Åke Holmquist, Norra Skåne (Sweden) Yedid integrated specific stylistic influences into a personal created unity. The manner in which he describes folkloristic influences and melancholic specific themes can remind of Béla Bartók improvisatory float of hovering à la Keith Jarret.

Ben Shalev, Haaretz Every sound in this performance flew straight into the soul, including the sound of the drops of sweat that fell from Yedid's hair and landed on the piano keys.

Lee Konitz To hear such a young man as you feeling the music so deeply is a very pleasant experience.

Yitzhak Yedid:

"Hark! If it can coexist in music, it can coexist in life.
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict can be resolved, and peace will come upon us in our lifetime."

Yitzhak Yedid:

"Looking for new compositional approaches and challenging musical conventions through the synthesis of a wide spectrum of contemporary and ancient styles is what inspired my composition. Intellectual conflicts such as the confrontation with philosophical matters and religious and political aspects have always been of interest, and also underlie and motivate my work. I have been inspired in particular by Béla Bartók and Arnold Schoenberg to develop a personal vision as a composer."

Y I T Z H A K Y E D I D

S o m e l a t e s t n e w s & s c o r e s

Yitzhak Yedid has been announced as the winner of the 2020 Azrieli Prize for Jewish Music. His winning composition, Kiddushim Ve’ Killulim (Blessings and Curses), was unanimously declared the best new major work of Jewish music by the judges of the Canadian prize. Yedid received a total prize package valued at over $200,000 CAD, which includes a cash award of $50,000 CAD; a world premiere performance of his work by Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne; two subsequent international performances; and a recording released on the Analekta label

Yitzhak Yedid : Mother Tongue

For Viola Duo
Mother Tongue is a work that deals with the feeling of people whose Mother Tongue was subject to linguicide (language killing). The loss of a language is the death of a tradition and cultural heritage, and a world without traditions is like a tree without its roots.

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Yitzhak Yedid : Mother Tongue

For Viola Duo
Mother Tongue is a work that deals with the feeling of people whose Mother Tongue was subject to linguicide (language killing). The loss of a language is the death of a tradition and cultural heritage, and a world without traditions is like a tree without its roots.

Download Score