Lev Terner is a composer originally from Novosibirsk, Russia, currently based in Tel Aviv, Israel.
He graduated from the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music (2016) and the Zurich University of the Arts (2022, Master's degree).
His compositions include orchestral works, chamber instrumental and vocal music, music for theater performances, radio plays and documentaries.
Winner of international competitions, including VIII International Antonín Dvořák Composition Competition in 2017 (Prague, Czech Republic).
Lev’s music is closely linked to the academic Russian school, with a deep appreciation of folk art. Many of his compositions were inspired by Russian and Jewish musical folklore. The other side of his music is the ongoing search for new ideas and sounds, which he finds in contemporary academic music, jazz, electronics and experimental music on the border of genres.
He graduated from the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music (2016) and the Zurich University of the Arts (2022, Master's degree).
His compositions include orchestral works, chamber instrumental and vocal music, music for theater performances, radio plays and documentaries.
Winner of international competitions, including VIII International Antonín Dvořák Composition Competition in 2017 (Prague, Czech Republic).
Lev’s music is closely linked to the academic Russian school, with a deep appreciation of folk art. Many of his compositions were inspired by Russian and Jewish musical folklore. The other side of his music is the ongoing search for new ideas and sounds, which he finds in contemporary academic music, jazz, electronics and experimental music on the border of genres.
Mourning / 2022
The piece "Mourning" is part of the performance "Freylekhs". An important element for this scene is the traditional figure of the bride. The bride is estranged from her home and from her friends, finding herself in a space between different worlds.
It is a reflection on the process of transition from her familiar and native surroundings to a new state. An attempt to find herself and her place in an unfamiliar space.
It is a reflection on the process of transition from her familiar and native surroundings to a new state. An attempt to find herself and her place in an unfamiliar space.
An improvisational sketch with electronics controlled by the movement of a smartphone.
The main image is a traveler lost in a winter blizzard.
The main image is a traveler lost in a winter blizzard.
Winter Lights / 2020
Kind Regards From
the Anthropocene / 2020
the Anthropocene / 2020
"Kind Regards From the Anthropocene" documentary movie, directed by Lucas Ackermann.
In Switzerland, four young adults explore, contemplate and, in the form of a letter, bid farewell to their favourite natural site. Forests, mountains, glaciers and lakes of overwhelming beauty follow one another, like postcards that attempt vainly to fix these landscapes in place, soon to be transformed by climatic disasters to which this generation will inevitably bear witness.
In Switzerland, four young adults explore, contemplate and, in the form of a letter, bid farewell to their favourite natural site. Forests, mountains, glaciers and lakes of overwhelming beauty follow one another, like postcards that attempt vainly to fix these landscapes in place, soon to be transformed by climatic disasters to which this generation will inevitably bear witness.
Care work / 2020
A short animated film about the problem of care work that takes up most of life but doesn’t pay.
Idea and animation by Len Hirsbrunner and Désirée Ottiger.
Idea and animation by Len Hirsbrunner and Désirée Ottiger.
Care work / 2020
A short animated film about the problem of care work that takes up most of life but doesn’t pay. Idea and animation by Len Hirsbrunner and Désirée Ottiger.
Ritual / 2019
A piece for three moving speakers. The basis for the piece is the sound of the mouth harp, a musical instrument popular in Siberia and the image of shamans communicating with spirits.
A theatrical production based on the fairy tale "Iep!" by Joke van Leeuwen. The story of an unusual child — Ptishka, born with wings instead of hands, not like other children. Ptishka flew away from home without saying goodbye and her parents went looking for her.
The "Loutier's Room" and "Loutier's Dream" introduce the first friend — the girl Loutier, to whose house Ptishka arrives. "Lullaby" is one of the last songs, when the parents finally find thier child.
Theater "Center of Dramaturgy and Directing", Moscow,
directed by Taisiya Kanygina
The "Loutier's Room" and "Loutier's Dream" introduce the first friend — the girl Loutier, to whose house Ptishka arrives. "Lullaby" is one of the last songs, when the parents finally find thier child.
Theater "Center of Dramaturgy and Directing", Moscow,
directed by Taisiya Kanygina
Ptishka / 2019
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