Giora Feidman
Argentine-born Israeli clarinetist
Giora Feidman (Hebrew: גיורא פיידמן; born 25 March 1936) is an Argentine-born Israeli clarinetist who specializes in klezmer music. He played in notable symphony orchestras before embarking on a solo career.
Biography
Giora Feidman was born in Buenos Aires, where his Bessarabian Jewish parents immigrated in 1905 from Chisinau to escape persecution.
Feidman comes from a family of klezmer musicians. His father, grandfather and great-grandfather made music for weddings, bar mitzvahs, and holiday celebrations in the shtetls of Eastern Europe. Feidman married Ora Bat-Chaim, his personal manager, in 1975.
Music career
Feidman began his career in Buenos Aires as a member of the Teatro Colón Symphony Orchestra at age 18. Two years later he immigrated to Israel to become the youngest clarinetist ever to play with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Zubin Mehta. He was a member of the orchestra for over 20 years. In the early 1970s he began his solo career.
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