Ben Haim, 27, survived, but more than 360 people died at the festival in the surprise attack by Hamas attackers. Festivalgoers have described how the gunmen blocked roads and ambushed escaping cars.

Ben-Haim, born in Munich as Paul Frankenburger, emigrated from Nazi Germany to Palestine in 1933. He is considered to be a central figure in Israeli art-classical music.

In 1920, Paul Frankenburger was 23 and an up-and-coming German conductor and composer. For the next four years, he assisted two of the greatest conductors of the 20th century, Bruno Walter and ...

Paul Ben-Haim passed away 40 years ago, on January 14, 1984, in Tel-Aviv. Paul Ben-Haim (1897-1984), was born in Germany. He was an accomplished pianist, composer, and orchestra conductor.

Composer Paul Ben-Haim has been called an "icon of serious Jewish music." Last month, the Eclipse Chamber Orchestra played his Three Songs Without Words in concert. Paul Wielgus plays the solo ...

In November 2020, our recording 'Paul Ben-Haim; Music of Israel' was released on disk and download and marked Omer's debut with the Chandos label and each episode explores culture, influence and ...

Violinist Itamar Zorman shares insights into the inspiration behind his new album, 'Evocation,' which features works by Paul Ben-Haim in this week's New Classical Tracks from Classical MPR.

Cellist Michal Beck wins Paul Ben Haim Competition Beck, who currently serves in the IDF as a musician, beats 7 runners-up in final stage and 23 instrumentalists and singers in entire competition.

Internationally acclaimed pianist Aviram Reichert will perform works of Frederic Chopin, Paul Ben-Haim and Cesar Franck in a concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, in Cole Concert Hall on the campus ...