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Eva Ben-Zvi
Eva Ben-Zvi (Hebrew: אוה בן צבי; born Chaja Ermanaite, Kaunas May 7, 1947) is a Lithuanian-born Israeli soprano. She teaches singing at Bar-Ilan University. She has made several notable premiere performances and premiere recordings of Jewish music. She premiered Gabriel Iranyi's song cycle ''The Hymns of Job'' in 1993. Under Russian conductors she made the world premiere recordings of ''Op79a'', the Yiddish version of Shostakovich's songs ''From Jewish Folk Poetry''. and also the solo role of Anne Frank in Grigory Frid's opera ''The Diary of Anne Frank''. Discography * ''"I Will Walk in the Land of the Living" (Ethalech be'artsot hachayim)'' - Rachel Galinne (2008) * ''"Musiques Juives Russes" (From Jewish Folk Poetry)'' - Shostakovich (2000) * ''"Stride Between Verses" – Israeli Art Songs.'' IMC (Israeli Music Center) (1998) * ''"Simeni Kahotam Al Libeha"'' - Anatolijus Senderovas (1995) * ''"The Diary of Anne Frank"'' - Grigory Frid (1991) Family * Husband - Shmuel B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israeli Music Center
Israeli may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the State of Israel * Israelis, citizens or permanent residents of the State of Israel * Modern Hebrew, a language * ''Israeli'' (newspaper), published from 2006 to 2008 * Guni Israeli (born 1984), Israeli basketball player See also * Israelites, the ancient people of the Land of Israel * List of Israelis Israelis ( he, ישראלים ''Yiśraʾelim'') are the citizens or permanent residents of the State of Israel, a multiethnic state populated by people of different ethnic backgrounds. The largest ethnic groups in Israel are Jews (75%), foll ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Musicians From Kaunas
A musician is a person who composes, conducts, or performs music. According to the United States Employment Service, "musician" is a general term used to designate one who follows music as a profession. Musicians include songwriters who write both music and lyrics for songs, conductors who direct a musical performance, or performers who perform for an audience. A music performer is generally either a singer who provides vocals or an instrumentalist who plays a musical instrument. Musicians may perform on their own or as part of a group, band or orchestra. Musicians specialize in a musical style, and some musicians play in a variety of different styles depending on cultures and background. A musician who records and releases music can be known as a recording artist. Types Composer A composer is a musician who creates musical compositions. The title is principally used for those who write classical music or film music. Those who write the music for popular songs may b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zvi Orleansky
Zvi ( he, צְבִי and , ''Tzvi'', Ṣvi, "gazelle") is a Jewish masculine given name. Notable people with this name include: * Zvi Aharoni (1921–2012), Israeli Mossad agent * Zvi Arad (1942–2018), Israeli mathematician, acting president of Bar-Ilan University, president of Netanya Academic College * Zvi Ben-Avraham (born 1941), Israeli geophysicist * Zvi Bodie, American academic * Zvi Hirsch Chajes (1805–1855), Orthodox Polish rabbi * Zvi Chalamish, Israeli financier * Zvi Elpeleg (1926–2015), Israeli academic * Zvi Galil (born 1947), Israeli computer scientist, mathematician, and President of Tel Aviv University * Zvika Greengold (born 1952), Israeli officer during the Yom Kippur War, awarded the Medal of Valor * Zvi Griliches (1930–1999), Jewish-American economist * Zvi Hirsch Grodzinsky (born 1857), American rabbi * Zvi Elimelech Halberstam (born 1952), Israeli rebbe * Zvi Hecker (born 1931), Israeli architect * Zvi Heifetz (born 1956), Israeli diplomat * Zvi Hendel ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shmuel Ben-Zvi
Shmuel Ben-Zvi ( he, שמואל בן צבי) (born 27 May 1948) is a Soviet-Israeli journalist. He was Head of International Broadcasting – Voice of Israel – IBA (Israel Broadcasting Authority) from 1991 to 2011. Biography Shmuel Ben-Zvi (birth name: Samuil Zvizon) was born to a Jewish family in Vilnius, Lithuania on 27 May 1948. He read history at Vilnius University from 1967 to 1971. As a young man, he and his father (Binyamin Zvizon) were actively involved in the activities of the local Jewish folk ensemble which symbolized the fight of Soviet Jews for repatriation to Israel. He eventually left for Israel in 1971. During the period 1972–73, he read Sovietology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was one of the founders of the Israeli folk ensemble "Anachnu Kan" ("We are here"). For many years, he was its executive director. Under his leadership, the ensemble "Anachnu Kan" has achieved considerable success in many countries. In 1990, the executive board of the Jewi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grigory Frid
Grigory Samuilovich Frid also known as Grigori Fried (russian: Григо́рий Самуи́лович Фри́д, 22 September N.S. 1915 – 22 September 2012) was a Russian composer of music written in many different genres, including chamber opera. Early life and education Born in Petrograd, now St. Petersburg, Frid studied in the Moscow Conservatory with Heinrich Litinsky and Vissarion Shebalin. He was a soldier in the Second World War. Career Frid was a prolific composer. His most notable works are his two chamber operas, both to his own libretti. ''The Diary of Anne Frank'' is a monodrama in 21 scenes for soprano and chamber orchestra, lasting about one hour. It was composed in 1968 and given a first performance with piano accompaniment at the All-Union House of Composers in Moscow on either 17 or 18 May 1972.SikorskiThe Diary of Anne Frank/ref>New Grove Dictionary of Opera. "Grigory Frid", volume II, page 303. '' The Letters of Van Gogh'' is a mono-opera in two parts f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moscow Conservatoire
The Moscow Conservatory, also officially Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (russian: Московская государственная консерватория им. П. И. Чайковского, link=no) is a musical educational institution located in Moscow, Russia. It grants undergraduate and graduate degrees in musical performance and musical research. The conservatory offers various degrees including Bachelor of Music Performance, Master of Music and PhD in research. History It was co-founded in 1866 as the Moscow Imperial Conservatory by Nikolai Rubinstein and Prince Nikolai Troubetzkoy. It is the second oldest conservatory in Russia after the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was appointed professor of theory and harmony at its opening. Since 1940, the conservatory has borne his name. Choral faculty Prior to the October Revolution, the choral faculty of the conservatory was second to the Moscow Synodal School and Moscow Synodal Choir, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prokofiev
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev; alternative transliterations of his name include ''Sergey'' or ''Serge'', and ''Prokofief'', ''Prokofieff'', or ''Prokofyev''., group=n (27 April .S. 15 April1891 – 5 March 1953) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor who later worked in the Soviet Union. As the creator of acknowledged masterpieces across numerous music genres, he is regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century. His works include such widely heard pieces as the March from ''The Love for Three Oranges,'' the suite ''Lieutenant Kijé'', the ballet ''Romeo and Juliet''—from which "Dance of the Knights" is taken—and ''Peter and the Wolf.'' Of the established forms and genres in which he worked, he created—excluding juvenilia—seven completed operas, seven symphonies, eight ballets, five piano concertos, two violin concertos, a cello concerto, a symphony-concerto for cello and orchestra, and nine completed piano sonatas. A graduate of the Saint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaunas
Kaunas (; ; also see other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the largest city and the centre of a county in the Duchy of Trakai of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Trakai Palatinate since 1413. In the Russian Empire, it was the capital of the Kaunas Governorate from 1843 to 1915. During the interwar period, it served as the temporary capital of Lithuania, when Vilnius was seized and controlled by Poland between 1920 and 1939. During that period Kaunas was celebrated for its rich cultural and academic life, fashion, construction of countless Art Deco and Lithuanian National Romanticism architectural-style buildings as well as popular furniture, the interior design of the time, and a widespread café culture. The city interwar architecture is regarded as among the finest examples of European Art Deco and has received the European Heritage Label. It contr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harmonia Mundi
Harmonia Mundi is an independent record label which specializes in classical music, jazz, and world music (on the World Village label). It was founded in France in 1958 and is now a subsidiary of PIAS Entertainment Group. Its Latin name ''harmonia mundi'' translates as "harmony of the world". History In the 1950s, two music entrepreneurs, Frenchman Bernard Coutaz and German Rudolf Ruby, met by chance on a train journey and started a friendship based on their musical interests. They formed a business relationship and set up two classical music record labels, both named ''Harmonia Mundi ''. Coutaz's Harmonia Mundi (France) was founded in Saint-Michel-de-Provence, France, in 1958, and around the same time, Rudolf Ruby set up Deutsche Harmonia Mundi. The two labels shared similar aims and specialised in recordings of Early and Baroque music, with an emphasis on scholarly, historically informed performance and high-quality sound and production values. They also shared the ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
