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Mark Isakovich Rabinovich
… now Brusilov, Ukraine). He studied music under the guidance of his grandfather, the klezmer violinist and composer … In 1937-1938 he was the head of the State Ensemble of Jewish Folk Music of the Ukrainian SSR. The ensemble … . … Violinist and Conductor … 0 … Conductor … Violinist … Jewish music … Folk music … Klezmer … Mark Isakovich …
Shlomo ben Shimshon (Weintraub) Kashtan
… all of his career. He is most closely associated with the Jewish community of Dubno (today in western Ukraine), but … assistant singers (m’shor’rim) to sing and lead services in Jewish communities throughout Eastern Europe. Because of the … the whole congregation from deep melancholy to the mood of dance.” Salomon’s son, Hirsch Weintraub (ca. 1813-1881), was …
Tzipora Jochsberger
… in 1939, and studied in the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. Moved to the US in 1952, and received a PhD in Jewish Music from the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1972. Published several …
Yinam Leef
… from his biography on the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance website: 'President of the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, Yinam Leef (Born in Jerusalem in 1953) is one of the … include classical music, jazz, and the unique mixture of Jewish prayers, the chant of the Moazzin and the Old City's …
Jascha Nemtsov
… performed several concert programmes devoted to works by Jewish composers who were persecuted by the Nazis. He is further specialized in Jewish artistic music of the early 20th century both as a … Nemtsov ' at the National Library of Israel website. Jewish Dance No. 1 from the album On Wings of Jewish Songs …
Mendi Rodan
… conducting, Rodan headed the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance (1984-1993). According to William Y. Elias, 'as a …
Karel Salmon
… Salmon also taught at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. His works include orchestral and chamber music, … style with near-Eastern, Mediterranean, and Jewish folklore. Salmon often used themes related to Judaism …
Ray Musiker
… Klezmer musicians. As a child, Ray learned to play Klezmer dance music at Jewish weddings. His parents immigrants to America from … his parents, Ray inhererited a love of Eastern European Jewish music from Russia, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria and …
Yehiel 'Adaki
… of Palestine) house. In Palestine, 'Adaki discovered that Jewish Yemenite singing is looked down upon, even by … and a man I knew from Asmara, who was a professional dancer, encouraged me with his dance. To the surprise of all … portion), performed with his choir, and lectured about the Jewish Yemenite folklore. Additionally, 'Adaki worked with …
Avner Bahat
… of Musicology. In 1981, he established the Center for Jewish Music at Beit Hatfutsot, and from 1984 he began producing records, and later CDs, of Jewish music. Among the many CDs he recorded are Piyyutim … in a study about the diwan of Yemenite Jews - piyyut-melody-dance. They conducted fieldwork that included recordings and …