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Concerti – ensemble Tesse
Ensemble Tesse’s “Concerti” is an audio-visual album project that includes six concertos, each featuring a solo performance by one of the ensemble’s members.
Traductions – Translations
A Multidisciplinary Music-Art Project – percussionist on canvas
Trees – album – Whim Ensemble
Album by whim ensemble released by Parma recordings on April 7th 2023.
Ensemble Tesse
ensemble tesse is a group of six established musicians from the Montreal musical scene with an objective to co-create new musical works.
Trinité – album – Ofer Pelz and Meitar Ensemble
The album Trinité featuring music by Ofer Pelz played by the Meitar Ensemble and released by New Focus Recordings.
Whim Ensemble
Ofer Pelz, prepared piano, Preston Beebe, percussion, Stéphane Diamantakiou, double bass.
Wired
for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, and electronics.
Disque bleu – album – Quasar Saxophones
Album – Disque Bleu by Quasar Saxophones Quartet, including I need to hear it first by Ofer Pelz.
Tracé
For Violin, Cello, Accordion, and Piano. Commissioned by ensemble Cairn for the festival Ensemble[s] in Paris.
Labyrinth – album by David Greilsammer – Naive records
Repetition Blindness for piano solo
Blanc sur Blanc
For cl. fl. pno. and amplified string quartet
Soundtracks
Open instrumentation and video interface.
Intersounds Priscilla Winling’s film
A documentary film by Priscilla Winling featuring Ofer Pelz as self, Preston Beebe as self and Daphné Hejebri as self.
Convergence
Alto Flute and Electronics
marchons, marchons
For flute clarinet, violin cello and piano.
About
About
Ofer Pelz, a multifaceted artist specializing in music composition and improvisation, teaches at the Conservatoire de Montréal. Integrating Feldenkrais and Focusing into both his teaching and creative path, he’s been artistically sculptured in Jerusalem, Paris, and Montreal. He co-founded Whim, an experimental jazz trio, and Tesse, a collective creation ensemble. His projects span multidisciplinary acts like Traductions and a music-film such as Concerti. His works can be found in albums like Trinité and festivals like La Biennale di Venezia.