The Jewish violinist Eudice Shapiro, who died in 2007 at age 93, proved that even with talent and charm, life as a woman and a musician in America could be as shaky as that of a fiddler on the roof.

RAANANA, Israel (AP) — In 1933, the promising young Jewish-German violinist Ernest Drucker left the stage midway through a Brahms concerto in Cologne at the behest of Nazi officials, in one of the ...

Orsolya Korcsolan has a secret. Orsolya Korcsolan has a secret. The Hungarian-born violinist and her horn-playing husband Gergely Sugar spent the last six years performing with the internationally ...

Hearing an entire concert of works by composers suppressed by the Nazis was all the inspiration Jocelyn Vorenberg needed. Almost immediately, the Richmond Symphony violinist, who was raised Jewish, ...

Itzhak Perlman, the world-renowned classical violinist, will soon be heading to Orchestra Hall with a Klezmer program, that irresistible music of Jewish origin. Meanwhile, November will mark the ...

Jascha Heifetz, well known Jewish violinist, was married to Mrs. Florence Vidor, a Christian, last Monday in New York City. Charles E. Kelby, former Supreme Court Justice performed the ceremony. Mr.

On May 18, acclaimed klezmer musician and composer Alicia Svigals accepted an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) for “extraordinary contributions to ...

Abram Haitowitsch, a blind Russian-born, Jewish violinist, renowned for his concerts here in the 1920’s and ’30’s, died this weekend at the age of 70. Born in Russia, he went blind at the age of 3, ...

With a seasoned soloist, violinist Martin Chalifour, retired concertmaster of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and an attractive ...

Among of the millions of voices silenced during World War II were those of countless musicians. While imprisoned in Nazi concentration camps, they lifted spirits by playing music on beautifully ...

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