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Jacques (Yaakov) Stroumsa
Jacques Stroumsa was born in Salonika in 1913, the son of a distinguished teacher and…
Simon Shaheen
Simon Shaeen is a Palestinian- American oud and violin player and composer.
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Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
Anita Lasker was born into a German Jewish family in Breslau, then Germany (present…
Yizhak Edel
Yitzhak Edel was born in Warsaw in 1896 to a Hassidic family. His grandfather, a…
Zecharia Plavin
Born in Vilnius in 1956, studied at the Ciurlionis School of Arts and Vilnius…
Joseph Achron
Joseph Achron was born in Lozdzieje, a small village in Lithuania. His musical genius…
Nahum Nardi
Nahum Nardi was born Nahum Narodietzky in 1901 to a religious-Zionist family in Kiev,…
Jan Peerce
Jan Peerce (birth name Jacob Pincus Perelmuth) was born in New York City in 1904.…
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Egon Ledeč
Egon Ledeč, violinist, born March 16, 1889 in Kostelec nad Orlici (Eastern Bohemia).…
Karel Ančerl
Karel Ančerl, conductor, born April 11, 1908 in Tučapy (Southern Bohemia). Karel Ančerl…