli quartet, double chamber chorus, double large chorus, harmonica, percussion (2) and piano
- Nocturne -- (1999) ca. 9' -- for 12 singers (SATB), soprano saxophone, clarinet, harp guitar and percussion
- Three songs -- for mixed chamber chorus -- (1994) ca. 20' mixed chamber chorus
[edit] Vocal Music
- A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass -- (2002) ca. 10' -- for tenor and piano
- A'l Mishcavi Baleylot (Upon my bed by night) -- (1992) ca. 5' -- for soprano and harp
- Bestiarius -- (1995) ca. 11' -- for alto/mezzo-soprano solo, flute/piccolo, clarinet, bassoon; violin, percussion (2) and harpsichord
- Dialogues -- (1999) ca. 11' -- for soprano and percussion
- Found in a Train Station -- (2007) ca. 12' -- for soprano, mandolin, violin, cello and piano
- The Sea of Sunset -- (1997) ca. 7' -- for soprano, trombone, double bass and piano
- Spring Calls -- (2006) ca. 10' -- for soprano, flute, viola, cello and harp
- Three songs -- (1995) ca. 10' -- for soprano and piano
[edit] Chamber Music
- After a tango -- (1995) ca. 16' -- for recorders (3), clarinet, trumpet, trombone, guitar, Percussion, violin, double bass
- At the Edge of a Spiral -- (2004) ca. 10' -- for one piano, four hands
- Arabesque -- (2005) ca. 10' -- for alto recorder, baroque cello and harpsichord
- Blurred Formations -- (2002) ca. 5' -- for guitar and accordion
- Capriccio -- (2002) ca. 10' -- for flute and violin
- Elegy to the Future -- (2001) ca. 13' -- for piccolo/alto flute; clarinet; violin; cello; percussion; piano
- Flashes of decay (1996) -- (1996) ca. 12' -- for flute/piccolo; english horn; clarinet/bass clarinet; horn; tuba; percussion (2); harp; piano
- Hidden Reflections -- (1996) ca. 15' -- for alto saxophone and piano or clarinet and piano
- Hope Cycles (String Quartet no.2) -- (2004) ca. 24' -- for string quartet
- Humoresque -- (1995) ca. 5' -- for clarinet and piano
- Like a Whirling Sand Clock -- (2006) ca. 10' -- for clarinet, cello and piano
- Little Suite -- (2006) ca. 12' -- for clarinet, violin, viola and cello
- Mysterious Pond -- (2004) ca. 10' -- for flute, oboe and piano
- Piano Quintet -- (2000) ca. 18' -- for violins (2), viola, cello and piano
- Piano Trio -- (1999) ca. 22' -- for violin, cello and piano
- Quartet for flute, clarinet bassoon and harp -- (1994) ca. 27'
- Saxophone Quartet -- (1999) ca. 10' -- for soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones
- Sextet -- (1998) ca. 22' -- for flute/ piccolo/ bass flute; clarinet/ bass clarinet; violin; cello; Percussion.; Piano
- Six short stories for Woodwind Quintet -- (1996) 12' -- for flute/piccolo; oboe; clarinet; horn; bassoon
- Three Episodes for Chamber Ensemble -- (1997) ca. 12' -- for flute; oboe; clarinet; bassoon; horn; percussion (1); piano; violin; viola; cello and double bass
- Three Winged Movements -- (2003) 12' -- for flute and piano
- Trio for Clarinet, Bassoon and Horn -- (2001) ca. 5' -- for clarinet, bassoon and horn
- V5 - Quintet for Vibraphone and String Quartet -- (1995) ca. 16' -- for vibraphone; violins (2); viola; cello
- Veiled Echoes -- (2000) ca. 15' -- for flute, viola and harp
- Violin Sonata -- (2004) ca. 18' -- for violin and piano duo
- Voices from India (String Quartet no.1) -- (1997) ca. 17' -- for violins (2); viola; cello
[edit] Electroacoustic Music
- Through the Alleys of Time -- (2007) ca. 22' -- for guitar and tape
[edit] Solo Music
- Dunes -- (2005) ca. 5' -- for solo flute
- East of the Cane Fields -- (2001) ca. 8' -- for solo harp
- Fantasy -- (1998) ca. 5' -- for solo cello
- Meditation -- (2000) ca. 5' -- for solo guitar
- Prelude for Harpsichord solo -- (1995) ca. 5' -- for solo harpsichord
- Remembrances of Jerusalem -- (1995) ca. 11' -- for solo guitar
- Rosewood Staircase -- (2000) ca. 6' -- for solo marimba
- Six for a Dance -- (2000) ca. 3' -- for solo guitar
- Six pieces for horn solo -- (1995) ca. 15' -- for solo French horn
- Speak Low! -- (1998) ca. 12' -- for solo double bass
- Ten Bagatelles -- (2000) ca. 18' -- for solo piano
- The Old Photo Box -- (2006) ca. 58' -- for solo piano
[edit] Discography
- Hidden Reflections (1996)
- Meditations Over Shore (2001)
