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Shlomo Ravitz
Shlomo Ravitz was born to Moshe and Fayge in Nevhardak, Belarus. Since childhood, he had…
Ramon Tasat
Ramón Tasat was born in Buenos Aires. He learned Ladino at his grandmother’s knee. He…
Efraim Yaakov
Efraim Yaakov was born in 1953 and raised in Nahariya, to a family from Hogeriya in…
Meir Shimon Geshuri
Meir Shimon Geshuri (née Bruckner; April 19, 1897 - December 9, 1977) was an Israeli…
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Samuel Naumbourg
Samuel Naumbourg was born in Dennelohe, Bavaria, groomed from a young age to continue…
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Sigmund Schlesinger
Sigmund Schlesinger was one of the most influential figures among the group of mid- to…
Abigail Wood
Lecturer in ethnomusicology in the Department of Music, University of Haifa. Completed…
Moshe Koussevitsky
Moshe Koussevitsky was born in Smorgon, Poland, the eldest of four brothers who all…
Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler was born in Kalischt, Bohemia but spent most of his childhood in Iglau,…
Edward Stark
Edward Stark was born in 1856 in Hohenems, Austria to father Josef Stark, a local cantor…