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Aaron Avshalomov (Russian: Аарон Авшалумов ) (11 November 1894 in Nikolayevsk-on-Amur , Russia – 26 April 1965, New York ) was a Russian-Chinese composer .¹ Born into a Jewish family in Nikolayevsk-on-Amur , Khabarovsk Krai , then Russian Empire ), he was one of highly qualified Jewish musicians (i.e., Alfred Wittenberg , Walter Joachim , Arrigo Foa , etc.), who fled pogroms and revolutions in Russia in the beginning of the 20th century, went to China (first arrived in Harbin , later moved to Shanghai ).² They entered the world of Shanghai's academia and trained a number of young Chinese musicians in classical music, who in turn became leading musicians in contemporary China.³ Aaron fled China in when the Japanese invaded in 1931 and moved to live in Portland, Oregon, USA. He was the father of composer Jacob Avshalomov , conductor of the Portland Junior Symphony (now called the Portland Youth Philharmonic Orchestra) from 1953-1994.⁴ Newspaper article on A.⁵

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Aaron Avshalomov (Russian: Ааро́н Авшало́мов ; 11 November 1894 in Nikolayevsk-on-Amur , Russia – 26 April 1965, New York ) was a Russian-born Jewish composer . Born into a Mountain Jewish family, he was sent for medical studies to Zürich . After the October Revolution, in 1917, which made further studies in Europe impossible, his family sent him to the United States. There he married a fellow Russian émigré in San Francisco. Less than a year later, he chose to return to China, where he entered the world of Shanghai 's academia and, together with other highly qualified Jewish musicians (i.e., Alfred Wittenberg , Walter Joachim , Arrigo Foa , etc.), who had fled the Russian pogroms and revolution , trained a number of young Chinese musicians in classical music, who in turn became leading musicians in contemporary China. Between 1918 and 1947, he worked to create a synthesis of Chinese musical elements and Western techniques of orchestral composition . In 1919, his son, Jacob Avshalomov was born, who became a composer and conductor, too. In 1947, he moved to the USA , where he already had spent three years in the mid-1920s. Newspaper article on A.

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Russian-Jewish composer Aaron Avshalomov (Russian: Ааро́н Авшало́мов ; 11 November 1894 – 26 April 1965) was a Russian-born Jewish composer . Born into a Mountain Jewish family in Nikolayevsk-on-Amur , Russia, Avshalomov was sent for medical studies to Zürich . After the October Revolution in 1917, which made further studies in Europe impossible, his family sent him to the United States. There he married a fellow Russian émigré in San Francisco. Less than a year later, he chose to move to China, where he entered the world of Shanghai 's academia and, together with other Jewish musicians, who had fled the Russian pogroms and revolution , trained a number of young Chinese musicians in classical music, who in turn became leading musicians in contemporary China. Between 1918 and 1947, he worked to create a synthesis of Chinese musical elements and Western techniques of orchestral composition . In 1919, his son, Jacob Avshalomov was born, who became a composer and conductor, too. In 1947, he moved to the United States, where he already had spent three years in the mid-1920s. He died in New York.

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Russian-Jewish composer Aaron Avshalomov (Russian: Ааро́н Авшало́мов ; 11 November 1894 – 16 April 1965) was a Russian-born Jewish composer . His work included several ballets, two operas, a violin concerto, four symphonies and a flute concerto.

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His work included several ballets, two operas, a violin concerto, four symphonies and a flute concerto.

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