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March 1, 2021

Yuval Waldman, the Violinist Who Made Israeli Tank Operators Weep in the Sinai

And devoted himself to reviving forgotten Jewish music.

On February 1, the conductor and violinist Yuval Waldman—a protégé of Isaac Stern—died at the age of seventy-four. Besides being an accomplished performer, Waldman dedicated much of his energy to reviving the works of Jewish composers who were murdered in the Shoah, or whose work was suppressed by Soviet tyranny. Neil Genzlinger recounts some episodes from his remarkable life:

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