词条 | Mikhail Alexandrovich |
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He performed for nearly 75 years, since his first concert as a 9-year old in Riga, until the last one, in Moscow, May 26, 1997.[4] BiographyMikhail Alexandrovich was born on the 23 of July 1914,in the village of Bērzpils, Vitebsk Governorate (now part of Balvi Municipality, Latvia), in the family of Jewish peasants.[4] From 1920-1926, aged six to twelve, he gained popularity as a child prodigy. He studied at and graduated from the Riga Conservatory. In 1930s for a long time he was a hazzan (cantor) at synagogues in Riga, Manchester (1934-1937) and Kaunas (1937-1940).[4] Since the Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940 onwards he was a concert and chamber music singer in the USSR. For his concert performances he was awarded the honorary title of Meritorious Artist of the RSFSR (1947) and the Stalin Prize (1948). However, since 1961 an official restriction was placed on his solo concerts.[4] He emigrated to live in Israel from 1971 to 1974, then to the United States from 1975 to 1990, and from 1990 until his death he lived in Germany. Recordings
FamilyHis wife was Raisa Aleksandrovich. The whole family of Raisa and nearly all family of Mikhail perished during the Holocaust.[4] IN 1971, his niece,[4] Ruth Aleksandrovich, has attracted international attention as one of the youngest prisoners of conscience in the world, imprisoned for circulating literature about Israel and advocating the teaching of Hebrew language.[5][6] References1. ^Note: "Misha" is a dimuinutive from "Mikhail" 2. ^Tobias Shklover. article "In Memory of Misha Alexandrovich" (in Yiddish), The Jewish Daily Forward, No.31,401, July 12, 2002, New York City, United States 3. ^Musica judaica 12 American Society for Jewish Music - 1991 4. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 "Михаил Александрович: Три четверти века на сцене", July 27, 2014, Echo of Moscow (retrieved October 18, 2015) 5. ^ 6. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=LOmBVENjK3sC&pg=PA230&lpg=PA230] Further reading
12 : 1914 births|2002 deaths|People from Balvi Municipality|People from Vitebsk Governorate|Latvian Jews|Soviet male singers|Jewish musicians|Jewish singers|Latvian male singers|Latvian Academy of Music alumni|Hazzans|20th-century male singers |
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