2016│Eve’s Version • Yokheved’s Song 2013│HaShem, Lo Gava Libi 2010│Song of Songs
Aaron Blumenfeld received an M.A. in music composition from Rutgers University. He is a composer and concert pianist who has worked intensively in classical, jazz and Jewish music and has published books on the art of blues and barrelhouse piano improvisation. Primarily a classical composer, he has composed eleven piano concertos, works for chamber ensembles and for solo piano. He has extensive experience as a cantor and conductor of synagogue choirs. Compositions on Jewish themes include several symphonic works, Ez’kroh: A Symphonic Poem and Holocaust Memorial Symphonic Poem; two Yiddish operas, Rachel and Pagiel & Bathsheva; and many art songs. His manuscripts are in the music archives of the University of California, Berkeley. More of Aaron’s work may be found at www.aarons-world.com.