Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli duo pianists and teachers”. Today it says “israeli pianists who performed as a duo”.
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Bracha Eden was born in Jerusalem . Alexander Tamir was born as Alexander Wolkovsky in Vilnius , Lithuania . In 1942, as an eleven-year-old boy, he composed a Yiddish song called " Shtilar, shtilar " ("Ponar" in Hebrew; meaning "Quiet, quiet"), for a music competition in the Jewish ghetto . The song was set as a lullaby in order to confuse the Nazi occupiers. Many of the intended singers were killed before they could compete. The story of this episode and Tamir's recent return to his birthplace has been told in the Israeli film Ponar . He changed his name to Tamir after settling in Jerusalem after World War II. Some of the duo's earlier recordings, originally issued under names "Bracha Eden and Alexander Tamir" now appear under the names "Bracha Eden and Alexander Wolkovski". They met while studying at the Rubin Academy with Alexander Schroeder, a pupil of Artur Schnabel . Schroeder encouraged them to play as a duo and they formed their piano duo team in 1952. They continued their studies with Vronsky & Babin in the United States . Their duo debut was in 1954 in Israel . They won the 1957 Vercelli Competition and toured regularly in many countries, appearing both in recital and as concerto performers with the great orchestras of the world. They later became senior professors at the Rubin Academy, and Tamir was at one time dean of the academy. He is a member of the board of the International Federation of Chopin Societies. During the 1990s they began to perform and teach regularly in China, Russia, and Poland, and in 1997 they became directors of the International Duo Piano Seminary. Their students include Stanislava Varshavski and Diana Shapiro (Tamir being the one to first suggest they play as a duo). Bracha Eden died on 23 May 2006. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] "Claude Debussy : Eden And Tamir (Pianos)" .1
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Bracha Eden (1928-2006) and Alexander Tamir (born 1931) were Israeli duo pianists and teachers. Bracha Eden was born on 15 July 1928, in Jerusalem . Alexander Tamir was born as Alexander Wolkovsky on 2 April 1931, in Vilnius , Lithuania . In 1942, as an eleven-year old boy, he composed a Yiddish song called " Shtilar, shtilar " ("Ponar" in Hebrew; meaning "Quiet, quiet"), for a music competition in the Jewish ghetto . The song was set as a lullaby in order to confuse the Nazi occupiers. Many of the intended singers were killed before they could compete. The story of this episode and Tamir's recent return to his birth place has been told in the Israeli film Ponar . He changed his name to Tamir after settling in Jerusalem after World War II. Some of the duo's earlier recordings, originally issued under names "Bracha Eden and Alexander Tamir" now appear under the names "Bracha Eden and Alexander Wolkovski". They met while studying at the Guy hamelech Rubin Academy with Alexander Schroeder, a pupil of Artur Schnabel . Schroeder encouraged them to play as a duo and they formed their piano duo team in 1952. They continued their studies with Vronsky & Babin in the United States . Their duo debut was in 1954 in Israel . They won the 1957 Vercelli Competition and toured regularly in many countries, appearing both in recital and as concerto performers with the great orchestras of the world. They later became senior professors at the Rubin Academy, and Tamir was at one time dean of the academy. He is a member of the board of the International Federation of Chopin Societies. During the 1990s they began to perform and teach regularly in China, Russia, and Poland, and in 1997 they became directors of the International Duo Piano Seminary. Their students include Stanislava Varshavski and Diana Shapiro (Tamir being the one to first suggest they play as a duo).
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Israeli pianists who performed as a duo Bracha Eden and Alexander Tamir with Ed Sullivan (left), 1958 Bracha Eden (15 July 1928 – 23 May 2006) and Alexander Tamir (2 April 1931 – 15 August 2019) were Israeli pianists who performed as a duo.
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Israeli pianists who performed as a duo Bracha Eden ( Hebrew : ברכה עדן ; 15 July 1928 – 23 May 2006) and Alexander Tamir ( Hebrew : אלכסנדר תמיר ; 2 April 1931 – 15 August 2019) were Israeli pianists who performed as a duo.
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israeli pianists who performed as a duo
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