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Joseph Achron
… was born in Lozdzieje, a small village in Lithuania . His musical genius became evident early on and at the age of … violin lessons with his father. Achron continued his formal musical education at St. Petersburg Conservatory where he … Yuli Achron was a local merchant and a maskil, an expert on classical Hebrew and a baal-kore in the synagogue who also …
Emanuel Aguilar
… Grace Aguilar, was born in London in 1824. He received his musical education in Piano Performance and Composition in … teaching career, but continued to give regular concerts of classical repertoire. His corpus includes two operas, three … Aguilar, Emanuel Agilar, Emmanuel Agilar … Arranger … Classical music … Composer … London … Pianist … …
Nahum Nardi
… he studied at the Warsaw Conservatory and at the Vienna Music Academy, graduating in 1922. Following his graduation, Nardi began performing across Europe, playing classical repertoire in his concerts. In 1923 he immigrated … to Palestine and continued performing, combining his classical repertoire with folk music, such as Russian …
Wolf Shestapol
… works. His works were strongly influenced by European art music to which he was exposed to while singing with Bezalel … , and studying with Salomon Sulzer in Vienna . His fluent music reading was unusual among the cantors of his day. … Cantors – Hazzanim, Cantors … Cantor … Hazzan … Composer … Classical … Synagogue … Music … Cantorate … Wolf Shestapol …
Nissan Blumenthal
… singing for four voices. Influenced by his study of German classical music, he adapted melodies from the composers, Handel, … as choir-leader, and Nowadowsky's deep knowledge of classical harmony, counterpoint, and choral arrangement …
Mordekhai Hershman
… at Beth El Temple, he continued to appear in concerts of classical music, record commercial records and tour throughout … the porous line separating secular from the religious musical practices led by great cantors of the time such as …
Jan Peerce
… was offered a long-term contract as a singer at Radio City Music Hall , New York . The exposure Peerce received from regular radio broadcasts of Radio City Music Hall performances won him recognition as a gifted performer of classical songs and operatic arias. He made his operatic …
Edward Stark
… years with his brothers in the clothing business, pursuing musical activities in his free time. In April of 1884, Stark … of 1885 traveled to Vienna and to Leipzig to study music formally. In 1891, Stark accepted his first official … avot modes. Stark’s style was heavily influenced by the classical oratorio, and by the work of Salomon Sulzer and …
Mordekhai Zeira
… born in Kiev, Russia, in 1905. Although he was born to a musical family, his musical education consisted mostly of a handful of piano … sister's lessons. During his childhood, Zeira listened to classical music in both Operas that he went to with his …
Yosef Hadar
… Yosef Hadar was born in Tel Aviv in 1926 to a musical family. His mother Yafa and his father Yehiel were … the Tel Aviv Choir under Joel Engel . Hadar absorbed both classical/operatic repertoire and contemporary Israeli … Emanuel Amiran-Pugatchov brought Hadar to the College for Music Educators (Midrasha Lemichanchim Lemusica), which was …