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Zecharia Plavin
… From 1977 in Israel, graduated from Tel Aviv University and Music Academy (piano class of Professor Viktor Derevianko), … and recordings for Meridian (London) and Sound-Star-Ton (Germany). Numerous recordings for Israeli Broadcasting … Sibelius). Numerous chamber music collaborations in Israel, Germany and Lithuania. PhD dissertation of Hebrew University …
Joseph Achron
… was born in Lozdzieje, a small village in Lithuania . His musical genius became evident early on and at the age of … he spent mostly in Berlin and gave concerts in different German cities. His playing was praised by Joseph Joachim, … house “Jibneh,” taught violin and toured throughout Germany and abroad ( Latvia , Austria , Italy and Egypt ). …
Gustav Mahler
… (in present-day Czech Republic) surrounded by a flourishing German-speaking Jewish community. Mahler's formal musical education began in 1875 at the Conservatory of Music in Vienna where he studied piano with teacher Julius …
Arno Nadel
… Arno Nadel was born in Vilna, Lithuania and began his Jewish musical education in Koenigsberg under cantor Eduard … Jewish music, written for the Juedisches Lexicon and the German Encyclopedia Judaica. A full biography can be found here on the 'Music and the Holocaust' website. … German poet & liturgical musicologist … Hazzanut,Hazzanim – …
Nahum Nardi
… he studied at the Warsaw Conservatory and at the Vienna Music Academy, graduating in 1922. Following his graduation, … performing, combining his classical repertoire with folk music, such as Russian folksongs, Hassidic music and Hebrew … began a joint concert tour of Jewish communities in Poland, Germany, Latvia, Belgium, Holland and France. In September …
Josef Tal (Gruenthal)
… Josef Tal (b. Pine, Germany 1910 - Jerusalem 2008, immigrated in 1934), … about 100 of his pieces have been published by the Israel Music Institute. He was the most distinctive among the first … that is based on folklore, and (implicitly) supporting German hegemony in music. Tal’s works, mostly atonal and …
Nissan Blumenthal
… choral singing for four voices. Influenced by his study of German classical music, he adapted melodies from the composers, Handel, … and Mendelssohn in his arrangements of liturgical music. In 1870 he hired David Nowakowsky as choir-leader, …
Michele Bolaffi
… Michele Bolaffi was a distinguished musician and composer active in Livorno in the early 19th century. His tenure as musical director of the Great Synagogue of Livorno can be … as the musical director to the Duke of Cambridge; toured in Germany with singer Angelica Catalani; and was in the …
Mikhail Gnesin
… born in Rostov-on-Don, son to the local Rabbi. He began his musical education with Cantor Gerovitz and pianist Oscar … where he was hired as a composition teacher at the State Music School . After a tenure of ten years, Gnesin traveled to Germany to help found the Jibneh music publishing house …
Israel Meyer Japhet
… Israel Meyer Japhet was born in Kassel , Germany . In 1853 he began working as choir master and … in 1892. Japhet composed a large body of Jewish liturgical music for use in his Synagogue. His arrangements were … and harmonically simple and were heavily influenced by German Leid and Protestant hymns. He also published a wide …