Roman Kofman
Roman Kofman Роман Кофман | |
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| Born | June 15, 1936 |
| Genres | classical |
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| Instrument | violin |
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| Formerly of | Beethoven Orchester Bonn (2003–2005)[1] |
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Roman Avram Isakovych Kofman (Ukrainian: Роман Аврам Ісакович Кофман, born 15 June 1936) is a Ukrainian composer, conductor, music educator and People's Artist of Ukraine (2003). Kofman was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2008 and is the winner of the ECHO Klassik Prize (2007). He was nominated and entered the short list of Shevchenko National Prize in 2011.
Since 1990 he is the Principal Conductor of the Kyiv Chamber Orchestra of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine.
Biography
Roman Avram Isakovych Kofman was born on 15 June 1936 in Kyiv, Ukraine. He graduated in 1961 from the State Conservatory (now The Tchaikovsky National Academy of Music) with a degree in violin, followed by a degree in conducting in 1971. From 1963 he worked as a concertmaster of the Kyiv Chamber Orchestra. As a conductor he performed with more than 70 orchestras from Europe, America, Asia and Africa, including WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, the Bern Symphony Orchestra, orchestra of the Bayerischer Rundfunk, and the Munich Philharmonic.[2]
Between 2003–2008 Kofman worked in Germany as the music director at the Beethoven Orchester Bonn.[1]
As of 2025, Kofman has been a professor of conducting at the National Music Academy of Ukraine. He has been the Principal Conductor of the Kyiv Chamber Orchestra of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine since 1990.[3]
References
- ^ a b Hartmann, Bernhard (1 November 2017). "Beethoven Orchester spielt erstes Konzert in der Bonner Oper" [Beethoven Orchestra plays its first concert at the Bonn Opera]. General-Anzeiger (in German). Retrieved 9 November 2025.
- ^ Тиждень високої класики з Романом Кофманом [Week of High Classics with Roman Kofman]. Relax (in Ukrainian). Premium Group Ukraine. 16 June 2011. Archived from the original on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ^ "Київський камерний оркестр" [Kyiv Chamber Orchestra] (in Ukrainian). National Philharmonic of Ukraine. 2008. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
Further reading
- Литвинова, О. У. (12 December 2014). "Кофман Роман" [Roman Kofman]. Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine (in Ukrainian).