ofer pelz
Catalogue

list of works

Selected works, 1996–2026.

Only premieres and important performances are indicated. Scores are distributed by BabelScores, the Canadian Music Centre, and IMI.


large ensemble / orchestra

45th Parallel Line - Borders

Soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, flute, clarinet, bassoon, violin, cello, and piano.

Concert-Opera commissioned by Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart and Meitar Ensemble.

In collaboration with Sarah Nemtsov and Omer Sheisaf.

Supported by the Canada Council for the Arts and Goethe Institut.

Premiered October 28, 2018, Inbal Theater, Suzanne Dellal Center, Tel-Aviv.

Montreal 2016–18, ~30'

Climax (ou Éléments)

Orchestra.

Commissioned by Geneva Camerata with support from The Adele and John Gray Endowment Fund.

Premiered March 15, 2016, Bâtiment des Forces Motrices, Geneva, Switzerland.

Montreal 2015–16, ~14'

Rewind

15 instruments.

Played by The Israel Contemporary Players, conducted by Zsolt Nagy.

First version read by Le NEM, conducted by Lorraine Vaillancourt.

Premiered April 5–6, 2014, Tagliot concert series - Tel Aviv Museum & Jerusalem Music Center.

Montreal 2012/14, ~10'

Blanc sur Blanc

For 2 ensembles - Meitar Ensemble (fl, cl, pno) & Ardeo String Quartet.

Conducted by Renaud Dejardin.

Commissioned by Zeitkunst Festival and Meitar Ensemble.

Premiered November 13 & 26, 2011, Zeitkunst Festival - Centre Pompidou, Paris and Radialsystem V, Berlin.

Paris/Montreal 2011, ~13'

Do Bats eat Cats?

Fl, cl, vln, vla, vlc, cb, pno & perc.

Commissioned by The Israel Contemporary Players and Ernst Von Siemens.

Premiere: February 26 & 27, 2011, conducted by Jean-Michael Lavoie.

Recording: May 2011, conducted by Zsolt Nagy, Ha-Teiva, Tel-Aviv.

Paris 2011, ~12'

Equilibrium

Violoncello, electronics & 9 instruments.

Solo violoncello: D. Zur. Conducted by K. Ben-Josef.

Premiere: April 2008, Jerusalem Music Center.

Menachem Avidom, ACUM award for the best creation of the year.

Revision: October 2008, Israel Music Festival, Jerusalem's Theatre.

Jerusalem 2008, ~19'

See also The Other Side of the Story and The One I Loved for symphonic orchestra (in Dance/Image section).

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chamber music

Work for Accordion, Electronics, and Organ

With Olivier Saint-Pierre.

Premiered at Le Vespéral, Montreal. Performed April 25, 2026, Sanctuaire du Saint-Sacrement, Montreal.

Montreal 2025–2026, ~60'

Human Intelligence

Piano, clarinet, flute, violin, cello, bassoon.

Commissioned by Meitar Ensemble.

Premiered 2024, Studio Annette, Tel-Aviv.

2024, ~3'

Acufene

For violin, cello, accordion, and eight sinus oscillators using audio scores.

Commissioned by ur.werk ensemble with support by the German Ministry.

Premiered April 16, 2022, Festival Résonance Croisée, Édifice Wilder, Montreal.

2022, ~16'

Wired

For violin, cello, percussion, piano, flute, clarinet and electronics, using audio scores.

Commissioned by Paramirabo ensemble with support by the CALQ.

Premiered September 16, 2021, MMR, McGill University.

2021, ~12'

Tracé

For violin, cello, accordion, and piano.

Commissioned by Cairn ensemble with support by the French Ministry of Culture (commande d'État).

Premiered September 11, 2020, Pan Piper, Paris.

2019–20, ~12'

I need to hear it first

For Saxophone Quartet.

Commissioned by Quasar Saxophone Quartet with support by Canada Council for the Arts (New Chapter program).

Premiered April 31, 2018, Le Gesù, Montreal.

2018, ~12'

marchons, marchons

Fl, cl, pno, vln, vc.

For the project Feeding Music, Expo Milano 2015, played by Sentieri Selvaggi.

Premiered September 20, 2015, Expo Gate, Expo Milano.

Revision for Meitar Ensemble, ManiFeste / Centre Pompidou 2016.

Montreal 2014/16, ~10'

Shift

Amplified percussion quartet.

For Architek Percussion Quartet, Live@CIRMMT concert series.

Premiered February 13, 2014, Live@CIRMMT, McGill University, Montreal.

Montreal 2013–14, ~7'

Chinese Whispers

Fl, cl, pno, vln, vc & amplification.

Commissioned by Meitar Ensemble, MATA Festival NY.

Premiered April 18, 2013, MATA Festival - Roulette, Brooklyn.

Montreal 2013, ~11'

Unisoni Trasparenti

Fl, cl, bsn, vln, vc & elec.

Commissioned by Meitar Ensemble, conducted by Karin Ben-Josef.

Premiere: December 2009, Hateiva, Tel-Aviv.

Paris 2009, ~16'

2 et Demi

Vln, gtr, t. sax & perc.

For Cairn Ensemble.

Premiere: July 2009, Forum Blanc-Mesnil, France.

Paris 2009, ~5'

InsideOut

Pn, cl, vln & vc.

For Meitar Ensemble.

Premiere: July 2007, Kfar-Blum Music Festival.

Jerusalem 2007, ~12'

Moro Lasso

Vocal quintet.

Premiered by the Academy soloists, July 2007, Navon Auditorium.

Jerusalem 2006, ~9'

Grey

Violin & piano.

Performed by S. Albo and O. Pelz, July 2007, Navon Auditorium.

Jerusalem 2006, ~3'

No hay banda

Fl, ob, cl, bsn, pn & tape.

Performed by A. Geiger, I. Kalinka, N. Levi, N. Cohen, S. Vinokor, July 2005, JAMD Auditorium.

Jerusalem 2005, ~11'

Colors in a Fog

Violin & violoncello.

Performed by Sh. Cohen, L. Yariv, July 2005, JAMD Auditorium.

Jerusalem 2004, ~8'

Constant Motion

Violin & violoncello.

Performed by E. Gurewitz, S. Falkovich, June 2003, JAMD Auditorium.

Jerusalem 2003, ~8'

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solo

'it starts' - album works

Solo piano (with electronics on selected tracks).

Album 'it starts', released June 2026. Includes the Love Tapes project.

Live album-launch concert at Studio Fast Forward, Montreal, June 11, 2026.

Montreal 2024–2026

Traductions

For percussionist on canvas. Research-creation. Performed at "La grande rencontre de l'art mediatique de Percé", Quebec, 2024.

2021–2024, ~90'

Repetition Blindness

Solo piano.

Commissioned by David Greilsammer with support from The Adele and John Gray Endowment Fund.

Premiered September 27, 2017, Crypt Sessions, NY.

Montreal 2017, ~7'

Modifications

Solo clarinet.

Commissioned by Ensemble Ex Novo.

Premiered July 9, 2015, Maratona contemporanea, Teatro La Fenice, Venezia.

Montreal 2015, ~3'

Backward Inductions

Augmented piano (prepared and amplified piano).

Commissioned by Julia Den-Boer.

Live@CIRMMT concert series.

Premiered April 24, 2014, Live@CIRMMT, McGill University, Montreal.

Montreal 2013–14, ~11'

Convergence

Alto flute & electronics.

For Cairn Ensemble. Performed by Cedric Jullion. Recording by Paolo Vigneroli, June 2010, CRD Blanc-Mesnil.

Paris 2010, ~7'

1, 2, 3...

Solo piano.

Commissioned by the ICL.

Performed by N. H. Meiri, September 2009, Israel Music Festival, Tel-Aviv Museum.

Tel-Aviv 2009, ~6'

Vibrations

Violin and live electronics - "interactive bow".

Performed by H. Peery, April 2011, CNSMD, Paris.

Paris 2011, ~5'

Clean Dust

Harp & electronics. For Multilateral Ensemble. (work in progress)

Unisono

Solo guitar.

Performed by Naftali Mizrahi.

Premiere: April 2008, Jerusalem Music Center.

Jerusalem 2008, ~5'

Seifim

Solo viola.

Performed by G. Wolf, July 2007, Navon Auditorium, Jerusalem.

Jerusalem 2006, ~8'

Prelude for Clarinet

Performed by Y. Meidan, June 2003, JAMD Auditorium, Jerusalem.

Jerusalem 2002, ~3'

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electroacoustic, live electronics & installations

Makom

Acousmatique.

Premiere: FLEM50, Montréal Nouvelle Musique festival, February 28, 2017.

Montreal 2017, ~15'

Étude for Disklavier & Electronics

Montreal 2012, ~4'

Agar-agar

Art installation in collaboration with Miri Chekhanovich and Matan Gover. 2019

The Movement of the Mass

Acousmatique.

Premiere: June 2009, Auditorium KM Pantin. Revision: January 2012, Salle Claude Champagne, Montreal.

Paris/Toulouse 2010, ~30'

Sweet and LowDown

Acousmatique. Premiere: March 2009, Auditorium KM Pantin.

Pantin 2009, 4'30"

See also: Wired, Blanc sur Blanc, Chinese Whispers, Unisoni Trasparenti, Equilibrium, No Hay Banda (Chamber); Backward Inductions, Vibrations, Convergence (Solo); 172, LeçonsDeTénèbre, Kmatim (Dance); Telephone, Sound tracks, Viskleken (Open works).

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open works / improvisations / artistic direction

Love Tapes

Multi-format research-creation project: solo piano, voice, recording, production. Ongoing research and album material.

Montreal 2023–2026

Concerti - Ensemble Tesse

(conception, artistic direction, production, co-director, pianist)

45-minute music film by Ensemble Tesse.

Ensemble Tesse has created six new works for their latest project. Using the Concertante formula, which originated from classical, baroque, or romantic musical traditions, they have adapted it to suit their ensemble's unique nature, which is a combination of improvisation and collective creation.

Montreal, 2021–2023, ~45'

Correspondances - Ensemble Tesse

Artistic direction / concept / production / audio-visual technician / pianist.

Correspondances is elaborated as a collective composition, bringing together individual improvisations that communicate with each other and that are shared from one member of the ensemble to another in a virtual way - a chain of ideas.

Montreal, 2020

Telephone

Free instrumentation and electronic interface.

Premiered by Tedarim Track, CEME Festival, Levontin 7, Tel-Aviv.

Supported by the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec.

This piece is influenced by the famous telephone game - a message which is repeated and mutated at every repetition. The piece deals with improvisation and imitation for two players and electronics. The musicians, led by a computer operator, try to imitate each other's musical phrases over and over with the expected mistakes on subsequent repetitions, resulting in increasing musical complexity over the course of the game.

Montreal/Tel-Aviv 2020, ~10'

Sound tracks

Open instrumentation and video interface, written in collaboration with Matan Gover.

Premiered by Ensemble Aka, Live@CIRMMT series, Tanna Schulich Hall, Montreal.

A graphical game is projected to the musicians and the audience. The game interface presents symbols that approach the musicians and is inspired by Harmonix's Guitar Hero. Each symbol represents a different musical element - gesture, short phrase, a note, and so on. The musicians must interpret the symbols at a precise moment according to the animation, while also adding their own musical interpretations in an improvised manner.

Montreal 2019, ~7'

Viskleken

Open instrumentation and electronic interface.

Premiered by Ensemble Aka, Live@CIRMMT series, Tanna Schulich Hall, Montreal.

In Swedish, viskleken means "whispers" and refers to the telephone game. Influenced by the same telephone-game logic as Telephone: two musicians, led by a computer operator, try to imitate each other's musical phrases with expected mistakes accumulating over each iteration.

Montreal 2019, ~7'

Whim Ensemble - Ofer Pelz, Preston Beebe, and Stéphane Diamantakiou - compositions and performances

See also: Equilibrium, Colors in a Fog, No Hay Banda (Chamber); Backward Inductions, Vibrations (Solo); 172, LeçonsDeTénèbre (Dance).

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dance / image

172

Music for dance by Nicholas Sciscione, 10 Hairy Legs dance company.

Premiered June 6, 2018, Baryshnikov Arts Center, New York, NY.

Montreal 2018, ~12'

LeçonsDeTénèbre

Electroacoustic work for a dance by François Raffinot. Music by François Sarhan; electroacoustic music by Ofer Pelz.

Premiere: February 2010, CDC, Toulouse.

Paris/Toulouse 2010, ~30'

Pnima

Solo piano. Dance video animation film by K. Srugo.

2008, Bezalel, Jerusalem.

Jerusalem 2008, ~4'

Insights

Violoncello, contrabass & tape. Music for short film by D. Keidar.

2008, Haifa International Film Festival.

Kmatim

Violoncello and tape. Music for dance by Sh. Zisowitch. Performed by M. Belzismann.

2007, The Lab, Jerusalem.

Jerusalem 2007, ~8'

Katia

Solo piano. Written for dance.

Performed by O. Pelz, June 2003, Suzanne Dellal Center, Tel-Aviv.

Tel-Aviv 2003, ~5'

The One I Loved

Symphonic orchestra. Music for stop-motion animation film by D. Basher.

Performed by the Hamahapecha orchestra, conducted by R. Openheim.

2005 Israel Festival, Jerusalem's Theatre.

Jerusalem 2005, ~5'

The Other Side of the Story

Symphonic orchestra. Music for animation film by O. Ventura.

Performed by the Hamahapecha orchestra, conducted by R. Openheim.

2005 Israel Festival, Jerusalem's Theatre.

Jerusalem 2003, ~5'

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