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ce qu'ils ont écrit - en concert et sur disque. Les citations sont dans leur langue d'origine.
en concert
"Mr. Pelz's fluttering 'Chinese Whispers' brought the five excellent Meitar players... The end - long seconds of toneless evocation of breathing - was as delicate as music gets." The New York Times · Zachary Woolfe
"And so it continued, with Mr. Pelz's 'Repetition Blindness,' a restless new piece that shifts from dreamily descending arpeggios to bouts of pummeling chords, at the center of the program." The New York Times · Anthony Tommasini
"The Pelz premiere made an ominously lustrous centerpiece." New York Music Daily · Delarue
"…musique alerte et rafraichissante, ludique autant que risquée, où se conjuguent finesse et inventivité." ResMusica · Michèle Tosi
"…ce qui n'est habituellement qu'un effet sonore devient chez lui matière à musique." ResMusica · Martin Guerpin
"…It was a pleasure to listen to the sound world that emerged during the piece… with a delicate taste, humor, and a clear formal perception that is logical and unique." Haaretz · Noam Ben Zeev (Do Bats eat Cats?)
"…The composer succeeds to create dramatic music with the use of minimal means." Globes · Dafna Yudovitch (Equilibrium)
"…the piece stood out in its originality and through its insightful use of musical expression." Habama (prix ACUM)
Trinité (album, avec le Meitar Ensemble)
"Brilliantly inventive music is achieved through a seeking, inquisitive mind; the music of Ofer Pelz is to be celebrated." American Record Guide · Colin Clarke
"…the acoustic and the electronic operating in conversation with each other and in doing so presenting us with a most modern take on beauty itself." American Record Guide · Colin Clarke
"While each of the five pieces featured on Trinité is conceptually and formally distinct, all are ever-evolving panoramas that captivate for being so restless and alive." Textura
"There is a sense of vibrant motion to Pelz's music which I find very appealing. …a distinctive and attractive voice on the contemporary scene." MusicWeb International
"It is just what you need for some refreshing poetic forays into timbral brilliance. Bravo." Classical Modern Music
"Wild stuff that colors outside the lines." Midwest Record
"fearless and fresh" Vital Weekly
"Un compositeur à surveiller dans un programme près de chez vous (ici, là et ailleurs)." PanM360
"…what stands out in all the works heard on 'Trinité' are the aesthetic beauty of Ofer Pelz' compositional style, the fine detail and commitment that go into producing music of this quality." Concert Critique Blog · Pamela Hickman
Whim Ensemble (avec Preston Beebe · album Pre-Fall)
"…both players ebb and swell in response to the other player, with intense concentration and profoundly creative intent." SquidCo
"…there is something truly mesmerizing in witnessing such performance being played live." Can This Even Be Called Music? · Dæv Tremblay
"Although the duo achieve a very specific sound aesthetic from the beginning of the record, they somehow find varying ways to re-interpret themselves making for a very encapsulating experience from beginning to end." Positively Underground · Donovan Burtan
"…chaque performance révèle son propre souffle, sa façon de se tendre et se détendre à travers les mouvements prévus et les passages improvisés. Le dialogue entre le piano préparé et le rythme est surprenant." Le Canal Auditif · Philippe Dejardins
"Combinant piano préparé et percussions, les deux musiciens jouent avec cette frontière qui sépare composition et improvisation afin de créer des oeuvres uniques en musique actuelle." Société de Musique Contemporaine du Québec · Vincent Pruel