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Ray Musiker
… Born in 1927 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Ray is the fourth generation in a family of Klezmer musicians. As a … Jewish weddings. His parents immigrants to America from Northern Russia. From his parents, Ray inhererited a love of … extensively, in America and internationally. During the 50s he performed with Mickey Katz and Joel Grey in …
Shmuel Zanvel Pipe
… in 1907 in Sanok, central Galicia, Poland. Pipe learned the tailoring trade from his father. He was active in the youth organization Ha-Shomer ha-Tsair, advancing to the …
Judah M. Cohen
… and Creative Activity Professor of Music (Musicology) For the full biography see here . … Professor of Music …
Joseph Papernikoff
… Joseph Papernikoff was born in the late 1990s (1897 or 1899) in the Russian city of Warsaw, Poland. He was the son of Malka nee Zorgenstein and Shmuel Papernikoff, a …
Jozef Koffler
… From 1928, worked in Lvov as a teacher, and under the Soviet occupation was promoted to management positions in several music institutions. Died during the holocaust in an unknown time and place. His style was influenced by the avant-garde, but under Soviet pressure, he turned to …
Mathew Miller (Matisyahu)
… performing and recording ever since for fans all around the world. His artistic style combines reggae, rock, and … of Orthodox Jewish belief and popular music. For further reading about Matisyahu and the Hasidic Reggae phenomenon, click here . For biography …
Yaakov ben Moshe Levi Moelin (Maharil)
… (Maharil) was born about 1365 and died in 1427. His father, Rabbi Moshe Levi Moelin was the Rabbi of Nayence. Maharil was a pupil of his father and of Rabbi Shalom of Austria, rabbi at …
Edwin Seroussi
… Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, Prof. Seroussi started there his music studies (violin, theory and composition). He immigrated to Israel in 1971 where he studied at the Department of Musicology at the undergraduate and …
Claude Abravanel
… Switzerland, 16.7.1924. Studied piano with Dinu Lipatti at the Conservatory of Geneva. Studied composition with Arthur Honegger and piano with Yvonne Lefébure at the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris. Settled in Israel in 1951. Lecturer and director of the library at the Jerusalem Rubin Academy of Music and …
Yehiel 'Adaki
… in Manakhah in 1903 [1] to Aharon and Margalit 'Adaki. The family originated from Sana'a, but Yehiel's paternal grandfather left due to starvation in Sana'a, and worked in the H erez region as a goldsmith. He also officiated as a …