Léon Algazi is born in Epuresti (Romania) in 1890. He learns music in Vienna and in Paris. From his studies with the musicologist Abraham Zvi Idelsohn, he becomes deeply interested in the Jewih (…)
Charles-Valentin Alkan ( November 3Oth 1813 – March 29th 1888), is a composer and precocious musician like Mozart, with a solid technique just like Liszt, and friend of Chopin (who “gave” him his (…)
Samuel Alman is born in Sobolevka (Russia), in 1877. Sixth child of a family of 14 children, his father is a talmudist and musician, and his mother is an amateur poet. At the age of 5 he sings in (…)
Simha Arom is a musician and a world-known ethnomusicologist, specialized in traditional music, especially from Central Africa. He also collected music from Ethiopian Jews when they arrived in (…)
Artist with two cultures, endowed of a unique vocal expression, style and technique, her Judeo-Berber roots brought her naturally to be a lover of the Mediterranean vocal heritage, in particular (…)
Daughter of a solo cellist at the Paris opera, who was removed from his position during the nazi occupation, like all the Jewish musicians of the orchestra, Elsa Barraine received the first Grand (…)
Myrna and Clara were born in the Bronx, New York, to Ashkenazi Jewish parents, Herman and Ester, from Russia and Austria, respectively, and two younger sisters, Celia and Julia. When Minnie and (…)
The Bécache dynasty : from rabbi to musician
Jean Bécache’s grand-father, Shalom Bécache, is born in Bombay in 1848. He was native from Bagdad and spoke Arabic from Iraq. During a pilgrimage to (…)