Jorge Liderman

Jorge Liderman (born November 16, 1957 in Buenos Aires , † February 3, 2008 in San Francisco ) was an American composer.

Liderman studied at the Rubin Music Academy in Jerusalem with Mark Kopytman and at the University of Chicago with Shulamit Ran and Ralph Shapey . Since 1989 he has taught at the University of California at Berkeley . Liderman's compositions received international attention and were among others. a. played in Mexico, Germany and the UK. For the guitarist David Tanenbaum he composed the Waking Dances and Swirling Streams (2002). In 1992 his opera Antigona furiosa was performed at the Munich Biennale . His compositions Aires de Sefarad (2001), Song of Songs (2004) and Shir ha Sharim (1986) are based on texts from the Old Testament .

On February 3, 2008, Liderman fell under a local train in San Francisco. The next day the Chamber Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra Furthermore , which he had composed for Carla Kihlstedt and the San Francisco Chamber Contemporary Music Players , was premiered by them at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts .

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SURNAME	Liderman, Jorge
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American composer
DATE OF BIRTH	November 16, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH	Buenos Aires
DATE OF DEATH	February 3, 2008
Place of death	San Francisco