Mordechai Rechtman
Israeli bassoonist, conductor, educator and arranger
Mordechai Rechtman (Hebrew: מרדכי רכטמן; 16 May 1926 – 27 May 2023) was an Israeli bassoonist, conductor, academic teacher and arranger. He was principal bassoonist of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra from 1946 to 1991. He was professor of bassoon at the Tel Aviv University from 1968 to 2002, and taught as a guest professor internationally, including the Indiana University School of Music, the Juilliard School and the Royal Academy of Music. Rechtman was also known for transcriptions and arrangements for wind quintets and other ensembles that he had founded and conducted, specifically of concertos.
Life and career
Rechtman was born in Barmen, German Reich (now part of Wuppertal, Germany) on 16 May 1926. He immigrated to Mandatory Palestine with his parents in 1934. A neighbour noticed his musicality when he practiced recorder and harmonica on a balcony, and recommended to try the bassoon. Rechtman began playing the bassoon at age 12.
Music career
In 1941, at age 15, Rechtman became principal bassoonist of the Palestine Opera Orchestra, and from 1946 in the same function in the Philharmonic Orchestra (later the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, IPO). In 1948, he was in the small ensemble from the orchestra that played Hatikva, the Israeli national anthem, at the signing ceremony of the Israeli Declaration of Independence.
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