Facts: - instrument: violin , alt - website: -lsb- http://boris-yoffe.de official website -rsb- - years active: 1991 - present - caption: karlsruhe , nov. 2014 . - birth name: - genre: symphonic , chamber , opera - birth date: 21 december 1968 - name: boris yoffe - image size: 200px - background: non_performing_personnel - image: yoffe boris 7no214 akhanon.jpg - birth place: leningrad , ussr -lrb- russia -rrb- - occupation: composer , writer Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of boris yoffe .
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boris yoffe -lrb- born 21 december 1968 in st. petersburg -rrb- is a russian-born israeli composer , resident of karlsruhe , germany .