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Julius Chajes
… 1933. One year later he was appointed head of the piano department at the Beit L'viyim Music Academy of Tel Aviv. In 1934, a farewell recital in … and became known as one of the foremost composers of modern Israeli music. After moving to the United States in …
Emanuel Zamir
… songs, in general, for which he wrote both words and music, portray sceneries borrowed from the world of … Zamir served in the Israel Defense Forces during the Arab-Israeli war of 1948. There he created groups of singers and … He was also the commander of the National Base for the Arts. Following his discharge from military service in 1950, …
Mordekhai Zeira
… born in Kiev, Russia, in 1905. Although he was born to a musical family, his musical education consisted mostly of a … and music, was composed for a play that was performed at a party of this group. In 1929 Zeira joined the H artom … than that is the number of songs that became rooted in Israeli society. A large part of these have become a loved …
Yosef Hadar
… Yosef Hadar was born in Tel Aviv in 1926 to a musical family. His mother Yafa and his father Yehiel were both members of the Israeli Opera under Golinkin, and of the Tel Aviv Choir … 'Notrim' police unit. During the War of Independence he participated in the Battle of Latrun and in Operation Hiram, …
Issachar Miron-Michrovsky
… composer;' in Christian Science Monitor as, 'a leading Israeli educator and composer;' in Variety, 'as one of the … by Ascap Today as, 'a major force in today's liturgical music.' Issachar Miron has made a name for himself … old. His father, Shlomo Michrowski, an owner of a local department store, a rabbi, and a violinist by education, …
Moshe Wilensky
… Hebrew instruction alongside general studies. Wilensky's musical talent emerged at four when he began playing the … Hashomer Hatzair , where he was first introduced to Israeli songs. Within the movement was a choir led by the … and Yedidya Admon . In 1937, he formed the " Gilali " quartet, which performed his arrangements of Hebrew songs, …
Elio Piattelli
… from the University of Rome in 1931, he pursued his innate musicality studying in Rome with Maestro Cesare Dobici … Santa Cecilia of Rome in 1941. On that same year, he participated in the competition of the Royal Philharmonic … Rome 1986; • Canti liturgici di rito spagnolo del Tempio Israelitico di Firenze (Liturgical Chants of the Sephardic …
Nahum Heiman
… Natan Yonatan, Nahum Heiman's friend and writing partner says about his friend (in the opening of Heiman's … 'The name Nahche sings in the ears of thousands of Israeli singing fans. The Israeli folk song (Zemer Ivri) is … has won the right to become one of the priests of Hebrew music.' It is not for nothing that Natan Yonatan calls Nahum …
Daniel Akiva
… Born in haifa in 1953, he is a son of a sepharadic israeli family of mny generations, graduated from the robin msic academy in jerualem, and has guitar artist certificat. He playes the guiter and lauta, and is the most prominent arranger in the sepharadic jewish music area. also, he compuses original works that are …
Ronit Widmann-Levy
… Ronit Widmann-Levy is a highly renowned Israeli Soprano, a recipient of the America-Israel scholarship for Artists, a finalist of the San Francisco Opera Merola … and festivals around the globe performing a variety of musical roles. Widmann-Levy is also renowned for her …