Eli Tamar is a Russian born Israeli-American composer. 
He is the author of Canticum Fratris Solis,
​Prière de St. François d'Assise, Ave Maria, ונתנה תוקף (Unetaneh tokef), Отче Наш (The Lord’s Prayer), and Requiem in memory of the victims of coronavirus Pandemic.
 
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"Eli Tamar gives notice that he is both interpreter and composer of no mean instinct... his ear is masterfully attuned to creating music for the voices of Andrey Nemzer (Metropolitan Opera soloist) and Charlene Canty which have been nobly set out, creating a superb duet with judicious weight and solemnity." (Raul da Gama, "World Music Report, April 2016)
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  • May 3, 2023. Requiem for mezzo-soprano solo and mixed choir a cappella. 
    Venue: International Moscow House of Music Hall, Moscow, Russia. As part of "Spread New Music to the World". A production of Lyrica Classic Entertainment, Inc. with the support of American Embassy in Russia.
    Performers: Countertenor Andrey Nemzer (soloist of Metropolitan Opera and MusicAeterna), Moscow Synodal Choir, directed by Michael Kotelnikov.
  • March 2023. Compositions for voices and organ in a program "Prayer for Peace". 
    Venue: St. Petersburg, place TBA. A production of Lyrica Classic Entertainment, Inc. with the support of American Embassy in Russia.
    Performers: TBA
  • March 4, 2023. As part of the project "Spread new music in the world". 
    Venue: Catholic Cathedral of Immaculate Conception, Moscow, Russia. A production of Lyrica Classic Entertainment, with support from the Amercian Embassy in Russia and the Boni Arte Foundation in Russia.
    Compositions: Молитва о Мире (Prayer for Peace), Отче Наш (Lord's Prayer), I Paky Ti Reku, Ave Maria, "Waft her angels through the skies", St. Francis Prayer, Salutatio Virtutum, and Canticum Fratris Solis (in version for 2 sopranos and contralto solo, mixed choir and organ)
    Performers: Arielle Choir (conducted by Elmira Ddasheva), sopranos Yulia Petrachuk and Svatlana Polyanskaya, contralto Olga Nadezhdina, organist Marianna Vysotskaya. 
  • January 9, 2023. First performance of Canticum Fratris Solis in version for mixed choir, 2 soloists and organ. 
    Venue: St. Andrew's Anglican Church, Moscow, Russia. As part of "Spread new Music in the World". Produced by Lyrica Classic Entertainment, Inc. With the support of American Embassy in Russia.
    Performers: soprano Yulia Petrachuk, mezzo-soprano Alexandra Kovalevich, "Encarnacion" Ensemble, organist Marianna Vysotskaya, conductor Michael Kotelnikov.
  • January 9, 2023. World premiere of "Waft her angles, through the skies" in memory of Queen Elizabeth II, for soprano and organ. 
    Venue: St. Andrew's Anglican Church, Moscow Russia. As part of "Spread new Music in The World". Produced by Lyrica Classic Entertainment, Inc. With the support of American Embassy in Russia.
    Performers: soprano Svetlana Polyanskaya and organist Marianna Vysotskaya
  • Priere de St. Francois d'Assise (St. Francis Prayer) included in a music documentary "Roma Verso La Luce" by Alessandro Rossellini, Italy. 
  • October 9, 2022. Polish premiere of Ave Maria.
    Venue: Zaglebiowsky International Organ Festival. Poland.
    ​Performers: tenor Konrad Artur Cygal and organist Roman Hyla 
  • October 2, 2022. Venue: Sligo Seventh-day Adventist Church, Takoma Park, Maryland.
    Compositions: O Gladsome Light, Ave Maria, Akhatist to the Holy Virgin, Salutatio Virtutum, Lord's Prayer, and Canticum Fratris Solis.
    Performers: soprano Olga Orlovskaya, soprano Charlene Canty, soprano Yulia Petrachuk, mezzo-soprano Maria Maskhulia, and organist Paul Byssainthe
  • April 29, 2022. Venue: Synetic Theater, Washington DC, in benefit concert for Ukraine.
    Composition: Молитва о Мире/Prayer for Peace (in Ukraine)
    Performers: soprano Yulia Petrachuk and Tatiana Loisha, electric organ
    ​(all proceeds directed to "United Help Ukraine") 
  • March 20, 2022. Venue: "Spread New Music to World" at Congress Graz Stefaniensaal in Graz, Austria. With a support from US Embassy in Vienna.
    Compositions: Prayer for Peace (in Ukraine), Ave Maria, St. Francis Prayer, Lord's Prayer, Akathist to the Holy Virgin, I paky ty reku, Salutatio Virtutum, O, Gladsome Light, and Canticum Fratris Solis
    Performers: soprano Yulia Petrachuk (soloist of Carnegie Hall and Great Moscow Hall); soprano Elisabeta Marin (soloist of Wiener Staatoper); mezzo-soprano Hermine Haselböck (soloist of Musikverein Vienna); organist Nicholas Willne 
    lyricaclassic.org/spread_new_music-prayer_for_peace/
  • March 13, 2022. Venue: Our Lady of Angels Chapel in Castonsville, Maryland. 
    Compositions: Lord's Prayer, Ave Maria, O, Gladsome Light, and Akathist to the Holy Virgin
    Performers: soprano Yulia Petrachuk, soprano Olga Orlovskaya, mezzo-soprano Aryssa Leigh Burns, and organist Stephen Harouff.

  • February 18, 2022. Venue: Anglican Chucrh, Moscow, Russia.
    Composition: Ave Maria
    Performers: baritone Pavel Bykov and organist Yulia Ikonnikova

  • December 6, 2021. A world premiere of Requiem for mixed choir a cappella and a mezzo-soprano solo, dedicated to the memory of the coronavirus victims. Performed by Hungarian State Opera soloist mezzo-soprano Polina Shamaeva and Moscow Synodal Choir under Michael Kotelnikov at Sobornaya Palata, Moscow, Russia 
  • October 29, 2021. Venue: concert titled "Prayer for Peace" dedicated to the memory of lives lost September 11, 2001. Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Alexandria, Virginia.
    Compositions: Ave Maria, I Paky ty reku, Lord's Prayer, Canticum Fratris Solis, Prayer for Peace
    Performers: soprano Yulia Petrachuk, soprano Olga Orlovskaya, soprano Simone Brown, mezzo-soprano Katelyn Jackman, and organist Nicholas Will
  • May 9, 2021. Italian premiere of Priere de St. Francois d'Assise (St. Francis Prayer).
    Venue: St. Marcello church, Rome.
    Performers: soprano Natalia Pavlova and organist Marco Lo Muscio.
    Currently available on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaKeYvpx6-U
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  • April 25, 2021. Lyrica Classic Entertainment presents "Organ Apotheosis part II": Отче Наш (Lord's Prayer), Молитва о Мире (Prayer for Peace), and Canticum Fratris Solis at Our Lady of Angels chapel in Catonsville, Maryland.
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  • April 18, 2021. "Meet the composer Eli Tamar" webinar presented by Lyrica Classic Entertainment. 

  • Edgewood Symphony Orchestra presented Canticum Fratris Solis (in orchestral version) on December 26, 2020. The recording is available here
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  • A world premiere of Отче Наш (Lord's Prayer) at the Rachmaninoff Hall, Moscow Conservatory, on September 26, 2020. Commissioned and performed by the vocal trio "Melody"
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Archive
Prière de St. François d'Assise
for alto voice and organ​
Laudato Si (CD)
Canticum Fratris Solis
​for soprano, alto and organ/ orchestra
Rilke Songs
​for soprano and piano 
Unetaneh Tokef 
​for alto a cappella 
Ave Maria
​for voice and organ