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Yizhak Edel
… received a Jewish education, but he was also exposed to music while participating in singing gatherings hosted by his … Trunk proceeded to buy young Edel a new violin, and he started receiving lessons from the violinist in Peretz’s …
Ya'akov Orland
… national buildings like the Jewish Agency headquarters, the Yeshurun Synagogue, and the National Library. In … Homeland and Mother, " in 1930. This song was later set to music by David Zehavi, a member of Kibbutz Naan and the … (Mitya) Zeira , who would later set many of his poems to music. One of Orland's most notable songs from this period, …
Zecharia Plavin
… Born in Vilnius in 1956, studied at the Ciurlionis School of Arts and Vilnius Conservatoire (piano class of Professor … From 1977 in Israel, graduated from Tel Aviv University and Music Academy (piano class of Professor Viktor Derevianko), … Barai' since 2008. A Book ' Be-Lev Shomea ' (The Heeding Heart') on Israeli social wounds and on music, has been …
Joseph Achron
… was born in Lozdzieje, a small village in Lithuania . His musical genius became evident early on and at the age of … a position as the head of the violin and chamber music departments at the Kharkov Conservatory. Achron's tenure there … limited by the enterprise, and continued his efforts in art music composition and performance. He composed more than …
Marc Lavry
… Marc Lavry was born in Riga , Latvia and received his formal musical education at the Riga and Leipzig conservatories … of the Riga Opera. In response to the rise of the Nazi party and the induction of the Nuremburg Laws, Lavry … broadcasts. Lavry was also a prolific composer of Israeli art music, with a large corpus of oratorios, chamber and …
Gustav Mahler
… German-speaking Jewish community. Mahler's formal musical education began in 1875 at the Conservatory of Music … Mahler’s musical beginnings in Vienna set him in an artistic environment heavily influenced by the music of … result of a severe blood infection caused by a chronic heart ailment. He left behind three major posthumous works, …
Pinhas Minkowski
… tradition with his father, and supplemented his basic musical education by joining the choir of Cantor Nissan … Jewish Conservatory and was the chairman of the Ha-Zamir musical society, under whose auspices he published several articles on the topics of Jewish music and hazzanut. The …
Arno Nadel
… Arno Nadel was born in Vilna, Lithuania and began his Jewish musical education in Koenigsberg under cantor Eduard Birnbaum , first as a participant in his all boy-choir, and then as a private … with a neighbor for safe keeping, which was returned in part to his estate after the war. Eric Mandel purchased what …
Nahum Nardi
… he studied at the Warsaw Conservatory and at the Vienna Music Academy, graduating in 1922. Following his graduation, … to Palestine, their relationship became strained, owing partly to a professional dispute. The dispute, according to … with singers of different origin, such as Sarah Ye'ari and Marta Schlamme , producing somewhat different results. As a …
Sholom Secunda
… In November 1907 Mr. Wolf, a manager of cantors and concert artists in New York, offered to help pay for the Secunda … and C. Once in New York, Mr. Wolf began to manage Sholom's musical career, setting up engagements in a number of … to charge $100 for a Shabbat service. Sholom got his start in Yiddish theater shortly after arriving to New York …