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Rafael Schächter
… War I, Schächter moved to Brno, where he began his formal musical studies. He continued his studies at the Prague Conservatory of Music, where he received degrees in composition and … Due to the lack of resources (i.e. instruments and scores), early musical activity took the form of communal singing in …
Egon Ledeč
… in 1939. Ledeč was an active soloist and chamber music player in Terezín. He formed the first chamber … violist Viktor Kohn and his brother Paul Kohn on cello. Early performances of the Ledeč Quartet took place in the “ … Czech … Philharmonic … Terezin … Theresienstadt … Chamber … Music … Egon Ledeč …
Karel Reiner
… 27, 1910 in Žatec (Western Bohemia). Reiner studied law and musicology at the Charles University in Prague, and … a talented pianist, dedicated to propagating contemporary music throughout Europe. Reiner concertized regularly and … in a number of international music journals. During the early postwar years, Reiner focused his attention on …
Shmerke Kaczerginski
… labours to researchers and Yiddish cultural activists, his early death has led to his relative anonymity. Kaczerginski … for Jewish Research website ' Shmerke Kaczerginski ' in Music during the Holocaust website. Other sources: Werb, …
Nurit Hirsh
… 'Bashana Haba'a,' and 'Lalehet Shevi Ahare'a.' She composed music for poems by Hayim Nahman Bialik, Natan Alterman, Lea … at both national and international festivals. She wrote music for cinema, television, theatre and video. Nurit Hirsh … cinema, contemporary music, and electronic music. From an early age, Hirsh would accompany Opera singers. She was the …
Moshe Wilensky
… Hebrew instruction alongside general studies. Wilensky's musical talent emerged at four when he began playing the … Israeli songs. Within the movement was a choir led by the musician Yitzhak Edel, who greatly influenced Wilensky's … that "Wilensky is the enduring composer of the land… His early songs and hymns are embedded in Hebrew culture and are …
Nahum Heiman
… has won the right to become one of the priests of Hebrew music.' It is not for nothing that Natan Yonatan calls Nahum … when he was seventeen. He took up the accordion due to his nearly paralyzed hand. In time, he recovered from his hand … was Mirdaf , which he wrote to Chava Alberstein in her early years. Heiman was then in his first years and Micha …
Ehud Manor
… First Channel', is a virtuoso translator of theater and musical plays. He has instilled in our bloodstream dozens of … was Weiner. As a student of psychology and English in the early 1960s, he edited radio programs on 'Gal Hakol' and … songs he sang in youth movements he listened to American music on records he received from his uncle from the USA, so …
Jo Amar
… In the early 1960’s, Jo Amar was a Mizrahi music star. He combined ‘paytanut’ and poetry to create … emerging Mizrahi music scene in Israel, however during the early years of his career authentic Mizrahi music was …
Joseph Roman Cycowski
… Cycowski was a singer of opera and popular music in Europe, and a cantor in the United States. Cycowski born into a Hasidic family in Lodz, Cycowski's early musical training came as a choirboy (meshorer). He moved to …