Stage works
Orchestra works
Ensemble works
Chamber music
Vocal music
Solo works

STAGE WORKS

Leila and Madschnun • [2010]
Music after the theatrical storyline by Willy Decker
for Countertenor, actors, chamber choir and large ensemble 
Text: Albert Ostermaier (inspired by Nizami)
Ct. act.
Choir SATB (4. 4. 4. 4.) / Rec. Fl. Ob. Cl. Bn. / Hn. 2 Tr. Tbn. Tb. / 2 Perc. Acc. Pno. / 2 Vl. Vla. 2 Vc. D.B.
World Premiere: 20.8.2010, Bochum
Duration: 120’
Sy. 4071 // Score / Vx.

ORCHESTRA WORKS

Šamaš • [2017/18]
for viola and string orchestra
World premiere: 31.10.2018, Berlin
Duration: 18'
SY. 4849

 

Gidim •  [2017]
for orchestra
3 fl. (3 picc). 2 ob. enhn, bcl. 2 bsn. cbsn./ 4 hn. 4 tpt. 3 trb. tba./ pf. perc./ 14. 12. 10. 8. 6./ electronics
World Premiere: 08.07.2017, Freiburg
Duration: 18'
Sy 4750

L'Apocalypse Arabe I •  [2015/16]
Text: Etel Adnan
4S, 4A, 4T, 4Ba
2.2.0.1 – cem.theorbe – strings
World Premiere: 10.03.2016, Brussels
Duration: 9'
Sy. 4465
 
Rituale • [2008]
for orchestra
4 (Picc). 4 (Eng.Hn). 4 (2 BCl.) 2. 2 D.Bn. / 4. 4. 4. 1 (D.Btb). / 3 Perc. / 14. 12. 10. 8. 6.
World Premiere: 6.2.2009, Munich
Duration: 18’
Sy. 3764 // Score / Vx.

Aufbruch • [2008]
for string orchestra
4. 4. 4. 3. 2.
World Premiere: 13.3.2008, Munich
Duration: 11’
Sy. 3800 // *Score / Vx.

shira shir • [2006] • Work description
for baritone and orchestra
Text: Jizchak Katzenelson
Bar.
3. 3. 3. 1. D.Bn. / 4. 3. 3. 1. / 2 Perc (Tomtom, B.Dr., chines. Crash Cymbals; Thunder Machine; Tchanchiki). / 16. 14. 12. 10. 8.
World Premiere: 27.1.2007, Berlin
Duration: 7’
Sy. 3739 // *Score / Vx.

Láma poím... • [2005/2006]
for orchestra and Ud
Ud
2. 1. Eng.Hn. 2. BCl. 2. / 3. 3. 3. 0. / 1 Perc. / 8. 8. 8. 6. 4.
Other string instrumentation (6. 6. 2. 10. 2.) on request.
World Premiere : 27.7.2006, Stuttgart
Duration: 11’
Sy. 3712 // *Score / Vx.

Gdadrója • [2004/2005] • Work description
for three sopranos and 43 musicians 
3 S.
2 (2 Picc.). 2 (BCl). 2. 1. D.Bn. / 2 (in F). 2 (in C). 2 Tbn. 1. / Pno. 2 Perc. / 8. 6. 5. 4. 2.
World Premiere: 15.10.2005, Donaueschingen
Duration: 9’
Sy. 3664 // *Score / Vx.

Bukká • [2003]
for string orchestra 
5. 5. 4. 3. 1.
World Premiere: 12.8.2003, Berlin
Duration: 7’
Sy. 3656 // *Score / Vx.

ENSEMBLE WORKS (6 instruments and more)

Capricornus • [2017]
tsax, S, Vx, 2key, perc, vla, vc
World Premiere: 29.09.2017, Berlin
Duration: 18'
SY. 4756

Palmyra • [2016]
2S. Ms. A. 2T. Bar. B.
Cl(Bcl.). Trb. Perc. Pf. Vc. Db.
World premiere: 29.10.2016, Heidelberg
Duration: 13’
Sy. 4505

Alif • [2014]
Fl. Cl. Bsax. Trb. Perc. Tpt. Hp. Vl. Vla. Vc. Db.
Wolrd premiere: 18.03.2016, Berlin
Duration: 16’
Sy. 4458 // score

Headlands • [2013]
for soprano and five instrumentalists
S. Cl. Tbn. Perc. Vc. Pno. Vx.
World Premiere : 24.11.2013, Berlin
Sy. 4343 // Score

Garten der Erkenntnis • [2010/11] • Work description
for six voices and two trombones 
Text: Mansur al-Halladsch (857-922)
2 S. Ms. T. Bar. B. (m. Cl. Perc). / 2 Tbn.
World Premiere : 13.2.2011, Stuttgart
Duration: 11’
Sy. 4138 // Score / Vx.

Hinter der Mauer • [2009/10]
for four solos, chamber choir and chamber ensemble
Text: Christian Lehnert
S. T. 2 Bar.
Choir SATB (11. 8. 8. 8.) / Fl. Cl (BCl. D.BCl). Bn (D.Bn). / 2. 2. 2. 0. / Pno. 3 Perc. / 2 Vla. 2 D.B.
World Premiere : 1.10.2010, Berlin
Duration: 64’
Sy. 3914 // *Score / Vx.

Philaki • [2009] • Work description
for seven instrumentalists
Fl (Picc). Cl (BCl). Hp. 2 Vl. Vla. Vc.
World Premiere : 20.1.2010, Berlin
Duration: 13’
Sy. 4040 // *Score / Vx.

Madjnun • [2009]
for recorder and string orchestra 
Ganassi Tblfl (Bblfl in F).
6. 5. 4. 4. 2.
World Premiere: 19.11.2009, Munich
Duration: 15’
Sy. 3936 // *Score / Vx.

Cihangir • [2008]
for chamber ensemble
1. 1 (Eng.Hn). 2. 1 (D.Bn). / 1. 2. 1. 0. / 2 Perc. / 1. 1. 1. 2. 1.
World Premiere: 11.10.2008, Frankfurt
Duration: 12’
Sy. 3920 // *Score / Vx.

Madih • [2007]  
for four Arabic musicians and chamber ensemble 
Ney. Ud. Qanun. Djoza. / Ob. Cl. Bn (D.Bn). Tbn. Hn. Perc. Vl. Vla. Vc. D.B.
World Premiere : 27.9.2007, Berlin
Duration: 11’
blocked for performances 
Sy. 3762 // *Score / Vx.

Námi • [2004]
for soprano and five instrumentalists
S.
rec. 3 Vla. Cem.
World Premiere : 6.10.2004, Munich
Duration: 6’
Sy. 3661 // *Score / Vx.

Hálatt-Hissár • [2003-2004]
for one speaker and 31 instrumentalists
Text: Mahmoud Darwish
Spea.
3 (Picc). 3. 3 (BCl). 2. D.Bn. / 4. 3. 3 (3 BTbn). 1. / 2 Perc. / 0. 0. 0. 0. 6.
World Premiere: 3.4.2004, Bochum
Duration: 14’
Sy. 3658 // Score / Vx.

Ahinnu II • [2002] • Work description
for seven instrumentalists
Fl (Picc). Ob. Cl (BCl). Perc. Vl. Vla. Vc.
World Premiere: 9.2.2003, Wiesbaden
Duration: 7’
Sy. 3653 // *Score / Vx.

Hutáf Al-Arwáh • [2001]
for eleven instrumentalists
rec. (Afl). Cl (BCl). Hn. Tr. BTbn. Perc. Pno. Vl. Vla. Vc. D.B.
World Premiere: 16.11.2003, Bremen
Duration: 8’
blocked for performances
Sy. 3651 // *Score / Vx.

Anín • [1999] • Work description
for eight instrumentalists
Afl. Cl (BCl). 2 Perc. Vl. Vla. Vc. D.B.
World Premiere: 5.4.2000, Tel Aviv
Duration: 8’
Sy. 3650 // *Score / Vx.

CHAMBER MUSIC

Polígonos • [2016]
for piano and electronics
pf, electronics
World Premiere: 17.06.2017, Stuttgart
Duration:23'
Sy 4740

Adád • [2016]
for shawm and accordion
shawm. Acc.
World premiere: 23.01.2016, Berlin
Duration: 8’
Sy. 4467 // score

Ód • [2015] 

Portrait

(Jan 5, 1970 - Jaljuliya, near Tel Aviv / Israel)

For many years, this Berlin-based Palestinian-Israeli composer played traditional Arabian music with various notable ensembles. 1992-96 he studied musicology at the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, and after that studied composition with Younghi Pagh-Paan and music analysis with Günther Steinke at the Hochschule für Künste in Bremen. Invitation for the festival of pgnm bremen, with two world premieres. 2004 invitation to Israel for a concert of the Israelian Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Noam Sheriff.

Since then Odeh-Tamimi collaborated with numerous ensembles. A first CD wholly dedicated to his works will be issued by Deutscher Musikrat (German Music Council) on the label Wergo in 2011. In 2008 several of his works were performed during the festival Klangspuren Schwaz (Austria). On 6 February 2009 his orchestral work Rituale was world premiered in Munich by Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, conducted by Arturo Tamayo. On 20 August 2010 Leila and Madschnun and on 1 October 2010 Hinter der Mauer were world premiered in Germany. He lives as a freelance composer in Berlin.

Awards and scholarships:
1999-2000 scholarship from the Arab Student Aid International Foundation
2002 DAAD Scholarship for studies at the Academy for Arts, Bremen
2006/07 scholarship from the German Academy Casa Baldi, Rome
2008 scholarship from Berlin Senate for a six-month-stay in Paris

In 2008 he was invited for a one-month-stay in Istanbul in connection with the "into-project" of Siemens Arts Program and Ensemble Modern. The resulting composition Cihangir was world premiered in Frankfurt in October 2008 and since then is on tour with Ensemble Modern. In 2003 he was awarded the First Prize at the Composition Competition of the Elisabeth-Schneider-Stiftung.

In 2012 Odeh-Tamimi will be the ‘composer in residence’ at the Kölner Kunststation Sankt Peter (Cologne St. Peter Art Centre). He has been commissioned by the Deutschland Funk to write an experimental organ work for St. Peter’s Jesuit Church in Cologne. The work can be seem at the beginning of October in 2012, when organist Dominic Sustek will premiere the new piece at the ‘Orgel Mixturen’ at the International Festival for Contemporary Organ Music in Cologne.

Photo: Harald Hoffmann