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161. Fania Chapiro

     Fania Chapiro 1926

     100019 Child prodigy, pianist and composer Father Naum Chapiro was a violin teacher and Fania, just a toddler, tried to play with his violin. But soon it became clear that another instrument was …

162. Adolf Waterman

     Adolf Waterman 1886

     102923 Adolf Waterman (Dolf to friends and family) was born in Rotterdam on 19 May 1886 and received his first piano lessons from Johan Sikemeier and Bernard Diamant at the local 'Toonkunst' music …

163. Marius Flothuis

     Marius Flothuis 1914

     100022 Composer, scholar, humanist Marius Flothuis, born on October 30, 1914, in an Amsterdam apartment on the corner of Ruysdaelstraat and Hondecoeterstraat, was raised in a well-to-do family. His …

164. Henriëtte Bosmans

     Henriëtte Bosmans 1895

     100018 Dutch soloist of international stature Henriette, an only child, was raised in a musical environment. Her father, Henri Bosmans (1856-1896), had been principal solo cellist of the newly …

165. Max Vredenburg

     Max Vredenburg 1904

     101245 Honest and tireless Max David Vredenburg was born in Brussels on January 16, 1904, and was raised in a Dutch-Jewish family. With the looming threat of war, they fled to The Hague. Max was …

166. Daniel Belinfante

     Daniël Belinfante 1893

     100017 Avant-gardist in the Watergraafsmeer Belinfante was born in the Amsterdam neighborhood Watergraafsmeer on March 6, 1893, the third child in a family of ten. From his father Aron, a diamond …

167. Paul Hermann

     Paul Hermann 1902

     100027 With a cello through Europe Paul (Pál) Hermann was born on March 27, 1902, in a well-to-do neighborhood in Buda. The amusing story goes that young Paul only would practice the piano if he …

168. James Simon

     James Simon 1880

     102025 James Simon was born on 29 September 1880 in Berlin, in a highly assimilated, well-to-do Jewish family. His father being a private banker, the family enjoyed a luxury life. Reading the postcards …

169. Ignace Lilien

     Ignace Lilien 1897

     100747 Cosmopolitan in a boundless musical universe Ignace Lilien was born on May 29, 1897, in multi-cultural Lemberg, at that time an Austrian city where Poles, Ukrainians and Jews were the largest …

170. Ferenc/Franz Weisz

     Franz Weisz 1893

     100693 “I’m not involved in politics; I have nothing to fear” Born in Budapest on August 2, 1893, Ferenc was the third son of Ignaz Weisz and Terezia Friedman. He was a musical prodigy; at the age …