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Greif, Olivier (1950-2000)

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 …

Barraine, Elsa (1910-1999)

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, …

Alkan, Charles-Valentin (1813-1888)

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” …

Tansman, Alexandre (1897-1986)

Born in Łódź, the 11th of June 1897, in a Jewish bourgeois family, cultivated and music loving, Alexandre Tansman started composing music at a very young age « in the …

Heymann, Michel (1952)

Born on April 25, 1952 in Strasbourg, Michel Heymann was a pupil of Monsieur Bertrand Joseph (1906-1984), a former Chief Cantor officiating in Strasbourg, who taught him the art of synagogy and the sense of responsibility inherent in the position …

Fuld, Léo (1912-1997)

Leo Fuld was one of the last popular Yiddish singers. His career started long before World War II and ended when he died in 1997. Before the Second World War, …

Brandwein, Naftule (1889-1963)

Naftule Brandwein (1889–1963) was born in the small town called Przemyslany in Poland, not far from Lvov, belonging to Austrian Galicia at the time, and later returned to Poland in …

Tarras, Dave (ca 1898-1989)

David Itsy Tarasyuk (ca 1898-1989), better known as Dave Tarras, was born in the village called Ternovka, near Uman in Ukraine. As a very young boy, he was immersed in …

Berlinski, Shalom (1918-2008)

Born on January 16th 1918 in Radom, a Polish town about 100 kilometers from Warsaw, Shalom Berlinski was the youngest son in a family of eight children. His father was …

Argov, Zohar (1955-1987)

Zohar Argov, whose real name is Zohar Orkabi was an Israeli singer, born in the city of Rishon LeZion in Israel, on July 16, 1955. Of Yemeni descent, from a …

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