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You will find here information about my creative activities as composer, arranger and pianist.
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I hope my music will make its modest contribution to make people`s life more inspired.
U.B.
“The Flow” broadcast on Kol Hamusika channel
January 26, 2023, 19 pm Uri` s Piano Trio "The Flow" as
“Dance Macabre”, commissioned by the Tibor Junior International Violin Competition 2022, was performed numerously during the second tour
Prize Winner of the Tibor Junior Violin Competition, Switzerland, Natsuho Murata, performing
Uri` s “MAGIC CARPET” for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord and SONATA Nr.1 for Violin and Piano are published by the Universal Edition
Uri` s “MAGIC CARPET” for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord and SONATA
About Uri Brener
Uri Brener was born 1974 in Moscow and has been playing the piano since the age of four. His first compositional attempts go back to the age of seven; his first acclaimed opuses appeared at the age of 12.
After studying and performing in Russia, Germany and Holland, Uri moved to Israel, where he got his PhD cum laude in composition from the University of Bar-Ilan.
Uri`s music is performed worldwide, among performers of his music are Israel Philharmonic Orchestra under Zubin Metha, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Israel Chamber Orchestra, “Tel-Aviv Soloists” orchestra, “Aviv” quartet, “Continuum” ensemble (NY, USA), New Julliard Ensemble (NY, USA), Igudesman & Joo Duo, Sergey Ostrovsky (Switzerland), Sergey Nakaryakov (France) and many others.
Among his works: three piano sonatas, two Piano Concertos, two Double Concertos, “Faust-Concerto”, many chamber pieces, Oratorio “Shunamit“, symphonic poems and much more.
Uri has won a series of prestigious awards and scholarships, among them the 2006 and 2017 Israel Prime Minister Prize for composition, an ACUM award, which he has been awarded three times (2008, 2010 and 2015) and many others.
Since 2007 Uri is a composer in residence of the Israeli Sinfonietta and since 2016 he is a music director of the `Mikro` Theater in Jerusalem. In 2017 Uri became the director of a oldest conservatory in Israel – “Ron Shulamit” (Jerusalem).