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Salah El Kuweiti
… sang, composed, and achieved great musical fame in Iraq together with his brother, Daoud, who played the 'ud. Salah El … and other Middle Eastern styles but reportedly preferred Iraqi style. He was very important to Baghdadi musical … and sang, and also through performances with the Arabic Orchestra of Kol Yisrael (Israeli Broadcasting Authority). …
Betty Olivero
… Florence, Italy. She is a full professor of composition at the Music Department in Bar-Ilan University. Betty Olivero … was composer-in-residence for the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. Olivero is currently living in Israel. She has a … language of contemporary compositional form, yet is inspired by ancient Jewish and other early musical traditions. …
Pnina Salzman
… “The first lady of the piano in Israel,' and, 'She is … of two-hundred performances with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Salzman was born in Tel Aviv on February 24, 1922 …
Noam Sheriff
… 1935-2018), composer, conductor and lecturer. Sheriff is the only celebrated Israeli composer of his generation that … conductor, and as musical director of the Kibbutz Chamber Orchestra (1973-1982) and of the Israel Symphony Orchestra of … a conducting course at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, and chaired the The Rubin Israel Academy of Music at Tel-Aviv …
Yitzhak Sadai
… and immigrated to Israel in 1949. He studied composition at the Tel Aviv Academy of Music under Uriah Uri Boscovich … among others, electro-acoustic elements. Sadai composed orchestral music, chamber music, and choral and vocal works, … Yizhak.' Encyclopedia Judaica. Ed. Michael Berenbaum and Fred Skolnik. 2nd ed. Vol 17. Detroit: Macmillan Reference …
Mathew Miller (Matisyahu)
… Born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA. Released his first album in … 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 …
Yehezkiel Braun
… (b. Breslau, 1922, immigrated in 1924, lived in Tel-Aviv), the senior of Israeli composers who were raised and educated … he researched Gregorian chant. Between 1979 and 1981 he chaired that academy (renamed The Rubin Israel Academy of Music … for the young, Apartment to Let (narrator and chamber orchestra, 1959-68), The Love of Therese du Meun (soprano and …
Andre Hajdu
… assimilated Hungarian-Jewish family and having survived the Holocaust (a subject he rarely commented on), André … left his home country. He settled in Paris, a site favored by many Hungarian dissidents, and continued his studies … are Psalms for baritone, boy alto, children's choir and orchestra (1984), the cantata Eternal Life (1984), the opera …
Jehoash Hirshberg
… Jehoash Hirshberg (1938–2025) was born in Tel Aviv. His father, Yitzhak, was a teacher, and translator, and his … switching to the viola. As a member of the Gadna Youth Orchestra, he participated in a competition in the … on which he published several articles. More than one hundred hours of his field recordings of Karaite music, made …
Menashe Ravina
… years old, his family relocated to Novogrudok , where his father took on the role of chief cantor, leading a synagogue … During his early years in Israel, Ravina played in the orchestra of Mordechai Golinkin 's Eretz-Israeli Opera and … He passed away in 1968 after a brief illness and was interred at Holon Cemetery. His lifelong commitment to music and …