Concertos : Cyr / Metropolis Ensemble, Avital, etc

AVNER DORMAN (1975-)
Concertos for Mandolin, Piccolo, Piano and Concerto Grosso

Avi Avital - mandolin
Mindy Kaufman - piccolo
Eliran Avni - piano
Metropolis Ensemble / Andrew Cyr

Recorded 10/2007

A graduate of the Juilliard School, where he earned a Doctorate in Composition, and a protege of John Corigliano and Zubin Mehta, award-winning Avner Dorman is emerging as one of the leading composers of his generation. His music has been championed by many of the world’s finest conductors. The diverse concertos presented here combine the excitement and spontaneity associated with jazz, rock or ethnic music within an engaging neo-baroque idiom. Dorman writes: ‘I have always loved baroque music…the clear rhythms, the strong reliance on the bass, and the extreme contrasts.’ Avner Dorman’s piano music is available on Naxos 8.579001. ( NAXOS )