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Rachel Beja
Israeli composer born 3 November 1984.
Rachel Beja studied composition with Gabriele Manca at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan, graduating with a Master’s in composition with highest honours in 2018. She has also participated in numerous masterclasses, notably with Pierluigi Billone.
In 2018 and 2019, she was commissioned by the Milan Festival to compose two theatrical works. In 2019, she received commissions from the Milan Conservatory for a saxophone concerto and from Divertimento Ensemble for three new works: for voice, for cello, and for ensemble (11 performers).
In 2020, she was commissioned by the UniMi Orchestra (Milan) and was awarded a prize in the Hertzbreed Competition. She was also announced as the winner of the Hertzbreakerz “The Mechanics of Breath” Competition in Sweden, for which she received a commission for a new work for clarinet and accordion. In 2021, she was selected by Quartet121 (based in New York) in a call-for-scores.
Beja’s works have been performed in North America, Europe, and the Middle-East by ensembles such as Ensemble Modern, Schallfeld, Divertimento, Multilatérale, Tana Quartet, 121 Quartet, The Israel Contemporary Players, Mdi, Mise-en Ensemble, and the Heather Roche/Eva Zöllner Duo.
She currently lives in Milan.
© Ircam-Centre Pompidou,
Sources
Rachel Beja ; Ircam.
- Solo (excluding voice)
- Adva for tenor saxophone (2018)
- E tutto ciò che ha un interno, chiede le imposte ed entra caprice for violin (2018)
- L'aria, la distanza e la realtà for cello (2019)
- Chamber music
- Green Flash for quintet (2016)
- Before I was born for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello and percussion (2017)
- A Toi Benares for two violins, viola, two cellos and double bass (2018)
- Da orecchio a orecchio for flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin and cello (2018)
- Petrichor for bass clarinet and accordion (2020)
- elec ircam Frammenti di memoria abolita for daf, violin, viola, cello and electronics (2021), 15 mn about [program note]
- Punti invisibili di contatto for string quartet (2021)
- Instrumental ensemble music
- Meozen leozen for orchestra (2018)
- Finché si sente la sabbia for ensemble (2019)
- Il nome del luogo si chiama mondo, sulla via della scomparsa for orchestra (2021)
- Untitled for orchestra (2021)
- Concertant music
- Sui viali su cui camminiamo, la fiamma copre ciò che siamo, la primavera concerto for alto saxophone and orchestra (2019)
- Vocal music and instrument(s)
- My lips speaks a different tongue for soprano, clarinet, horn and percussion (2016)
- elec L'Asta Mensile for soprano, cello and electronics (2018)
- Penombra for soprano, tenor and Lamiera HN (2019)
- A cappella vocal music
- Miat Mi Ata for soprano (2019)
- 2021
- elec ircam Frammenti di memoria abolita for daf, violin, viola, cello and electronics, 15 mn about [program note]
- Il nome del luogo si chiama mondo, sulla via della scomparsa for orchestra
- Punti invisibili di contatto for string quartet
- Untitled for orchestra
- 2020
- Petrichor for bass clarinet and accordion
- 2019
- Finché si sente la sabbia for ensemble
- L'aria, la distanza e la realtà for cello
- Miat Mi Ata for soprano
- Penombra for soprano, tenor and Lamiera HN
- Sui viali su cui camminiamo, la fiamma copre ciò che siamo, la primavera concerto for alto saxophone and orchestra
- 2018
- A Toi Benares for two violins, viola, two cellos and double bass
- Adva for tenor saxophone
- Da orecchio a orecchio for flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin and cello
- E tutto ciò che ha un interno, chiede le imposte ed entra caprice for violin
- elec L'Asta Mensile for soprano, cello and electronics
- Meozen leozen for orchestra
- 2017
- Before I was born for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello and percussion
- 2016
- Green Flash for quintet
- My lips speaks a different tongue for soprano, clarinet, horn and percussion
Liens internet
- Site de Rachel Beja : https://www.rachelbeja.com/
- Page SoundCloud de Rachel Beja : https://soundcloud.com/rachel-beja
(liens vérifiés en février 2022).