Praised for his “fascinating, surprising, rich, and colorful” music by Haaretz, Udi Perlman (b. 1990) is an Israeli composer based in Berlin, recognized as one of his country’s “most promising contemporary composers.” With vibrant harmonies and kaleidoscopic textures, his compositions capture the expression and beauty hidden within simple musical gestures through imaginative recontextualization and playful juxtapositions. Fueled by a deep love for the Western classical canon, Perlman engages with classical conventions and tropes, reinterpreting them through his personal cultural lens and drawing on the influences of his Jewish-Israeli roots.

Perlman’s music has been commissioned and performed by the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester der Universität der Künste Berlin, Yale Philharmonia, and Ensemble Modern Academy, among others. He is the recipient of a Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Pogorzelski-Yankee Award from the American Guild of Organists, and the Israeli Prime Minister’s Composer Award, among others. An artist fellow at MacDowell, I-Park Foundation, and Herrenhaus Edenkoben, he has held fellowships at the Aspen Music Festival and Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival. He is currently a fellow at the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music.