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Andre Hajdu
… after the war at the prestigious Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. There he studied under Endre Szervánszky … Miklos Randoti won first prize at the Warsaw International Youth Festival (1955). All these interests were to accompany … , The Book of Challenges , the Concerto for Ten Young Pianists and Orchestra (1977), and Overture in the …
Jehoash Hirshberg
… was an educator. From an early age, he was immersed in music, beginning with violin studies and later switching to the viola. As a member of the Gadna Youth Orchestra, he participated in a competition in the … received a distinguished prize. He pursued his academic and musical training at the Tel Aviv Academy of Music, earning a …
Abraham Zvi Idelsohn
… (former Kurland or Courland) and began his study of Jewish music in Libau where he trained to be a cantor. He continued … me. In Jerusalem, I found about 300 synagogues and some young men eager to study Chazanuth. The various synagogues … date. Upon sending the second volume, Bialik wrote me... “Your first volume is still lying in our store, only a few …
Sylvan Sholom Kalib
… immigrants, Sholom Kalib was a mainstay of Jewish music in mid-twentieth century Chicago, serving as a … by Charlie Bernhaut with Sholom Kalib see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoP2GA0IvgQ Music arranged and composed … be heard in the following links: Kol Nidrei: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bORp5E6Ef_k (*The photo was taken …
Menashe Ravina
… attended a yeshiva and trained in violin and piano. From a young age, he actively participated in his father's musical pursuits, serving as a choir conductor in the … detailed explanations with piano demonstrations. His youth concerts with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra …
Joachim Stutschewsky
… a founder of the Society for the Development of Jewish Music in Vienna, and a cellist in the famous Viennese … after immigration, he encouraged Israeli composers to write music based on Jewish heritage. As for himself, he favored … he initiated in Beit-Brener in Tel-Aviv encouraged many young composers at the time, for he arranged for their works …
Samuel Adler
… of Temple Emanuel in Worcester, Massachusetts. There the young Samuel Adler displayed his musical talents at an early age. He became his father’s … studied conducting with Serge Koussevitzky at the Berkshire Music Center. Following his discharge from the United States …
Nissan Cohen-Melamed
… of two to Palestine, and settled in Jerusalem. Already at a young age Melamed showed interest in music. He used to visit the various synagogues in his area … at last performed as a soloist. His father encouraged his musical interests, making him memorize the weekly Parasha. …
Joseph Dorfman
… at the Odessa Academy (1958-1965), and later studied Musicology and Composition at the Gnessin Musical Institute in Moscow (1967-1971), receiving his PhD in 1971. He started teaching already as a young student at the Odessa Academy around 1960, and was …
Eric Mandell
… Mandell passed away in Philadelphia on February 6, 1988. Musically gifted since his youth, he trained under prominent cantors of his time. At … scores (manuscript and printed) and books about Jewish music while writing for journals on Jewish music and music …