NotaBene Chamber group | Yurii Nemirovskyi, clarinet, Roman Lopatynskyi, piano | Paul Ben-Haim

Chamber alliance NotaBene Chamber group (Kyiv, Ukraine) was established in 2015. The collective is a union of Ukrainian musicians of New Formation: Maksym Grinchenko (violin), Andriy Pavlov (violin), Ivan Grytsyshyn (viola), Artem Poludennyi(cello), Roman Lopatynskyi(piano), Yuri Nemirovskyi (clarinet).
Repertoire of the ensemble includes classical and contemporary music. During the existence of the ensemble took part in many musical events in Europe, among which the solo recitals, masterclasses and international festivals : International festival of Chamber music (Plovdiv, Bulgaria), 2016; 47th International festival "Sofia Music Weeks"( Sofia, Bulgaria), 2016; Hvide Sande Masterclass (Denmark), 2017; Landesmusikakademie (Ochsenhausen, Germany), 2017; Gogolfest (Kyiv, Ukraine). 2016; International music Festival “Bouquet Kyiv Stage” (Kyiv, Ukraine) 2018.
In addition, the result of creative activities of the band is the partnership with the leading soloists, composers, teachers of music academies recognized at the international level, among which: Jose Ribera, Sakari Tepponen, Henrik Brendstrup, Ivan Kucher, Denis Severin, Andriy Belov, etc.


Born Paul Ben-Haim in Munich, Germany, he studied composition with Friedrich Klose and he was assistant conductor to Bruno Walter and Hans Knappertsbusch from 1920 to 1924. He served as conductor at Augsburg from 1924 to 1931, and afterwards devoted himself to teaching and composition, including teaching at the Shulamit Conservatory in Tel Aviv, Israel.


Paul Ben-Haim and his wife, Heli, with the writer Max Brod
Ben-Haim emigrated to the then British Mandate of Palestine in 1933 and lived in Tel Aviv, near Zina Dizengoff Square.[1] He Hebraized his name, becoming an Israeli citizen upon that nation's independence in 1948. He composed chamber music, works for choir, orchestra and solo instruments, and songs. He championed a specifically Jewish national music: his own compositions are in a late Romantic vein with Middle Eastern overtones, somewhat similar to Ernest Bloch.

His notable students include Eliahu Inbal, Henri Lazarof, Ben-Zion Orgad, Ami Maayani, Shulamit Ran, Rami Bar-Niv and Noam Sheriff. See: List of music students by teacher: A to B#Paul Ben-Haim.

Ben-Haim won the Israel Prize for music in 1957.


Paul Ben-Haim Three songs without words

NotaBene duo - Yurii Nemirovskyi, clarinet
Roman Lopatynskyi, piano

00:00 - 04.37 - Arioso
04:37 - 06:56 - Ballad
06:56 - 10:26 - Sephardic melody