Music Clips

1. Argaman, for piano trio. Sheryl Staples, Violin. Mina Smith, Cello. Benjamin Hochman, Piano. Salt Bay ChamberFest.

2. Two songs from The Yellow Wind, for two vocalists (Israeli and Arab), Ney solo, Narrator, and Orchestra. Texts by David Grossman, Mahmoud Darwish, Shaul Tchernichovsky, Natan Alterman, and Natan Yonatan. Mira Awad and Keren Hadar, vocalists. Bassam Saba, ney. Brian Lehrer, Narrator. Westchester Philharmonic Orchestra. Paul Dunkel, Conductor.

• Excerpt 1
• Excerpt 2 

3. In My Heart I Am, for solo piano. Benjamin Hochman in a live performance at the American Academy in Berlin.

• Live Performance

4. Two songs from Tzafuf Bazug (Hebrew), for soprano and piano quartet. A song cycle with unpublished poems by David Grossman. Ye’ela Avital, Soprano. Latica Honda-Rosenberg, Violin. Yulia Deyneka, Viola. Miri Yampolsky, Piano. The Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival. Elena Bashkirova Barenboim, Music Director.

• Song 1
• Song 2

5. Two excerpts from Altitudes, for orchestra. Richmond Symphony Orchestra. Gerardo Edelstein, Conductor.

• Excerpt 1 
• Excerpt 2

6. Frederic Variations, for solo piano. Benjamin Hochman in a live performance at Sub Culture, as part of the 92Y music series.

• Live Performance 

7. Solar Flare, for orchestra – video

Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. Michel Tabachnick, Conductor.

8. An excerpt from In Pairs, for percussion quartet. Ethos Percussion Quartet. Weill Recital Hall. Carnegie Hall.