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Miriam Gideon
… Born in Greeley, Colorado. From an early age, Gideon displayed musical talents and began studying piano. Miriam … her music studies with her uncle, Henry Gideon, an organ player and the manager of a synagogue choir in Boston. In …
Jacob Gilboa
… later he lived in Vienna, where he received training in playing the piano. In 1938 he immigrated to Israel, where he …
Yitzhak Graziani
… to Israel . Soon after his arrival in Israel, he started playing the trumpet with the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) … service in the army as a member of the orchestra, playing and writing arrangements of Israeli marches. After …
Joseph Michael Gusikow
… in Europe as a virtuoso musician, wh il e touring and playing on a self-made instrument, similar to a xylophone, … which he called 'Holz und Stroh' (wood and straw). On it he played well known pieces of the time, performing in front of … He is considered by some to be the most famous Klezmer player of all time, and he is one of the first known Klezmer …
Rahamim Amar
… He started his music career when he served as a trumpet player in the British Police Band, which he joined as a … loved plucked string instruments. Later, he started playing the violin, with which he played and composed his whole life. Amar has a unique …
Salah El Kuweiti
… parents in Kuwait, and taken to Iraq when he was 17. He played violin, sang, composed, and achieved great musical fame in Iraq together with his brother, Daoud, who played the 'ud. Salah El Kuweiti performed “mainstream” and … activity by performing on a weekly radio show where they played and sang, and also through performances with the …
Yoel David Lewensohn- Strashunsky
… his compositions have been preserved. Newspaper articles, a play and the movie Ouverture to Glory - Der Vilner shtot …
Jascha Nemtsov
… both as a pianist and as a musicologist. Jascha Nemtsov plays solo concerts as well as participates in various …
Pnina Salzman
… a time when pianos in Palestine were very rare. She began playing “as soon as [she] learned to walk” and studied with … French pianist Alfred Cortot (1877–1962) heard her playing at the conservatory and invited the child prodigy to … Zaltzman.) At her debut with the PO on August 2, 1939 she played three piano concerti: Liszt’s E flat major (no. 1), …
Ezra Aharon ("Azuri")
… to Israel in 1935) was an outstanding composer, ‘ud player, singer, conductor, and performer of Arab art music. … 2003) 450- 472. … 55 … 57 … Composer, singer and 'ud player … Iraq … Oriental music … oud player … Composer … Baghdadi … Ezra Aharon ("Azuri") …