| Boris Yoffe | |
| Birth Name: | Борис Иоффе |
| Birth Date: | 21 December 1968 |
| Birth Place: | Leningrad, USSR (Russia) |
| Instrument: | Violin, viola, piano |
| Genre: | symphonic, chamber, opera |
| Occupation: | Composer, writer |
| Years Active: | 1991 - present |
| Website: | Official website |
Boris Yoffe (born 21 December 1968 in St. Petersburg) is a Russian-born Israeli composer,[1] resident of Karlsruhe, Germany.
Boris Yoffe initially studied violin but turned to composing early, premiering his first works in the St. Petersburg Philharmonic in 1983.[2]
He emigrated to Israel before the break-up of Soviet Union, and completed his composition studies at the Rubin Academy of Music at Tel Aviv University. Later he moved to Karlsruhe, Germany to study with Wolfgang Rihm in 1997.[3] Yoffe was a scholarship holder from various foundations; In 2000 he received the prize from the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts.[4]
Around that time, the composer began composing a series of short one-page pieces for string quartet. These were given a performance at ZKM in Karlsruhe in May 2003[5] and recorded on the ECM label by the Rosamunde Quartett with the Hilliard Ensemble. Boris Yoffe himself considers his work not specifically national: Russian, Israeli or German, but in principle ″belonging to all three cultures″.[6]
Yoffe is also the author of numerous arrangements and arrangements as well as several musicological and philosophical essays.[7]