(858 results found)
Emanuel Zamir
… Zamir began studying at the Jerusalem Teachers' Seminary, where he was certified as a teacher in 1946, and in 1947 he … Israel Defense Forces during the Arab-Israeli war of 1948. There he created groups of singers and players, and founded a … light songs, that floods the public every day, every place where the sound of the radio or the record is being heard, …
Rafael Schächter
… (Rumania). After World War I, Schächter moved to Brno, where he began his formal musical studies. He continued his studies at the Prague Conservatory of Music, where he received degrees in composition and conducting, and … upon arrival. … Choral director & opera conductor in Theresienstadt (Terezín) … Terezin … Choral … Conductor … …
Egon Ledeč
… on October 16, 1944 , and perished in the camp shortly thereafter. … Czech violinist, leader of several chamber ensembles in Theresienstadt (Terezín) … Violinist … Composer … Concertmaster … Czech … Philharmonic … Terezin … Theresienstadt … Chamber … Music … Egon Ledeč …
Zikmund (Siegmund) Schul
… tuberculosis. An additional biography can be accessed here on the 'Music and the Holocaust' website. … Jewish German composer, active musically in Theresienstadt … Composer … Jewish … Themes … Hebrew … Chant … Theresienstadt … Terezin … Zikmund (Siegmund) Schul …
Mordekhai Zeira
… but later changed to clerical work due to his poor health, where he continued until his death. In the same year, he … the events, and the history, were all part of life. There was a feeling as if you were accompanying the events … how could one not have reacted? We did not write because there was a need for it, but because it was impossible not to …
Yosef Hadar
… family moved to the Borochov neighborhood in Givatayim. There he began vocal training under Daniel Samburski, in … was then run by Prof. Leo Kestenberg and Emanuel Amiran. There he studied from 1949 to 1953 and was among the first … the city's men's choir. In 1974, Hadar moved to Arad where he lived for five years. While in Arad, he established …
Pavel Haas
… which he wrote prior to his deportation, in 1941, to the Theresienstadt concentration camp. There, he composed some of his most well known pieces, … Ibid. … Composer, active in the musical life of Theresienstadt (Terezín) … Pavel Haas …
Karel Reiner
… 1979. … Composer & pianist; active in the musical life of Theresienstadt (Terezín) … Composer … Pianist … Prague … Theresienstadt … Terezin … Karel Reiner …
Karel Ančerl
… initiative was the first of its kind in Terezín, by 1944 there were an additional four orchestras, and several smaller … and others. … Conductor, active in the musical life of Theresienstadt (Terezín) … Karel Ančerl …
Hirsch Glik
… hymn of the FPO shortly after it was written in 1943. There were two important events that likely influenced the …