Amir Gwirtzman
Amir Gwirtzman | |
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 Gwirtzman performing in Manila, Philippines, 2018 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | August 28, 1965 Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Genres | Jazz, World music |
| Occupation(s) | musician, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer |
| Instruments | Saxophones, clarinets, flutes, indigenous woodwinds including bagpipes, duduk, zurna, and shofar |
Amir Gwirtzman (born in 1965 in Tel Aviv) is a musician, multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer.
Early life
He was born on August 28, 1965, in Tel Aviv, Israel to a ballet dancer and teacher mother and a civil engineer father. Amir started playing the recorder at age of 7, then the clarinet at the age of 9, followed by the tenor saxophone at the age of 16. Along the years Amir mastered over 20 woodwind instruments.[1] In 1983, he started his three years mandatory army service playing saxophone in the Israeli Air force band, where he met his fellow musician members with whom they formed the media acclaimed[2] World music/Jazz band Esta. Between 1991 and 1997, Amir lived in Manhattan, New York and studied music at Mannes College of Music.
Career
After the army service, at the age of 23, Amir started recording on dozens of albums, performing and touring with Israel's top artists (e.g. Ofra Haza, Shlomo Artzi, Matti Caspi, Arik Einstein, Rita and Rami Kleinstein). At the same time with the band Esta he released 3 albums and performed all over the world, including the White House in Washington DC for U.S. President Bill Clinton (1998)[3] and in Thailand for the Thai royal family (in 2008).[4] He also performed at the prestigious Blue Note Jazz club in NYC, the House of Blues in L.A, and Kennedy center in Washington DC.[5] He appeared on many TV live concerts and performances, and performed as a soloist with the Jerusalem symphonic orchestra[6] and the Bangkok symphonic orchestra.[7]
Solo project career
Amir started his solo project "Inhale-Exhale" in November 2008, surrounded by more than 20 woodwind and reed instruments. Using a loop station he records himself live on stage. He orchestrates, arranges and builds up textures such as big band sound or symphonic orchestras, all performed by himself using the various acoustic woodwinds.[1] The project has been described as a metaphor for our globalized world. "Inhale-Exhale" has been invited to participate in Jazz and world music festivals and solo concerts, around the world (Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, China, Croatia, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, Switzerland, S.Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, USA, Vietnam).[8]
In 2010 he was invited by the prestigious Charles and Lynn Schusterman foundation as a Visiting Artist, with his solo project, to tour across 13 states in the American south, for 4 months, and 3 months yet again the following year, back by demand. Altogether more than 150 concerts, workshops and master classes.[9] It included Festival International de Louisiane in Lafayette Louisiana, the BB King museum in Indianola Mississippi (BB King's hometown) and at the Jazz Hall of fame in Tulsa Oklahoma.The tour was covered by a special documentary made by NPR TV Alabama.[10]
Honors
- 2017: Official Endorsement for the P.Mauriat Saxophones maker company[11]
- 2007: Ambassador of goodwill (presented by the Embassy of Israel in Vietnam)
- 2010: Received the Key to the city and an honorary citizen certificate, from the Mayor of Lake-Charles/Louisuana[12]
- 2013: "Connected" short documentary film by Ziggy Livnat, was awarded for the music, composed by Amir Gwirtzman[13]
- 2014: An official stamp with Gwirtzman on it, was issued by the Thai Postal services, following a special concert in honor of the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Kingdom of Thailand and the state of Israel[14]
Discography
- Shlomo Artzi - חום יולי אוגוסט, Hed Arzi (1988)
- Zvi Booms - מקומות אחרים, MCI (1989)
- Shlomo Artzi - כרטיס ללונה פארק, Hed Arzi (1990)
- Esta- Esta, MCI records (1990)
- Rami Kleistein – אהביני, Helicon records (1991)
- Yehuda Poliker - לעיניך הכחולות, NMC (1992)
- Shlomo Artzi - האוסף המשולש, Hed Arzi (1993)
- 1996 Esta- Mediterranean crossroads- Newance label, Newance
- 1999 Arik Einstein & Shalom Hanoch – Muscat, NMC
- Rita- תפתח חלון - Helicon Records (1999)
- Rami Kleinstein - תגיד את זה - Helicon records (2000)
- Esta- Home made world, Newance label, NMC (2002)
- Shlomi Shabat - זמן אהבה, NMC united entertainment Ltd (2003)
- Dudu Tasa- מתוך בחירה, Hed Artzi (2003)
- Alon Olearchik - Once upon a time in the Galilee - NMC United entertainment Ltd (2003)
- Gidi Gov - בקצה ההר, NMC (2005)
- Rita - ONE - Nana disc (2006)
- Manou Gallo - Lowlin, IglooMondo (2009)
- Sleeping Camels- "Wake up", NarRator Records (2010)
- Inhale- Exhale - virtual label (2010)
- Shlomi Shabat - אחד לנשמה אחד למסיבה, NMC (2012)
- Mokoomba - Rising Tide, Igloo (2012)
- Between Friends: Tribute To Jerzy Milian, Wytwórnia (2014)
- Naked - Nakedonia, NarRator Records (2015)
- Babel - Gumbo (Inhale- Exhale 2), NarRator Records (2017)
- Doron Raphaeli- Bet Aba (2017)
- Tihomir Pop Asanovic - Povratak prvoj ljubavi, Croatia Records (2019)
- Bernard Maseli - Drifter, Polish Jazz Masters / Warner Music (2021)
- The isolation band - Jazz favorites 2 - Leibla Music Ltd. (2021)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The answer is blowing in the wind". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
- ↑ "EstaMusic.com". www.estamusic.com. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
- ↑ "50th Anniversary of Israel Event". clintonwhitehouse4.archives.gov. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
- ↑ "Jewish Herald-Voice". jhvonline.com. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
- ↑ Amir Gwirtzman - Millennium Stage (June 23, 2012), retrieved 2021-10-09
- ↑ רוני וייס והתזמורת הסימפונית ירושלים - מחזות זמר (חלק ב'), retrieved 2021-10-09
- ↑ embassies.gov.il https://embassies.gov.il/bangkok-en/NewsAndEvents/Pages/Gift-of-Music-that-Units-Us-All-The-60th-Anniversary-of-Diplomatic-Relations.aspx. Retrieved 2021-10-09. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Tour". Amir Gwirtzman. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
- ↑ September 21; 2010 (2010-09-21). "Leading Israeli Artists Selected for U.S. Residencies". eJewish Philanthropy. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
- ↑ Amir Gwirtzman on Alabama Stories, retrieved 2021-10-09
- ↑ "Amir Gwirtzman". www.pmauriatmusic.com. Archived from the original on 2021-10-09. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
- ↑ Lipman, Steve. "Israeli Jazzman's Southern Swing". jewishweek.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
- ↑ Hughes, Kevin (2015-06-10). "Short Documentaries". For The Sea. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
- ↑ "The Celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between Thailand and Israel". กระทรวงการต่างประเทศ (in ไทย). Retrieved 2021-10-09.
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