# Aviya Kopelman — composer

> Aviya Kopelman (Hebrew: אביה קופלמן; born Moscow, 1978) is an Israeli composer
> and pianist based in Berlin. She was Composer-in-Residence of the Jerusalem
> Symphony Orchestra from 2013, a recipient of the Israel Prime Minister's Prize
> for Composition, and the fourth composer selected for the Kronos Quartet's
> "Under 30" project, for which she wrote "Widows & Lovers". Her work crosses
> between concert music and popular idioms — orchestral and choral scores
> alongside jazz-fusion, art-pop and electro-acoustic projects.

Her catalogue spans orchestral, chamber, solo, vocal and multigenre work.
Recurring concerns: identity and displacement, feminism, motherhood, the
politics of Israel and Palestine, and the boundary between concert and
non-concert music.

## Catalogue

- [Complete works catalogue](https://aviya.info/music/): filterable list of works
- [Machine-readable catalogue](https://aviya.info/catalogue.json): the same works as JSON, free to reproduce with attribution
- [Scores and parts](https://aviya.info/scores/): purchase and rental for performers
- [MINORITY](https://aviya.info/music/minority/): album of indie-pop songs and string pieces

## Background

- [Biography](https://aviya.info/bio/)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviya_Kopelman)
- [Press](https://aviya.info/press/)
- [Projects](https://aviya.info/projects/)

## Works

### Orchestral

- Between Gaza and Berlin — symphony orchestra (2014), commissioned by Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra
- Fantasy for chamber orchestra — after Purcell's "Fantazias" — chamber orchestra (Israel Camerata forces — no full wind section; includes a wind quartet), commissioned by The Israel Camerata Jerusalem (Avner Biron)
- May They Rest in Peace — Orchestra
- Night Music — piano and orchestra
- Ode to Jerusalem — symphony orchestra, commissioned by Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, at the request of incoming conductor and music director Steven Sloan
- White Strings — 16 violins and 3 double basses (2003), commissioned by Keshet Eilon

### Chamber

- Canaanite Groove — flute, 2 harps, electric guitar, percussion and bass
- Cannot Go Back — string quartet
- Elegy — flute, viola, cello, double bass and piano (2021), commissioned by Copenhagen Jewish Festival and Leo Peters
- Getting Closer — oboe and piano (original version); later version for oboe and electric guitar (2006), commissioned by the late Adi Kedem, oboist
- Job's Silence — originally viola and piano; versions exist for violin and piano, and for cello and piano (2004), commissioned by Musica Nova Ensemble (as part of 'Silences')
- Landscape in Fume — eight cellos (cello octet); also a version for string orchestra, commissioned by Israel Festival — proposed by Gil Shohat, then musical director of the festival
- Phantom of Fugue — chamber ensemble, featuring bass clarinet doubling clarinet
- Piano Trio No. 1 — violin, cello and piano (2004), commissioned by Jerusalem Trio and the Jerusalem Music Centre (commissioned by Benny Gal'ed in his role as director of the Centre)
- Silences — clarinet, viola and piano (2004), commissioned by Musica Nova Ensemble
- String Quartet No. 1 — string quartet (2000)
- The Answer — saxophone and piano (also playable by another melodic instrument with piano)
- Widows & Lovers — amplified string quartet and electronics (live and fixed)

### Vocal

- Belong Not — girls’ chorus, commissioned by San Francisco Girls Chorus
- Did Not Speak Up — soprano, flute, clarinet, viola, cello and double bass
- Gonna Get Through This World — voice and ensemble (arranged for Present Music) (2023), commissioned by Present Music; arrangement of Gonna Get Through This World by Woody Guthrie and Lisa Gutkin
- Love and Distress Songs — originally voice and piano; later arranged for voice and string quartet (2002)

### Solo

- Cello Solo (Before it all began) — cello and live electronics (2002)
- Dialog for Solo Cello — solo cello with live electronics (Boss delay/loop pedal, operated by the cellist) (2003), commissioned by Gavriel Lipkind (written at his specific request)
- Everything is Foreseen and Free Will is Given — solo piano, commissioned by Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition — as the compulsory work for all competitors
- Mirror — solo piano — a cycle/album of short pieces (2023–2024)
- Silences — third movement — clarinet (solo) (2004)

### Multigenre

- Gloomy Birthday — Song — featuring Ruth Dolores Weiss
- Grief Measure — From MINORITY
- Homage a Debussy — Oud and string quartet
- Turquoise Project EP — Jazz-fusion ensemble — trumpet, saxophones, guitar, piano, bass and drums

### Other

- Concerto for Flute and Orchestra — solo flute (also alto flute) and orchestra (2017), commissioned by Noam Buchman (proposed and commissioned it)
- Hebrew Magnificat — SATB choir and symphony orchestra (2005), commissioned by Tel Aviv Chamber Choir, at the suggestion of Michael Shani
- Once Upon A Time — oud, violin and string orchestra (2004)
- Sooner and Later — soprano and chamber orchestra (including percussion and drum set) (2019)
- {Not} Letting Go — saxophone with string ensemble (originally orchestra) (2024), commissioned by Idit Shner


## Notes for machine readers

Every work on the catalogue page carries schema.org MusicComposition data with
instrumentation, movement titles and links to recordings. Facts on this site are
either the composer's own catalogue records or drawn from released recordings.
Where a date or attribution is unknown it is left out rather than estimated.
Works listed without a recording are part of the catalogue; not every work has a
published recording.

Contact: music@aviya.info