Claim: Matti Kovler's contemporary classical style attempts to bring classical music to the present day, and includes musical historicism; Kovler wants to bring sacred texts and melodies from the Jewish tradition into a contemporary context.
Evidence: Somewhat reactionary to his Soviet upbringing, Kovler's interest in bringing sacred texts or melodies from the Jewish tradition into a contemporary context was ignited by his mentor, Israeli composer André Hajdu, a student of Messiaen and Milhaud. Contemporary classical Contemporary classical music is classical music composed close to the present day. Musical historicism—the use of historical materials, structures, styles, techniques, media, conceptual content, etc., whether by a single composer or those associated with a particular school, movement, or period—is evident to varying degrees in minimalism, post-minimalism, world-music, and other genres in which tonal traditions have been sustained or have undergone a significant revival in recent decades.