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Samuel Naumbourg
… Naumbourg was born in Dennelohe, Bavaria, groomed from a young age to continue the long line of professional hazzanim in his family. He received his formal musical education in Munich where he was recruited to sing …
Uri Aharon
… researcher, author of two books and many articles in music, plays classical, Jewish and folk music on the flute. For forty-two years he was a senior lecture in … in Israel and abroad, all of them documented and on CDs. You can follow his professional activity on his personal …
Abraham Goldfaden
… Abraham Goldfaden, known as the father of the Yiddish theater, was born in Staro … his songs, as well as other popular Jewish and secular music. The initial performances of these musical theater … increased his recognition as well as the production of new young composers of Yiddish songs and librettos for the …
Gershom Sizomu
… Gershom Sizomu is an Ugandan rabbi serving the Abayudaya, a Baganda community in eastern Uganda near the town of Mbale who practice Judaism. In 2007 he published a CD with music from Abayudaya's tradition, called Sing For Joy: …
Albert Elias
… instrument maker. In Baghdad Elias studied law as well as the nay with a Syrian teacher. He played with some of the greatest stars of Iraqi music, including Nazem al-Ghazali, Salima Morad, Muhammed …
Bence Szabolcsi
… Bence Szabolcsi was a Hungarian music historian. He was born in Budapest, the younger son of Miksa Szabolcsi (1856-1915), editor of the …
Amit Klein
… journals and books, covering topics such as Cantor Glantz’s Musical Agenda, Carlebach Nusah vs. Cantorial Recitatives, and the performance styles of 20th-century cantorial … in the Golden Age of Ashkenazi Cantorial Art earned him the Young Scholar Award from the Israel Musicological Society. …
Yizhak Edel
… was born in Warsaw in 1896 to a Hassidic family. His grandfather, a Hassidic scholar, took responsibility for his … received a Jewish education, but he was also exposed to music while participating in singing gatherings hosted by … who was impressed by his playing. Trunk proceeded to buy young Edel a new violin, and he started receiving lessons …
Ya'akov Orland
… age five, he survived a pogrom in his hometown that claimed the lives of eight family members, after which his family … Hebrew Gymnasium. Orland wrote his first song, "We Sing to You, Homeland and Mother, " in 1930. This song was later set to music by David Zehavi, a member of Kibbutz Naan and the …
Zecharia Plavin
… Born in Vilnius in 1956, studied at the Ciurlionis School of Arts and Vilnius Conservatoire … (piano class of Professor Marietta Azizbekova). Played youthful solos under Maestro Saulius Sondeckis and under … From 1977 in Israel, graduated from Tel Aviv University and Music Academy (piano class of Professor Viktor Derevianko), …