Jan Freidlin

Jan Freidlin (Hebrew: יאן פריידלין; Ukrainian: Ян Михайлович Фрейдлін) is a Soviet (Ukrainian SSR) and Israeli composer. He is the author of works for solo instruments, ensembles and orchestras, as well as music for film and television.

Biography Jan Freidlin was born on 12 August 1944 in Chita. Already in 1946, at the age of two, he moved with his family to Odesa (Ukraine) — a city that would become Freidlin’s home for the next 44 years of his life. Here he began studying piano at the Glazunov Music School No.2, in the class of Maria Isaakovna Horvits. After graduating, he enrolled in the Odesa Music College (1959–1963), where he studied piano performance, composition, and music theory. Later, under the guidance of A. Kogan, he continued his studies in composition and music theory at the Odesa State Conservatory (1965-1971). thumb From 1974 to 1990, Freidlin was the head of the Music theory department at the School of Stolyarsky, a Special Music School in Odesa established by Pyotr Stolyarsky. He also served as the Artistic director and Principal conductor of the Odesa Philharmonic Theatre Jazz Orchestra. for flute, violin, violoncello and piano. 1982 Chamber music Theatre of Beranger, cycle for voice, violin, cello and piano. 1982 Chamber music Spring Games, for flute, 2 string orchestras and percussions. 1983 Orchestra Sonata in Three Letters, for violin and piano. 1983 Chamber music Strophes of Sappho, five postludes for harp / for guitar. 1983 Harp/Guitar solo Symphony No.2 1984 Orchestra Three Serenades, for piano. 1984 Piano solo Ballet Mystery “Guernica”, for flute, violin, cello, piano and synthesizer. 1984 Ballet Seven Landscapes, for piano. 1985 Piano solo Gothic Stained Glass Windows, chamber concerto for flute, string quartet and piano in 3 vitrages. 1985 Chamber music Symphony No.3 1986 Orchestra Immersion, Meditation for piano. 1986 Piano solo Cello Sonata "in memory of my Father", for cello and piano. 1986 Chamber music Lullaby to Vita, for piano. 1986-2021 Piano solo String Rhapsody, for chamber / string orchestra. 1987 Orchestra String Rhapsody (to Alexander Rovenko) 1987 Orchestra Prelude, Choral & Toccata, for two pianos. 1987 Chamber music Munch Sonata, for violin and cello. 1987-2023 Chamber music The Glass Beads Games, 5 meditations to words by H. Hesse for voice, cello, piano and synthesizer. 1988 Chamber music Piano Concerto No.2 , for piano and orchestra in 5 Pictures. 1988 Orchestra Double Concerto, for violin, piano and string orchestra. 1988 Orchestra A Little Morning Music, for two violins. 1989 Chamber music Reflections, for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, string quartet and piano. 1993 Chamber music Twilight Music, for flute, violin and piano. 1994 Chamber music Cello Concerto, for cello, string orchestra and vibraphone. 1994 Orchestra Letters From Arles, for guitar. 1994 Guitar solo The Flute's Day, for flute. 1995 Flute solo August Morning, cycle for women's choir to words by Machi Tawara in Hebrew. 1995 Choir Autumn Ballade, for violin and piano. 1995 Chamber music Piano Trio No.2, for violin, cello and piano (in memory of Andrey Tarkovsky). 1995 Chamber music Sonata in Three Visions, for harp. 1996 Harp solo Enigma, for bass trombone and harp. 1996 Chamber music Winter Ballade, for trombone and piano (to Nitzan Haroz). 1996 Chamber music Music of the Passing Summer, for flute, viola and harp. 1996 Chamber music Recollections, 8 pieces for piano (to Michal Tal). 1996 Piano solo Return to the Grass of Childhood, for piano. 1997 Piano solo Pathway of Orpheus, for flute and harp. 1997 Chamber music Circles on the Water, for piano. 1997 Piano solo Winter ballade, for cello and piano. 1997 Chamber music Suite Tricolore, for flute, cello and piano. 1998 Chamber music Waterscape, for harp (to Helvia Briggen). 1998 Harp solo Sonata of the Wanderings, for cello and guitar. 1998 Chamber music The Last Leaf (after O' Henry), for guitar (dedicated to Gr. Nisnevich) 1998 Guitar solo Venetian Concerto, for cello and piano. 1999 Chamber music Winds' Suite, for guitar (dedicated to K. Yamashita) 1999 Guitar solo Quiet Sonata, for flute and piano. 1999 Chamber music Mist Over the Lake, for clarinet and guitar / for various instr. solo and harp. 1999 Chamber music Three Ancient Dances, for violin and guitar. 1999 Chamber music Rondo, for chamber beginners orchestra and piano. 1999 Orchestra Awakening, for flute, guitar and harp. 2000 Chamber music Italian Album, for clarinet. 2000 Clarinet solo The Moon Triptych, for guitar (dedicated to L. Brady) 2000 Guitar solo Two pieces (Towards the Light & Ironical Rondo), for trombone and piano. 2000 Chamber music Flowers in Frames, for string quartet. 2000 Chamber music Lorelei, for trumpet and piano / for trombone and piano. 2000 Chamber music Deep Water Blues, for baritone saxophone and piano. 2000 Chamber music Sea-Shadow Waltz, for trumpet and trombone with piano / for soprano saxophone and tenor saxophone with piano. 2000 Chamber music Song from the Past & Winding Staircase, for trumpet or clarinet and piano. 2000 Chamber music 2 x 2, 2 Bagatelles for 2 clarinets (Bb). 2000 Chamber music Moods, for oboe. 2001 Oboe solo Colour Box, piano note-book for the young. 2001 Piano solo Renaissance Partita, for wind quintet. 2001 Chamber music Youth Sonatina, for violin and piano. 2001 Chamber music Madrigal, for brass quintet. 2001 Chamber music Fiesta, for brass quintet. 2001 Chamber music Eurydice's Shadow, concerto piccolo for flute and harp. 2001 Concerto A Little Theater Buffo, for trombone and piano. 2001 Chamber music. Ancient Dances, for clarinet (Bb) and string quartet. 2001 Chamber music Jazz Album, for piano. 2001 Piano solo Chorale Sonata, for piano. 2002 Piano solo The River of Hopes, for alto saxophone and harp. 2002 Chamber music Elegy, for six celli. 2002 Chamber music Duo-Partita, for flute and cello. 2002 Chamber music Simple Magic Gardens, for piano. 2002 Piano solo Barcelo Novelle, suite for guitar. 2002 Guitar solo MonoOpera, for violin. 2003 Violin solo Suite Buffo, for two celli. 2003 Chamber music Two Snake's Dance, for cello and double bass. 2003 Chamber music Forest Visions, for piano. 2003 Piano solo Kafka Sonata, for clarinet (Bb) and guitar. 2004 Chamber music Romantic Concerto, for trombone, piano and strings / for trombone and piano (reduction). 2004 Orchestra Hommage à Claude Monet, for harp. 2004 Harp solo Breath, for string / chamber orchestra (to Igor Shavruk). 2004 Orchestra The Evening Songs, for a mixed choir a-cappella (Song acting in 7 pictures after V. Bryusov). 2004 Choir Tenderness, for flexible duet (certain combinations of violin/viola/cello/flute/oboe/English horn/various clarinets/various saxophones/bassoon/marimba and piano/harp/guitar) 2004 Chamber music Divertimento, for flute and cello. 2004 Chamber music Waterspring Song, for soprano saxophone and piano. 2004 Chamber music Dancing Pines Waltz, for alto saxophone and piano / for violin and guitar / for flute and guitar. 2004 Chamber music Hymn to the Sun, for tenor saxophone and piano. 2004 Chamber music Three Capriccios, for flute. 2004-2014 Flute solo Rainy Days' Rhapsody, for cello and piano. 2005 Chamber music Fjord, reflection for harp. 2005 Harp solo Ballade in Black & White, for piano (to I. Faliks). 2005 Piano solo Travel Suite, for chamber / string orchestra. 2005 Orchestra Contemplation, for piano with string / chamber orchestra. 2005 Orchestra Forgotten Intermezzo, for chamber / string orchestra. 2006 Orchestra Poem of the Contrasts (commissioned by Israel Philharmonic Orchestra). 2006 Orchestra Light Sonatina, for flute and piano. 2006 Chamber music TangO'Clock in five scenes, for guitar. 2006 Guitar solo Kafka Sonata, for violin and guitar. 2006 Chamber music Light Sonatina, for flute and piano. 2006 Chambee music 4 x 4, suite for trombone quartet. 2007 Chamber music Circles on the Water, for piano with string / chamber orchestra. 2007 Orchestra Masks, for guitar. 2007 Guitar solo Morning Breeze, jazz piece for guitar and harp. 2007 Chamber music Guernica, misteria after P. Picasso for clarinet (Bb) and guitar / cello and guitar. 2007 Chamber music Path to Childhood, for clarinet and guitar / alto saxophone. 2007 Chamber music Unspoken Voices, requiem in remembrance of the Holocaust victims for Guitar. 2007 Guitar solo Candlelight Sonata, for piano. 2008 Piano solo Lament in memory of Theo and Vincent Van Gogh, for string quintet / for string orchestra. 2008 Chamber music/ Orchestra Capriccio brioso, for violin and piano. 2008 Chamber music From the Past..., for cello. 2008 Cello solo Idee Fixe, for guitar quartet. 2008 Chamber music Easy Dance Partita, for violin and piano. 2009 Chamber music Mediterranean Suite, for cello. 2009 Cello solo Memento mori, poem for organ. 2009 Organ solo Minuet-Marionette, for double bass and piano (to Ron Merhavi). 2009 Chamber music Colour Suite, for string / chamber orchestra. 2009 Orchestra Broceliande Concerto, for soprano saxophone and piano. 2009 Chamber music Joyful Concertino, for two pianos. 2009 Chamber music 5 Venetian Glass Poems, for guitar. 2009 Guitar solo Lift of the Times, multi-stylistic suite for violin and piano. 2010 Chamber music Camille's Waltz, for guitar duo. 2010 Chamber music Concerto Tranquillo, for harp and string orchestra. 2010 Orchestra Vermeer Triptych, for baroque violin, viola d'amore and harpsichord. 2010 Chamber music Sherlock's Violin, dithyramb-grotesque for violin and piano. 2010 Chamber music Lyrical Sonata, for viola and piano. 2010 Chamber music Concerto Piccolo, for baroque trio. 2010 Chamber music Eclogue to Echo, for flute, oboe and piano (dedicated to Ecoensemble trio). 2010 Chamber music Starry Night Sonata, for guitar duo (after V. van Gogh). 2010 Chamber music Grottesque & Buffonade, for flute, oboe and piano (dedicated to Ecoensemble trio). 2011 Chamber music Lullaby to the Wind, for violin and piano. 2011 Chamber music Morning Water Lilies, for two harps. 2011 Chamber music Recitative & Sonnet to Beatrice, for viola d'amore and harpsichord. 2011 Chamber music Brodsky Recitation (Symphony No.4), for string / chamber orchestra. 2011 Orchestra Prague Kaleidoscope, for violin and guitar (dedicated to Duo TEREZ). 2011 Chamber music Delphic Music Games, for flute and guitar (to Duo Orfeo). 2011 Chamber music Rhapsodist & Muse, for mezzo-soprano and guitar. 2011 Chamber music Melody, for any solo instrument with piano (to Sergey Ship). 2012 Chamber music Winter Ballad, for trombone and piano. 2012 Chamber music Water-mill Lit By Sunshine, for four harps. 2012 Chamber music Sonata-Serenade, for violin and piano. 2012 Chamber music Double Concerto , for 2 clarinets (Bb) and string / chamber orchestra. 2012 Orchestra Springtime Clouds, fantasia for flute, viola and harp. 2012 Chamber music Aloborada After The Rain, for harp. 2012 Harp solo Alpine Brook, for two harps. 2012 Chamber music Winter Ballad, for cello and piano. 2012 Chamber music Bluesy Cello Mood, for cello. 2012 Cello solo Two Poetic Pictures, for piano. 2012 Piano solo Solitudes, 3 lonely pages for piano. 2012 Piano solo Bluesy Wave, for piano (to Igor Shavruk) 2012 Piano solo Delft-Suite, for viola da gamba (to Ernst Stolz). 2013 Viola da gamba solo August Pastoral, for clarinet and piano (to Kaja Dubiel). 2013 Chamber music A Little Masquerade, for virtuosic violin (to Alessandro Cazzato). 2013 Violin solo Romancero Sonata, for guitar (to Rene Mora) 2013 Guitar solo Voice of the oblivion, for string/chamber orchestra / for violin and piano. 2013 Orchestra / Chamber music Autumn Dreams, two pieces for piano. 2013 Piano solo Medieval Diptych, for viola d'amore. 2013 Viola d’amore solo Four Stories, for piano. 2013-2016 Piano solo Lake Reflectiono, for flute and harp. 2014 Chamber music Nostalgias (Symphony No.5), for string orchestra. 2014 Orchestra Dance of the Little Ghosts, for flute quartet. 2014 Chamber music Pathway of Orpheus, for flute, cello, guitar and harpsichord. 2014 Chamber music Break-point, for Bb clarinet / for clarinet and piano / for clarinet and string quartet / for clarinet and string orchestra. 2015 Chamber music/ Orchestra Triptych Times, for flute, harp and string Orchestra. 2015 Orchestra Forest Music, for piano with string orchestra (to Natalia Busanova). 2015 Orchestra Not Far From Ipanema, for string orchestra (to Igor Shavruk) 2015 Orchestra Guernica, for harp. 2016 Harp solo Aquatic Poem, for harp. 2016 Harp solo Vermeer Triptych, for string / chamber orchestra. 2016 Orchestra Ariadna’s Thread, symphonic poem. 2016 Orchestra Dipthyh, for violin and piano. 2017 Chamber music Homage to Renoir, for flute and piano. 2017 Chamber music Lightwing Zephyros, for flute. 2017 Flute solo Little Piano Diary, six short pieces for piano. 2017 Piano solo Last Work by Van Gogh, for piano. 2017 Piano solo Bergen Smiling, for guitar (to Knut-Martin Rasmussen) 2017 Guitar solo Sonata-Ballade, for guitar (dedicated to Miguel Bonachea) 2018 Guitar solo River Song, for flute and piano (to Ecoensemble Duo). 2018 Chamber music In the Old Chapel, for flute solo 2018 Flute solo Promenade, for viola (to Daniel Rubenstein) 2018 Viola solo Oriental Pantomime, for guitar and mandoline. 2018 Chamber music Song of Dead Sea, for flute alto (to Nozomi Kanda) 2018 Flute alto solo Dancing Flowers, for viola and guitar. 2018 Chamber music Blind Walking, for cello. 2018 Cello solo Skyscape, for piano. 2018 Piano solo Le Ballon Rouge, for piano (after A. Lamoriss’ film). 2018 Piano solo Shadows in the Forest, for piano. 2018 Piano solo At the Tombstone of Josef Brodsky, for piano. 2018 Piano solo Mysterious Grotto, fantasy for piano. 2018 Piano solo Dawn Dreams, for piano. 2018 Piano solo Flowery Alleys, for piano. 2018 Piano solo The Road Leading Only to the Sea, for piano. 2018 Piano solo Dew at Down, for piano. 2018 Piano solo Alley Birds, rhapsody for flute and piano. 2019 Chamber music 2 Postludes after J. Prever, for violin. 2019 Violin solo Piano Escape Sonata, for piano. 2019 Piano solo The Lost Letter, for piano. 2019 Piano solo Sadness of the Night Garden, for piano. 2019 Piano solo How to Paint a Bird’s Portrait, for piano (after a poem by J. Prever). 2019 Piano solo Lament pour Camille Claudel, for piano. 2019 Piano solo The Seasons’ Suite, for piano. 2019 Piano solo Illusory Alice’s Waltz, for piano. 2019 Piano solo Teddy Bear Suite, for piano. 2020 Piano solo Dive Into The Sweet Music, for trombone and piano. 2020 Chamber music Morning Moon, little poem for violin and piano. 2020 Chamber music Scherzo Militare, for brass band. 2020 Orchestra Quasi Valse, for piano. 2020 Piano solo Cheerful mood, for piano. 2020 Piano solo Sonata-Reverie (Sonata No.4), for piano. 2020 Piano solo Nature Morte (No.1-3), for piano. 2020 Piano solo Piano Album 2022, for piano. 2020-2021 Piano solo The Jumping Smiles, burlesque for piano. 2021 Piano solo Sinfonietta (No.1, Dolorosa), for piano, 2022 Piano solo Forest Birds, for violin and guitar. 2023 Chamber music Harlequin, scherzino for violin. 2023 Violin solo Lament of all Children who innocently perished, for violin. 2024 Violin solo Sonata in Three Recollections, for violin and piano (dedicated to Andrii Murza). 2024 Chamber music Romance at Dawn, for trombone and piano. 2024 Chamber music Madrigal, for string sextet. 2024 Chamber music Dulcinee Vision, for clarinet in B and piano. 2024 Chamber music Sinfonia (No.2, Recitativo), for piano. 2024 Piano solo Sinfonia (No.3, Espressivo), for piano. 2024 Piano solo Mazurka (Homage to Chopin), for piano (dedicated to Naoko). 2024 Piano solo Greenwood Rhapsody, for piano (dedicated to Naoko). 2024 Piano solo Sinfonia (No.4, Capriccioso), for piano (dedicated to Naoko). 2024 Piano solo Memorandum Poem (to Partick Modiano), for piano (dedicated to Naoko). 2024 Piano solo Canzone to Beatrice, for piano (dedicated to Naoko) 2024 Piano solo The Little Prince Adventures, for piano. 2024 Piano solo Take seven, rhythmic caprice for piano. 2024 Piano solo Colours of Sadness, for piano (to Vladimir Nabokov). 2024 Piano solo Dreaming Sand Castles, for string quintet (2 violins, 2 violas, cello). 2025 Chamber music Romance at Dawn, for horn and piano. 2025 Chamber music Lovely Rag, for trombone and piano. 2025 Chamber music Night Seine Blues, for violin and piano/ for viola and piano/ for cello and piano/ for flute and piano/ for oboe and piano/ for english horn and piano/ for Bb clarinet and piano/ for Bb bass clarinet and piano/ for Bb soprano or tenor saxophone and piano/ for Eb alto or baritone saxophone and piano/ for bassoon and piano/ for Bb trumpet and piano/ for Bb euphonium or baritone and piano/ for trombone or tuba and piano. — Chamber music Swinging Reed Song, for Bb clarinet. — Clarinet solo