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Joseph Michael Gusikow
… Musician. Born in Shklov , Belorussia to a fam il y of 'Klezmerim.' Became famous in Europe as a virtuoso musician, wh il e touring and playing on a self-made … Guzikow archive, click here . (Above link: Rainlore's World of Music website. An illustration of his instrument, …
Rahamim Amar
… lived in the city for twenty generations. He started his music career as a trumpet player in the British Police Band, … After his release from the police, he began to play other musical instruments, especially plucked string instruments, … musician from Iraq who enjoyed great prestige in the Arab world. Amar first joined the ensemble established by Aharon, …
Pnina Salzman
… in Tel Aviv. In 1929, during his tour in Palestine, the world-renowned French pianist Alfred Cortot (1877–1962) … But I fancy an innate sensibility and vitality of musical mind and feeling will preserve her from all that.” ( … Since 1969, she taught at the Samuel Rubin Academy of Music at Tel Aviv University, where she became a professor …
Ronit Seter
… Dr. Ronit Seter studies twentieth-century music and specializes in Israeli art music. She served on the faculties of Peabody Conservatory, … Society, International Conference on Music Since 1900, World Congress for Jewish Studies, and Israel Musicological …
Ezra Aharon ("Azuri")
… ‘ud player, singer, conductor, and performer of Arab art music. He was student of Tanburi Ibrahim Bey in Iraq and was … for the ‘ud at the 1932 International Congress of Oriental Music, Cairo. Aharon immigrated from Iraq to Israel in 1935 … Aharon: courtesy of Esther Warkov. More biographies: The World Online Encyclopedia Encyclopedia of Jews in the …
David Menahem
… Moshe Havusha , taught him the secrets of the Arab Maqam musical system and Arabic musical instruments. Since childhood, along with pursuing … Levy. Rabbi Menachem is presently active in promoting the world of Piyyut and Middle Eastern music in Israel. He takes …
Moshe Rudinow
… due to being drafted to the army in 1915 and fighting in World War I. While in the conservatory, he met his … Russian songs into Hebrew and Yiddish, and performed the music of Jewish composers such as Engel , Saminsky , and …
Herman Svet
… Yehudith Wahl, from Berlin. In 1917 he began writing about music for various Russian-language periodicals in Kiev and … for a variety of newspapers and journals throughout the world, like Haaretz. He was also a special correspondent for … He has recorded over 150 performances on history and music on The Voice of Jerusalem radio station. From 1947 he …
Joseph Papernikoff
… Thanks to his voice, a beautiful alto voice, and his musical hearing, he was accepted at the age of 8 to the … participated in concerts and recordings. During the First World War, he ended up in Lithuania, occupied by the … Warsaw: In Zunikn Land ('In the Sunny Land,' 1927). Until World War II, eight poetry collections by him were published …
Mathew Miller (Matisyahu)
… performing and recording ever since for fans all around the world. His artistic style combines reggae, rock, and rap, and is inspired by Hassidic music (primarily by Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach ). His lyrics … unusual combination of Orthodox Jewish belief and popular music. For further reading about Matisyahu and the Hasidic …