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Josef Tal (Gruenthal)
… and lecturer, has gained an exceptional reception in the last decades. As one of the most published local composers, about 100 of his pieces … two major music institutions in Jerusalem: the Rubin Music Academy (1948-1952); and the musicology department of the …
Mikhail Gnesin
… Gnesin was born in Rostov-on-Don, son to the local Rabbi. He began his musical education with Cantor Gerovitz and pianist Oscar Fritch at the Rostov Technical Institute. He went on to study … teaching in Moscow, he joined the faculty of the Gnesin Academy which was founded by his sisters Yelena, Yevgeniya …
Eitan Avitzur
… as a composer. He completed his professional education at the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem and at the Mozarteum of Salzburg where he specialized in advaced …
Julius Chajes
… Rosenthal. He studied composition under Hugo Kauder. At the age of 15, Chajes performed his piano concerto Romantic Fantasy with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. He was the Honor Prize winner … head of the piano department at the Beit L'viyim Music Academy of Tel Aviv. In 1934, a farewell recital in …
Hans Krása
… 30, 1899 in Prague . Krása began taking piano lessons at the school of Theresie Wallerstein at the age of six. At age ten, Hans’ … their summer vacations. Hans studied at the German Music Academy in Prague , after which he accepted a position as …
Nurit Hirsh
… Hundreds of Nurit Hirsh's songs are inalienable assets of the Hebrew Folk Song ('Zemer Ivri'). She composed more than one thousand songs. Among these: 'Oseh Shalom,' 'Bashana Haba'a,' and 'Lalehet Shevi … Hirsh graduated with a degree in Piano from the Rubin Music Academy. Among her teachers: Alexander Boch, Mordechai …
Issachar Miron-Michrovsky
… Israeli educator and composer;' in Variety, 'as one of the top composers;” and by Ascap Today as, 'a major force … Issachar Miron has made a name for himself throughout the world as a top talent, composer, poet, writer, creative … musicologist, formerly on the Music faculty of the Music Academy in Tel Aviv, Israel. They have 3 daughters: Ruth, a …
Richard Newman
… and teacher. Neumann was born on January 20, 1915 in the Ukraine, the son of Cantor Karl Neumann. He graduated from the … Conservatory and received a master's degree from the Vienna Academy of Music. In 1937 he emigrated with his family to …
Elio Piattelli
… Biography by Pasquale Troia Choirmaster of the Tempio Maggiore (Great Synagogue) in Rome from 1948 to 1984, Elio Piatelli enhanced the liturgical life of the synagogue (and beyond) with a … participated in the competition of the Royal Philharmonic Academy of Rome with two works for choir. In the post-war …
Nahum Heiman
… friend and writing partner says about his friend (in the opening of Heiman's song collection): 'The name Nahche sings in the ears of thousands of Israeli … in London. Heiman moved there and subscribed to the Academy of Cinema. There he worked in the Jewish Agency. …