This song was written as a part of educational program for young kids (age 2-5 years old) created by Natalie Baraban and Evgenia Ershova

Text: Natalie Baraban
Music and vocals: Igor Iofe

Волк

This piece was written specially for the Looptail ensemble http://looptail.nl/ and was performed  by Pascal Meyer and Klaasje Nieuwhof within the Composers' Festival Amsterdam 2012 on the 10th of June in Werkgebouw Het Veem.

01/06/2012

Willing To Pray

Live concert at Botanische Tuin Zuidas in Amsterdam on 3 October 2021
This concert has been organised by the Stichting Dichtbij Concerten
Audio recording by Amir Bar

Crossroads

Cold Wind (LIVE at the Botanical Garden)

Cold Wind (LIVE)

Listen to the piano improvisation of Thomas Nakos (aka tomi @to_mi_nor)on the Cold Wind by Igor Iofe.

This is an Armenian traditional melody 'Hovern Elan' for the woodwind instrument duduk that Igor made a trumpet interpretation of and Thomas added the beautiful piano part to it.

Cold Wind [piano by tomi]

Cold Wind [Piano by Tomi]

Live concert at Maria Magdalena church in Wormer, NL on 21 November 2021
This concert has been organised by the Russich-Nederlands Vocaal Sextet
This is a an Armenian folk tune and traditionally it is played on duduk. In this arrangement I play it on a four valves quartertone trumpet with organ.
Trumpet: Igor Iofe
Organ: Nikolai Martynov
Mastering by Florian Boden @florian-boden

Brother Hunter

Brother Hunter (LIVE)

This performance took place in the OLVG-kerk in Uitgeest on the 24 October 2021 as part of the program of the Russisch-Nederlands Vocaal Sextet. This is an interpretation of the traditional Armenian melody for duduk.

Trumpet Igor Iofe
Organ Ton Schoen

#russischnederlandsvocaalsextet #sextet #музыка #армянскаямузыка #trumpet #trompet #труба #vanlaartrumpets #vanlaarartist #quartertonetrumpet #duduk #organ #orgel

Look Here My Deaar (LIVE)

Look Here My Dear (LIVE)

Beautiful Jazz tones by Thomas Nakas @to_mi_nor and Igor Iofe @igor-iofe-1

Days that gone never come back again. The name is of this project is representative of the process that music goes from Athens to Amsterdam and came back as feedback.

From The Athens To Amsterdam And Back I [ Piano: Thomas Nakas | Trumpet: Igor Iofe ]

From The Athens To Amsterdam And Back

From Athens To Amsterdam And Back II [Trumpet: Igor Iofe | Piano: Thomas Nakas]

From Athens To Amsterdam And Back III

From The Athens To Amsterdam And Back III [Trumpet: Igor Iofe | Piano: Thomas Nakas]

Music by: Igor Iofe and Thomas Nakas 
Piano: Thomas Nakas @to_mi_nor
Trumpet: Igor Iofe @igoriofe-1
Art Cover by Luana Bento: www.instagram.com/offluaph
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This musical material is very dear to me and it came to me many years ago, in about 2002. I would walk to my bus stop to go to school or walk to the bazar always humming these few very simple chords. They were stuck in my head for quite some years. Strange that at that time I had never considered doing anything with this material. Maybe because I was very much occupied with abstract contemporary conceptual music back then. The older I become the more I appreciate clarity, simplicity and emotion in music rather than complexity and hidden abstract concepts. The time to unfold this material came 20 years after. Thomas Nakas aka @to_mi_nor brought it to life  by creating a beautiful piano part, structure and arrangement. This is our second EP and there are more works to come!

The improvisations are rough, meaning that I recorded them in one take with no corrections or editing and this represents the concept of this EP. Do we have to be perfect at all? Or is it maybe more important to honestly communicate your thoughts, your feelings, regrets, nostalgia?..

#tomi # Igor_Iofe

Imperfect//Monologs

Imperfect//Monologs (Full EP)

Imperfect// Monologs (Impro 1)

Imperfect//Monologs (Impro 3)

Imperfect//Monologs (Impro 2)

Imperfect//Monologs (Intro)

We collected €5151,73 to help Ukrainian refugees!
https://www.facebook.com/events/3130759347241686/

Benefietconcert Top Musici voor de Vrede in
Noorderkerk Amsterdam 1 April 2022
This is a live recording of my solo "Cold Wind" played during this concert.

Trumpet: Igor Iofe 
Organ: Cinzia Nistico
Sound recording: Amir Bar
Mastering: Igor Iofe
Photo: © Hans Thé

This is a an Armenian folk tune called 'Hovern Elan'. Traditionally it is played on duduk. In this arrangement I play it on a four valves quartertone trumpet with accompaniment of organ.

Cold Wind (LIVE in Noorderkerk)

Here is a Piano and Trumpet Cover on "Titania" by @to_mi_nor The process of remastering and adding @igor-iofe-1 's trumpet to this composition was very enjoyable for both of us.

Titania Noir [Igor Iofe & Thomas Nakas | Trumpet & Piano]

It is the streets and canals of Amsterdam in the Autumn. Melancholic tunes of street musicians, atmosphere of loneliness and light nostalgia slowly embracing you while getting lost..

Seven very talented young composers of today made an interdisciplinary program in Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ working together with the Nieuw Ensemble, as well as various artists, from an actress to a jazz singer. Brand-new compositions, a sound sculpture, music-theater, were all presented in the Great Hall, offering to the audience an exciting glimpse of 2014′s new music scene.
 
The Nieuw Ensemble, Yoshiaki Onishi, Emre Sihan Kaleli, Mátyás Wettl, Igor Iofe, Flora Koene, Felipe Ignacio Noriega and Kate Moore presenting An Evening of Today.

https://soundcloud.com/nieuw-ensemble

Harrie Starreveld, Shakuhachi https://soundcloud.com/h-starreveld
Sarah Jeffery, Paetzold Recorder https://soundcloud.com/sarahjeffery
Igor Iofe, Piano https://soundcloud.com/igor-iofe
Herman Halewijn, Percussion 
Tristan Renfrow, Percussion
Hans Wesseling, Mandolin
Helenus de Rijke, Guitar
Ernestine Stoop, Harp
Rob Dirksen, Double Bass

http://aneveningoftoday.com/
http://www.muziekgebouw.nl/agenda/Concerten/2499/Nieuw_Ensemble/An_Evening_of_Today_2/

Cover image ©PavlovNM

Streets..

This wonderful song by @matthias_am_klavier is a trip through landscapes and inner realms, a topic that has always fascinated him. Thanks a lot to Matthias for asking me to record the trumpet part and Adam Tucker for doing the mastering.

Approximate translation of the lyrics:

We fill up the bottles,
the goal the horizon.
In the heart no pain, no thoughts,
our worries are gone too.

So far this world,
so wonderful this sand,
With you by my side
With you by my hand

Here no one can stop us any more,
swimming in the horizon
Wide open views, from high cliffs,
deep inside us, the land speaks.

Flying high, circling the coast,
Deep in the sea, we see the ground,
Warm air warms our thoughts,
Deep within us, the land speaks.

Then in the evening under the blankets
Cold air on the face
Infinity in the starry sky
which then engulfs us

Trumpet: Igor Iofe @igor-iofe-1
Mastering: Adam Tucker @adam-tucker-composer

Sea In Sight [Matthias Am Klavier, feat. Igor Iofe]

This piece was written specially for the Joint Venture Percussion Duo and performed at the Composers' Festival in the Conservatorium van Amsterdam on the 17th May 2013

Performers:
Laurent Warnier https://soundcloud.com/laurent-warnier
Rachel Xi Zhang

Composer: Igor Iofe

http://igor-iofe.com/
http://www.jointventurepercussionduo.com/jvp2/Home.html

In this piece the newly invented string instruments are playing in combination with flute, soprano voice and piano. The strings are being stretched between the beams of the mezzanine of the building and also hanging from the ceiling beams with heavy weights on them. The hanging strings surround the audience and musicians. A very special building HET VEEM (Van Diemenstraat 410, 1013 CR Amsterdam) - former warehouse, where the piece was premiered, inspired us to create these instruments and this composition. The concert was performed as a part of Toetsdestijds Concerten Series.

http://www.veem.nl/nl/p482c37cf9528d/het-veem.html

MUSICIANS

String players:
Julie Stalder
Frank Diamand
Linda Paulino
Jan van der Sangen
Noam Staal

Reciters:
Frank Diamand
Lara Diamand

Ensemble TRIODUO: 
Lara Diamand - soprano/reciter
Erica van den Berg - ( alto ) flute.
Georgina Collington - piano
http://www.laradiamand.nl/Lara_Diamand/TRIODUO.html

INSTRUMENTS created by: 
Hans van Koolwijk 
http://www.hansvankoolwijk.nl/index.html 
Jan van der Sangen 
http://www.toetsdestijds.nl/werk.html 

Lyrics by Omar Khayyam
Music by Igor Iofe 
http://igor-iofe.com/

Recording - Bart van Hasselt
Mixing/ Mastering  - Igor Iofe

I Came Like Water and Like Wind I Go Mov VIII

I Came Like Water and Like Wind I Go Mov VII

I Came Like Water and Like Wind I Go Mov VI

I Came Like Water and Like Wind I Go Mov IV

Lullaby for Tomorrow

This is the result of our collaboration with an amazing jazz musician Sandor Lakatos.
https://soundcloud.com/soso-lakatos

The Laughter

This is the result of my collaboration with marvellous musicians during the Atlas Academy 2011 http://www.atlasensemble.nl/atlas-academy.html that has been presented at the Open Huis.

Atlas Academy

In C Mood

In C mood

Elegy

This is a an Armenian folk tune called 'Hovern Elan'. Traditionally it is played on duduk. In this arrangement I play it on a four valves quartertone trumpet. 

Trumpet by Igor Iofe @igor-iofe-1
Music production by Pim van den Heuvel @pimvdheuvel
Cover image by Cinzia Nistico @cinzia-nistico

Cold Wind

This is a remix of an Armenian folk tune called 'Hovern Elan'. Traditionally it is played on duduk. In this arrangement it is played it on a four valves quartertone trumpet. 

Remix and music production by Pim van den Heuvel @pimvdheuvel
Trumpet by Igor Iofe @igor-iofe-1
Cover image by Cinzia Nistico @cinzia-nistico

Cold Wind (Pim van den Heuvel Remix)

"Healing" for duduk, theremin, muted trumpet and saxophone quartet

The piece was created with the intension to let the listener dive into the simplicity and depth of the sound, its beauty and continuity, to let the listener tune him/herself on a beautiful tone.
This is the recording from the premiere performance on the Composers' Festival Amsterdam 18.05.2013
http://igor-iofe.com

528Hz ensemble:
Raphaela Danksagmüller - duduk https://soundcloud.com/user-690055886
Thorwald Jørgensen - theremin https://soundcloud.com/thorwald-j-rgensen
Evgeniy Bondarev - trumpet https://soundcloud.com/evgenii-bondarev
Evgeniy Novikov - soprano saxophone 
Stefan de Wijs - alto saxophone
Michał Gryćko - tenor saxophone
Juan Manuel Dominguez - baritone saxophone

https://soundcloud.com/528hz-ensemble

18/05/2013

Healing

Igor Iofe is a
composer whose musical
paths lead to diverse stylistic destinations. Currently Igor's focus in music is Armenian traditional duduk repertoire which he performs on trumpet. He brings the beauty and warmth of the duduk into his trumpet playing.

At the Conservatorium van Amsterdam he studied with  Wim Hendrickx,Richard Ayres,  Fabio Nieder,Willem Jeths and Jorrit Tamminga. Igor attended masterclasses with Misato Mochizuki, Dmitry Kourliandski, Tristan Murail andTan Dun. His music was performed at the Composers’ Festival Amsterdam (2012 and 2013), Atlas Academy (2010-12),  Looptail XXX and at such venues as De Link, De Duif, Het Bethaniënklooster, Het Veem, STEIM, Muziekgebouw aan 't Ij and CvA in Amsterdam and other cities of the Netherlands. His piece Y+Ywas performed by the Joint Venture Percussion Duo at several venues in the USA and Europe.

Parallel to his Classical Composition studies Igor studied Composing Music for Film with Jurre Haanstra and graduated as a Master in Composing for FIlm at the CvA. During his studies he wrote music for several movies which were shown at the Beeldbuis Filmfestival, Keep an Eye Film Festival, VERS Awards, Cinekid Filmfestival, M2M Filmfestival and Pleinbioscoop Rotterdam.

Igor is one of the organisers of the Toets des Tijds Concert Series

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