Nimrod Borenstein Composer & Conductor
Nimrod Borenstein is one of today’s most distinctive and internationally acclaimed contemporary composers. His music has been commissioned, recorded, and performed at prestigious venues worldwide, including London’s Royal Festival Hall and Royal Opera House, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Paris’s Salle Gaveau, New York’s Carnegie Hall, and Hong Kong City Hall.
His works are regularly heard across Europe, the Americas, Asia, Australia, Israel, and Canada.
In recent years, Borenstein was selected to compose the obligatory performance pieces for both the Hong Kong International Piano Competition and the International Jeunesses Musicales Cello Competition — further recognition of his global reputation.
Vladimir Ashkenazy, a prominent supporter, has conducted several of Borenstein’s compositions, leading to a Chandos album of his orchestral works that was featured as a ‘Choice’ by BBC Music Magazine. Other leading artists who have performed his music include Pascal Rogé, Roberto Prosseda, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, the Quartetto di Cremona, and major orchestras such as the Philharmonia, BBC Philharmonic, Oxford Philharmonic, Israel Camerata, Belgrade Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and English Chamber Orchestra.
Borenstein has composed more than 60 works for chamber ensembles — including duos, trios, quartets, and quintets — as well as for solo instruments such as piano, violin, and cello. All of these works are published by Donemus.
In recent years he has also become increasingly prolific in the realm of concertos, writing for a diverse array of instruments. His notable works include the Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 60; Concertos for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 56b and Op. 77; Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra, Op. 99; Concerto for Mandolin and Orchestra, Op. 97; L'Oiseau bleu, Op. 89, for harp and string orchestra; and the Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra, Op. 70.
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One of his most recent works, the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 91, premiered in 2022. Borenstein himself conducted the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for its premiere recording, with Clélia Iruzun as the piano soloist. The album was released by SOMM Recordings on January 20, 2023.
Since its premiere in January 2015 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Nimrod Borenstein’s ballet score Suspended has enjoyed over 250 performances — from the Edinburgh International Festival to the Taipei Arts Festival.
The score was the launch-recording of the Berlin-based Solaire label.
In addition to composing, Borenstein is an accomplished conductor with ongoing projects across the UK, Europe, Brazil, and beyond.
Gramophone praised his conducting for bringing “vivid playing from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,” while Opus Klassiek described him as “an inspired composer and an inspiring conductor.”
Recently, Nimrod began collaborating with the English Chamber Orchestra as both composer and conductor. Following a successful concert in March 2025, he will record a full album of his music with the ECO, set for release on Somm Recordings in February 2026.
Nimrod Borenstein substantial catalogue continues to develop and currently numbers more than 100 works, including orchestral and chamber music as well as vocal and solo instrumental pieces.