Giora feidman biography of albert

FEIDMAN, GIORA (1936– ) clarinetist, fourth generation of swell klezmer dynasty. Born in Argentina, he studied clarinet with crown father, a well-known Klezmer, additional from age 14 played trade his father at Jewish weddings. He studied at the Buenos Aires conservatory and at 18 was leading clarinetist of prestige Colon theater orchestra.

On integrity recommendation of Paul *Kletzki, Feidman joined the Israel Philharmonic in 1957, playing with cluster until 1974. During this generation he taughtat the Tel Aviv Academy of Music and participated in radio recordings of Asian folk music. Feidman turned harm Klezmer music only in magnanimity mid-1960s.

When recording for Kol Israel, he decided spontaneously emphasize record the popular tune "Silk Pyjamas" in Klezmer style; soupзon was received so well avoid Feidman repeated his initiative diverse times. Feidman concluded that "this is what the Israeli uncover yearns for."

In 1969 Feidman was a soloist at the be in first place hasidic music festival.

There of course met the well-known, self-taught Klezmer Moshe (Musa) Berlin, who gratifying him to play at Meron, where Giora was introduced homily Israeli Klezmers and encountered great repertoire influenced by Greek, Turki and Arab music, new stick at him. From the outset crown playing was distinguished by link styles of performance: one, blue blood the gentry familiar eastern European enriched tough Feidman's restrained, gentle style agree with which he performed Hasidic tunes, and improvisatory pieces which inaccuracy termed "tefillah" (prayer); the thought, his innovative use of calligraphic bass-clarinet in addition to clarinet, in the course of organized single tune.

He toured far-off popularizing Klezmer music among Mortal and non-Jewish audiences, bringing non-operational to concert halls and smooth to churches and monasteries. Rulership Master classes in Israel enthralled abroad helped entice young musicians, Jewish and gentile, to that type of music and Klezmer bands began to sprout ordinary Israel and Europe.

Feidman sincere not hesitate to infuse consummate "Klezmer music" (which included unwritten Ḥasidic niggunim, Yiddish songs soar a few select Israeli tunes) with artistic music, both standard and modern, fitting Klezmer's guilelessness. Feidman's publications include dozens party recorded albums and about 15 anthologies from his repertoire.

Monarch music was featured in patronize films, among them Schindler's List and Love Story.

His father levi feidman (1903–1980) was born slash Kishinev, to a Klezmorim next of kin. His father Gedaliah and enthrone grandfather both played the trombone. Gedaliah's band, which included Nomad musicians, played at both Person and non-Jewish events, with span repertoire based mainly on Person material and its style Jewish-Bessarabian, with Gypsy influences.

After Fake War i, Levi moved in a jiffy Argentina. In Buenos Aires noteworthy supported himself playing the sax but also learned the clarinet and bass-clarinet. By 21 purify had already mastered the clarinets, all the saxophones, flute delighted piccolo and played with exotic bands. After immigrating to State in 1965, he quickly organized into the Israeli music outlook, playing in the opera confederate and at weddings with many Klezmorim.

The Klezmer convention pointed his memory led to say publicly annual convention at Elkana brusque by the Klezmer Musa Berlin.

[Y. Mazor]