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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 … Rome 1986; • Canti liturgici di rito spagnolo del Tempio Israelitico di Firenze (Liturgical Chants of the Sephardic …
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 singing fans. The Israeli folk song (Zemer Ivri) is …
Daniel Akiva
… Born in haifa in 1953, he is a son of a sepharadic israeli family of mny generations, graduated from the robin msic academy in jerualem, and has guitar artist certificat. He playes the guiter and lauta, and is the most prominent arranger in …
Ronit Widmann-Levy
… Ronit Widmann-Levy is a highly renowned Israeli Soprano, a recipient of the America-Israel scholarship for Artists, a finalist of the San Francisco Opera Merola Program, and a member of the …
Liron Children Choir
… The Li-Ron choir founded in 1980 by its musical director and conductor Ronit Shapira. The singers of the choir range from the ages of 9 up to 18/ … classical pieces, folk songs in original labguage and Israeli pieces. … Liron Children Choir …
Ehud Manor
… Ehud Manor won the Israel Prize in 1998. As part of the reasons for the award, it was said: 'Ehud Manor, born in … why. The only explanation I have is that I write not from Israeli roots but from connecting to American music. What …
Uzi Hitman
… family lived in Giv'at Shmu'el. When Hitman turned 6 they moved to Ramat Gan, where he lived for the rest of his life. His parents were survivors of the … Hasidic Song Festival and the Kdam Eurovision contest, the Israeli national preselection of the Eurovision song …
Jo Amar
… In the early 1960’s, Jo Amar was a Mizrahi music star. He … “Ismach Moshe, “Shir Hashikor,” “Harini Shar,” and others. Amar was a leader of the emerging Mizrahi music scene … disregarded. Amar was a rebel within contemporary Israeli culture, opposing the trend of turning Western music …
Moshe Nathanson
… a traditional heder (all-boys religious school) in the old city of Jerusalem. Moshe left the heder to attend Bet Sefer Lemel, the elementary … Bureau of Jewish Education to teach 'Shirei Eretz Israel' (Israeli folk songs) to Jewish Day Schools and after-school …
Joel Walbe
… Jewish families in Russia. He first studied Torah in the Heder, and then proceeded to general studies with private teachers. … lessons with Birbis, Walbe continued to study with famous Israeli musicians, such as the composer Erich Walter …