Leon Gurvitch
Leon Gurvitch (* 1979 in Minsk ) is a Belarusian composer , pianist and conductor .
Live and act
Gurvitch studied oboe, conducting and classical piano at the music college in his native city; at the age of 19 he founded his first jazz band there. From 1993 to 2000 he played there at the Russian Drama Theater and in 1999 co-founded the Minsk Jazz Orchestra. Since 2001 he has been living freelance in Hamburg. In 2000 he founded the Leon Gurvitch Jazz Project , with which he introduced Klezmer in contemporary jazz arrangements , toured internationally and also presented himself at Jazzahead in 2013 . Between 2004 and 2006 he led the Hamburg big band The Openers . Since 2004 he has been a lecturer at the Johannes Brahms Conservatory in Hamburg , whose orchestra he has directed since 2007. In 2011 he conducted the world premiere of the dance opera Les Enfants Terribles by Phil Glass .
Gurvitch has written numerous compositions. His Sonata for oboe & piano was also performed at the Paris oboe festival . Young musicians from Germany, Russia and the Ukraine have performed his work 5 Dances in Old Style for string orchestra under the direction of Anna Skryleva in the German Federal Council, among others.
He also has with Vladimir Chekassin . Frank London , Carlos Bica , Omar Rodriguez Calvo , Nicolas Simion , Burhan Öçal , Wanja Slavin , Detlev Beier , Vladimir Karparov , Diego Piñera , Lucía Martínez Alonso and Paul Brody .
Prizes and awards
Gurvitch was awarded the international Golden Hanukkia Prize for Composition in Berlin in 2006 . In 2015 he was nominated for HANS - Der Hamburger Musikpreis in the category "Musician of the Year".
Discographic notes
- Eldorado (Morgenland, 2009; with Frank London, Inna Vysotska, Vladimir Karparov , Omar Rodriguez Calvo , Dimitris Christides)
- Remember Me (Morgenland, 2013; solo)
Participation in compilations
- 2011: Budzma! Tuzin. Perasagruzka-2 (with the song Акіян у цішы )
Web links
- Web presence
- Biographical entry ( memento from November 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- Interview in the daily newspaper , November 6, 2011
Individual evidence
- ↑ Дмитрий Подберезский: Leon Gurvich ( ru ) ej.by. Archived from the original on March 4, 2020. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
- ↑ Intern. Musical youth exchange 2015, young people make music together for peace
- ↑ Meeting (AllAboutJazz)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gurvitch, Leon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belarusian composer, pianist and conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Minsk |