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Ben-Zion Witler (or Ben-Tsion Vitler, or also BenZion Wittler), was born in 1907 in Belz, in Galicia, and died in 1961. He was a singer, but also an actor and …

Born in Paris on April 23rd, 1917, Renée Lebas (born Leiba) lived with her parents, Romanian Jewish immigrants in France, and her younger sister in the Bastille neighborhood. At the …

Besides his work as a hairdresser, Abe Elenkrieg or Elenkrig (1878-1965) was a trumpet player and conductor of the “Abe Elenkrig Yiddishe Orchestra” and of the “Hebrew Bulgarian Orchestra”.Specialists consider …

Alexander Olshanetsky was one of the most prominent composers and conductors on Second Avenue, NY and one of the most sophisticated musicians of the Yiddish theatre. Born in Odessa, in …

Emile Jonas was born to a Jewish family in Paris on March 5, 1827. His father was Simon Jonas and his mother was Jeanette Pohl. In 1841, Emile Jonas, at …

The Epstein Brothers Orchestra (also known as the Epstein Brothers) was a Jewish musical quartet from the United States which played mostly klezmer music.The four New York brothers were: Max …

Olivier Greif was born on the June 3, 1950 in Paris. His father studied the piano in Poland before emigrating to France to become a doctor. A child prodigy, Olivier …

Daughter of Mathieu Barraine, solo cellist in the orchestra of the Paris Opera, who was removed from this position during the nazi occupation, like the Jewish musicians of the orchestra, …

Charles-Valentin Alkan (November 3Oth 1813 – March 29th 1888), was a composer and precocious musician like Mozart, with a solid technique just like Liszt, and friend of Chopin (who “gave” …