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25-Nov-2011
‘The Man, the Accordion, and the Legend’, Jerusalem – Israelby Rob Howard |
 ‘The Man, the Accordion, and the Legend’ (Catalog No: oybook) is a unique and monumental book, containing all 30 compositions plus 30 classical transcriptions of Yehuda Oppenheimer, Israel’s most accomplished accordionist. The book also includes a short biography plus many photographs. The book is large sized, hard back, and has 250 pages. Catalog No: oybook price is €30 or the US$ equivalent plus postage, available online.Yehuda Oppenheimer (born in Germany in 1925), rose to prominence as a concert accordionist in the post-war years to become Israel’s most accomplished accordionist and composer. His life story is remarkable, involving evading the Nazis in occupied Amsterdam during the war years by hiding in an attic. His story was quite similar to that of Anne Frank, but with a happy ending. From the age of 6 he had played the accordion, and was completely self-taught, though when he arrived in Palestine after the war he studied the violin at the Conservatory in Jerusalem. He then found out that he could earn a living by playing the accordion at convalescence homes and hotels. He toured the country doing this and also earned money busking. During the 1948 War of Independence, 23 year old Yehuda was in the army entertaining his fellow troops. Later Yehuda Oppenheimer went on to become a leading concert artist, composer, and teacher of the accordion, and also founded an accordion orchestra with which he worked for thirty years. Equally at home playing light music and classics, Yehuda has made many recordings. His compositions have been published in sheet music form, and now are available all together in this beautifully presented book. Yehuda Oppenheimer wrote: "There was a wonderful reunion in October 2011 attended by 42 of my pupils and their families (pictures below), two of whom came especially from the USA to attend. We enjoyed five wonderful hours of music, stories and much love. The focus of the event was the release of a book about my life. It includes my original compositions and arrangements and is more than 250 pages. This project came to life through the generosity of one of my students, who had a dream, to publish a book about his teacher. He organised and assisted the publishing of the book and it came out stunning." For further information, email Yehuda Oppenheimer. Available online at Yehuda Oppenheimer are two CD's, sound samples, original compositions, arrangements of folk music and famous classics. |
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