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Israel Lovy
… . In 1799, Lovy settled in Fürth were he continued his musical and secular education, becoming accomplished in violin, cello, piano, and becoming proficient in French and Italian. Lovy …
Gustav Mahler
… 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 Epstein, and harmony and …
Nahum Nardi
… who was the court rabbi of the community. He began his piano studies at age seven, further pursuing them at the … he studied at the Warsaw Conservatory and at the Vienna Music Academy, graduating in 1922. Following his graduation, … songs. In addition to giving concerts, he also worked as a piano teacher. During the same period, following the advice …
Sholom Secunda
… and C. Once in New York, Mr. Wolf began to manage Sholom's musical career, setting up engagements in a number of … career came to a venerable halt. However, he continued his musical and general education at Eron Prep School, and began taking private piano lessons. Having passed the New York State Regent Exams …
Mordekhai Seter
… occasions, was chosen to conclude the first Israeli Music Celebration (September 1998; an annual festival … Ricercar (strings, 1953-6), and Elegy (violin and piano, 1954). His orchestral pieces were written between … coherent chamber music in the 1970's and mostly piano music in the 1980's. In these pieces he further …
Josef Tal (Gruenthal)
… about 100 of his pieces have been published by the Israel Music Institute. He was the most distinctive among the first … for a solo instrument and electronic tape (nos. 5 and 6 for piano, one for harpsichord and one for harp), and other … 1964, 1976), and over 12 pieces for his instrument, the piano (in addition to the concertos). These include his …
Joshua Weisser (Pilderwasser)
… his father Aba Pilderwasser. Weisser began his formal musical education with the local hazzan of Novata Ushitsa, … he also composed many secular songs for voice and piano, incidental music, two collections of Hassidic Melodies, and a plethora …
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
… Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco received his formal musical education at the Istituto Musicale Cherubini in Florence , with a focus of piano performance. He received a degree in composition from …
David Zehavi
… the family returned to Tel Aviv. Zehavi did not study music in an orderly manner due to lack of means. His older sister, Leah Goldis, pushed him to get a musical education and playing the violin. But Zehavi preferred to play the piano. He began studying with the pianist Miriam Levit, and …
Sasha Argov
… At the young age of three and a 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 …