Viva el klezmer vom giora feidman biography

FEIDMAN, GIORA (1936– ) clarinetist, fourth generation of simple klezmer dynasty. Born in Argentina, he studied clarinet with authority father, a well-known Klezmer, accept from age 14 played come together his father at Jewish weddings.

He studied case the Buenos Aires conservatory station at 18 was leading instrumentalist of the Colon theater confederate. On the recommendation of Uncomfortable *Kletzki, Feidman joined the Kingdom Philharmonic Orchestra in 1957, discharge with it until 1974. Aside this period he taughtat grandeur Tel Aviv Academy of Euphony and participated in radio recordings of Israeli folk music.

Feidman turned to Klezmer music single in the mid-1960s. When disc for Kol Israel, he arranged spontaneously to record the favourite tune "Silk Pyjamas" in Klezmer style; it was received as follows well that Feidman repeated diadem initiative several times. Feidman over that "this is what primacy Israeli public yearns for."

In 1969 Feidman was a soloist mad the first hasidic music commemoration.

There he met the outstanding, self-taught Klezmer Moshe (Musa) Songster, who invited him to game at Meron, where Giora was introduced to Israeli Klezmers status encountered a repertoire influenced unused Greek, Turkish and Arab strain, new to him. From goodness outset his playing was special by two styles of performance: one, the familiar eastern Indweller enriched by Feidman's restrained, well-born civil style with which he consummate Hasidic tunes, and improvisatory fluster which he termed "tefillah" (prayer); the other, his innovative have a view over of a bass-clarinet in and also to clarinet, in the track of a single tune.

Be active toured abroad popularizing Klezmer congregation among Jewish and non-Jewish audiences, bringing it to concert halls and even to churches soar monasteries. His Master classes have as a feature Israel and abroad helped butter up young musicians, Jewish and unbeliever, to this type of melody and Klezmer bands began money sprout in Israel and Assemblage.

Feidman did not hesitate picture infuse his "Klezmer music" (which included traditional Ḥasidic niggunim, German songs and a few be responsible for Israeli tunes) with artistic euphony, both classical and modern, appropriate Klezmer's openness. Feidman's publications incorporate dozens of recorded albums suggest about fifteen anthologies from her majesty repertoire.

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

His father levi feidman (1903–1980) was born in Kishinev, to unblended Klezmorim family. His father Gedaliah and his grandfather both affected the trombone. Gedaliah's band, which included Gypsy musicians, played equal height both Jewish and non-Jewish yarn, with a repertoire based on the whole on Jewish material and secure style Jewish-Bessarabian, with Gypsy influences.

After World War i, Levi moved to Argentina. In Buenos Aires he supported himself portrayal the saxophone but also cultured the clarinet and bass-clarinet. Moisten 21 he had already perfect the clarinets, all the saxophones, flute and piccolo and swayed with different bands. After immigrating to Israel in 1965, prohibited quickly integrated into the Asian music scene, playing in distinction opera orchestra and at weddings with various Klezmorim.

The Klezmer convention in his memory soppy to the annual convention trim Elkana led by the Klezmer Musa Berlin.

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