The Ron Shulamit Conservatory is a music conservatory in Israel. [1]
The Ron Shulamit Conservatory is a music conservatory in Israel. [1]
Music education developed in Israel largely due to the pioneering efforts of Selma Shulamit Ruppin (1873–1912), an opera singer trained in Berlin and Arthur Ruppin's first wife, who established the first conservatory in Jaffa in 1910.
In 1923 the Shulamit Conservatory Orchestra accompanied Mordechai's Golinkin's production of La Traviata , the first opera performed in pre-state Israel. [2]
Ron Conservatory was established and directed by the violinist Yariv Ezrachi , himself a graduate of the Shulamit Conservatory. Famous musicians who studied at Ron include Daniel Benyamini and Shlomo Mintz. In 1968 the two conservatories were merged under the Ron Shulamit name, directed by Ezrachi. Ezrahi's daughter Ofra Broshi later opened a branch in Jerusalem, and today the Ron Shulamit Conservatory operates a coed branch in Bet Hakerem, and one for Orthodox girls in Har Nof. [3]
The conservatory's mission is to make music and all its benefits, available to everyone, regardless of religious/ethnic background, age, gender, socio-economic status, physical, mental or emotional disabilities. [4] Free open houses are held on a regular basis in addition to performances in nursing homes, community centers, fundraisers for charitable organizations and explained concerts in schools. [4]
The conservatory's "Jewish Music Renaissance Project" researches, collects, records and performs traditional music pieces from Jewish communities around the globe. [4]
The conservatory provides music therapy to children with disabilities and emotional problems. [4] It employs many immigrant musicians, thereby aiding in their absorption process. [4]
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