Lior Navok, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Lior Navok

Israeli composer, conductor, and pianist

Date of Birth: 06-Sep-1971

Place of Birth: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel

Profession: composer

Nationality: Israel

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Lior Navok

  • Lior Navok (born September 6, 1971) (Hebrew: ????? ????) is an Israeli classical composer, conductor and pianist.
  • He was born in Tel Aviv.
  • His music has been performed internationally by orchestras and ensembles including the Oper Frankfurt, Nuernberg Opera, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, and the Tanglewood Festival Orchestra.
  • Amongst the awards he has received are those from the Israel Cultural Excellence Foundation and the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
  • He has also received awards from the Fromm Music Foundation, Lili Boulanger Memorial Fund Award, and Israel Prime Minister Award.
  • In 2004, he was one of seven composers awarded commissions for new musical works by the Serge Koussevitzky Foundation in the Library of Congress and the Koussevitzky Music Foundation.His stage music includes two operas, The Bet, based on a short story by Anton Chekhov, and An unserem Fluss (By Our River).
  • The latter was commissioned by Oper Frankfurt, and was premiered during the company's 2014/15 season.
  • He has also written two stage works for children The Little Mermaid (based in the story by Hans Christian Andresen) and The Adventures of Pinocchio (based on the children's novel by Carlo Collodi).
  • His oratorio reflecting on The Holocaust, And The Trains Kept Coming…, was commissioned by Boston's Cantata Singers and premiered in 2008.Navok is the pianist and founding member of the Butterfly Effect Ensemble which specializes in creating live scores for silent films from the early days of the cinema up to 1929.

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