(143 results found)
Simeon Bellison
… Clarinetist and teacher. Born in Moscow , immigrated to the U.S. in 1920. … Established ensembles which were dedicated to Jewish music both in Russia and in the U.S. Arranged many Jewish … of his instruments are housed in the Jerusalem Academy of Music in Jerusalem. For an autobiographical item, click here …
Alexander Uria Boscovich
… a composer and critic, also essayist, translator, revered teacher and lecturer (also pianist and conductor), was the leading ideologist of Israeli music, exerting considerable influence on the second … opinionated, ideas concerning national identity in Israeli music. He studied with Nadia Boulanger and Paul Dukas, and …
Jacob Bauer
… Cantor and teacher. Born in Szenice, Hungary. Cantor and adaptor of music in the Turkish-Israelite temple in Vienna . Founder … page 196. For an online version, click here . … Cantor and teacher … Jacob Bauer …
Avraham Daus
… an opera conductor. Immigrated to Israel in 1936. Worked as teacher and composer in various Kibbutzim (1940-1963). Died … Tel Aviv in 1974. His style is influenced by 20th-century musical techniques, but also incorporates elements associated with Middle Eastern music. Daus's works include chamber, vocal and orchestral …
Mary Even-Or
… Born in Tel Aviv, Israel. She began her studies at the Music Teachers' Seminary in Tel Aviv (1959) and Oranim Seminar … (1964, 1976-1980), and also studied at the Rubin Academy of Music in Tel Aviv (1976-1980). Her works include chamber, …
Israel Goldfarb
… to New York in 1893. Although he had a pleasant voice and musical talent, his brother, Samuel Eliezer Goldfarb was acknowledged as the musician in the family. While Samuel began a career in … youth to Judaism. From 1920 to 1942, he worked as a teacher of liturgical music at the JTSA and trained future …
Miriam Gideon
… in Greeley, Colorado. From an early age, Gideon displayed musical talents and began studying piano. Miriam continued her music studies with her uncle, Henry Gideon, an organ player … moved to New York City in order to study music under teachers such as Lazare Saminsky and Roger Sessions. In 1946 …
Leo Kestenberg
… Hungary. He developed the "Kestenberg Reform," in musical education in Germany. In 1938 Kestenberg arrived to … the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra), and later founded the Music Teachers' Training College in Tel Aviv. … Pianist and …
Yehoshua Lakner
… , and immigrated to Palestine in 1941. Worked as a teacher in Israel and later in Switzerland , where he … settled in 1963. Lakner's compositions include incidental music, works with the use of computers, and more. … Israeli composer … Composer … Incidental … Music … Yehoshua Lakner …
Betty Olivero
… Italy. She is a full professor of composition at the Music Department in Bar-Ilan University. Betty Olivero is a … was awarded the Koussevitzky Award by the Koussevitzky Music Foundation and the Library of Congress, Washington … Sadai and Leon Shidlowsky, and at Yale University where her teachers included Jacob Druckman and Bernard Rands. In 1982 …