photo by Dror Pikielny
Erez Aviram's musical accomplishments are many and as a composer and pianist his work has graced movie soundtracks (most notably The Mossad, 2019) as well as United Nations projects and arranging with many national orchestras in Israel (see press notes for more details). On his truly evocative piano solo CMD, he creates beautiful tension with dramatic dissonant chord strikes amid divergent notations. The piece moves through pretty melodic escapes of sound but a kind of bipolar schism is never far away. Woefully dramatic and moving but with a darkness too. In fact, I thought of a blending crash of progressive rock / jazz fusion and songs from the American songbook but with dark strokes. Gerswhin meets Jacky Terrasson meets Thom Yorke as painted by Paul Delvaux.
Aviram says, "CMD" is about the frustration and hope of the creation process. As one idea deals with the struggle of creating something new and impressing , the second idea deals with pure inspiration and innocence "
- Robb Donker Curtius
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
Erez is a composer and pianist best known for his work on “The Mossad” (United King Productions, 2019) and the progressive rock album “Overloading” (Fading Records, 2016), a video song project that received praising reviews in music magazines over the world including Rocking Charts and iO Pages in Holland. Erez was declared “a name to watch out for in the years to come” (Roger Trentwith, The Progressive Aspect, 2017).
His latest release is an EP entitled “Piano Solo, Vol. 1” which consisted of piano songs combining catchy melodies, interesting harmonies and unusual forms together. “Vol. 2” is set for release in Spring 2020.
Erez scored New York's music scene documentary 'Tali JAMS New York' with the GRAMMY-nominated drummer and arranger Dan Pugach, which was recently accepted to L.A's Global Film Festival Awards 2019.
He had also worked on United Pianos, a special United Nations project in which 11 renowned pianists from all across the globe collaborated to seamlessly play one musical piece. among the artists' names included are the American classical pianist Colin Huggins, German film composer Hauschka (Volker Bertelmann) and the Israeli Idan Raichel.
As an arranger, Erez worked with and orchestrated for Shlomo Gronich, Michael Greilsammer, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Meitar contemporary music ensemble and the Jerusalem Street Orchestra. He also studied and arranged traditional Arabic songs for orchestra by the Lebanese superstar Fairuz.
Erez worked on “Winfield Historical Times and Other Oddities” that was nominated for best music at the London Southampton festival and also won the NYU Film Scoring Competition 2018 with the film “Americana”. During his studies, he attended workshops with Mark Snow, Mac Quayle, Nathan Barr and Nicholas Britell.
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