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Alfred Sendrey
… Musician, conductor and musicologist Alfred Sendrey was born in 1884 in Budapest, Hungary. He received his formal musical education at the Academy of Music in Budapest. After completing his … 1916-18) and Leipzig (Oper Theater 1918-24 and Symphony Orchestra 1930-32). While conducing in Leipzig, Sendrey was …
Amnon Shiloah
… Syria in 1931. In 1942, as a teenager, he took upon himself the dangerous journey of moving from Syria to Mandatory … Upon graduation he joined the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra (then the Kol Israel Orchestra) in 1953-1955 and in … described in detail, elucidated with copious notes and compared to each other by Shiloah, uncover an encompassing vision …
Boaz Tarsi
… Boaz Tarsi is a composer, theorist, and a singer. His compositions for chamber ensembles, orchestra, chorus, voice, and solo instruments have been … Prayer,” and “Esa Eynai - A Prayer of Hope,” were premiered in a special Israel independence anniversary concert in …
Samuel Adler
… Samuel Adler was born in Mannheim, Germany (1928). His father was Hugo Chaim Adler , a cantor and composer. The … served as Professor of Composition at the University of Rochester's Eastman School of Music. Since 1997, Adler has … The story about Eric Mandell, his collection and the rediscovery of the music of Hugo Chaim Adler by Edwin …
Joseph Dorfman
… in Odessa, Ukraine. He studied Piano and Composition at the Odessa Academy (1958-1965), and later studied Musicology … electro-acoustic improvisation, etc. He wrote over a hundred compositions, including pieces for solo instruments, … chamber and vocal music, choral music, ballet, orchestral works, cantatas and oratorios. Dorfman researched …
Nikolai Kaufman
… Nikolaï) Yankov Kaufman (or Kauffman, Kaufmann) is considered as one of Bulgaria's foremost music scholars. Although the vast majority of his academic and artistic output was in … are rather complex. The choir is “often treated as an ‘orchestra’ (often with an added onomatopoeic text, glissandos, …
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
… Lasker was born into a German Jewish family in Breslau, then Germany (present day Poland). Her father Alfons was a … to Auschwitz in December 1943. Playing in the Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz saved her, as cello players were … as both a member and as a solo artist, and toured internationally. Her grandson is the composer Benjamin …
Ivan Lipaev
… first brass quartet starting in around 1888, and in the Bolshoi Theatre orchestra from 1893 to 1912 and from 1924–31. He was also … for music students and orchestra members. He was made Honored Artist of the RSFSR in 1925. Lipaev was also interested …