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Sasha Argov
… half Argov began to study piano with his mother, who was a music teacher. Although Argov dabbled in composition as a young boy, he never studied music or composition formally. As a young adult he worked …
Isadore Freed
… States and settled in Philadelphia , PA. Freed studied music formally at the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in music at the age of 18. In 1923, Freed spent five months in … during which time he studied composition with renowned teachers Ernest Bloch , Vincent D’Indy and Nadia Boulanger. …
Gideon Klein
… At the age of twelve, Klein moved to Prague to study music and liberal arts at the Jirasek Gymnasium. While in … his formal studies with private piano lessons with teacher Ruzena Kurzova. In 1938, he enrolled at the Master … Kurz. That same year, he began a double-degree program in musicology and philosophy at the Karl University. In the …
Emanuel Zamir
… In 1944, Zamir began studying at the Jerusalem Teachers' Seminary, where he was certified as a teacher in … songs, in general, for which he wrote both words and music, portray sceneries borrowed from the world of … sold on records. In this hopeless struggle against foreign music, in 1948, Zamir started broadcasting on all of the …
Egon Ledeč
… studied violin performance at the Prague Conservatory under teacher Otakar Ševečik. In 1908, two years after graduating … in 1939. Ledeč was an active soloist and chamber music player in Terezín. He formed the first chamber … Czech … Philharmonic … Terezin … Theresienstadt … Chamber … Music … Egon Ledeč …
Yosef Hadar
… Yosef Hadar was born in Tel Aviv in 1926 to a musical family. His mother Yafa and his father Yehiel were … Emanuel Amiran-Pugatchov brought Hadar to the College for Music Educators (Midrasha Lemichanchim Lemusica), which was … to 1953 and was among the first graduating class. Among his teachers at the school were Kata Ya'akov, Moshe Dafna and …
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 … a degree in Piano from the Rubin Music Academy. Among her teachers: Alexander Boch, Mordechai Seter, Yehezkel Brown, …
Issachar Miron-Michrovsky
… by Ascap Today as, 'a major force in today's liturgical music.' Issachar Miron has made a name for himself … established he was named the National Deputy Director of Music for Israel's Ministry of Education and Culture. He … he has served as Chairman of Music Faculty of the Jewish Teachers Seminary and at the Herzliah Teachers Institute in …
Avraham Slep
… Avraham Slep, composer, teacher, conductor, and arranger, was born in 1884. It is not known where he was born or where he received his musical education. Slep began his career as a singing … a professor of solfege at the Vilna Institute of Jewish Music, among whose teachers was Eliyahu Malkin, the teacher …
Richard Newman
… Jacob Newman was a composer, arranger, conductor, and teacher. Neumann was born on January 20, 1915 in the … and received a master's degree from the Vienna Academy of Music. In 1937 he emigrated with his family to the United … Army and Fought in Europe. After the war, he directed the musical education program for the allied forces in the …