Jan Freidlin (Chita, Siberia, Russia 1944)

Jan Freidlin was born in Chita (Southern Siberia) in 1944. He studied composition, piano and music theory at the Odessa Music College. From 1965 to 1971 he studied composition and theory with Prof. A. Kogan at the Odessa State Conservatory. Upon his graduation he served as Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Odessa Philhamionic Society Jazz Orchestra, and in 1974 became a member of the USSR Composers’ Union. He was the Head of the Music Theory department at the Stolyarsky Special Music College from 1974 until 1990 when he immigrated to Israel. Freidlin taught at the Rubin Academy of Music for three years, and he currently teaches at the Levinsky College of Music in Tel-Aviv. He has composed music for many television programs, for 26 theatre plays and for 7 feature films. A prolific composer, many of his works have been performed in Russia, Israel, Germany, Australia, Italy, Sweden, UK, Czech Republic, Holland, France, Brazil, Japan, and the USA. The works of J. Freidlin are published in many Editions in USA ( 3), Germany, France (2 ), Israel, Belgium, Russia & Ukraine.

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