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Artist
Sara Feigin
2+ albums
femaleisraelilatvianFemale Composerfolk-influenced
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Sara Feigin was born in Riga, Latvia, where she also received her musical education. In 1972, she immigrated with her family to Israel. In 1973, she founded the first conservatory in Holon, where all the teachers were new immigrants. She ran this institution for 10 years. Sarah Feigin has developed a unique method for children's study in groups. She frequently held workshops in musical institutions throughout the country. She specialized in writing works for piano and organ (especially for 4 and 6 hands). In the course of time, she composed Israeli songs of various kinds. Among the most prominent students of Sarah Feigin are: Sharon Farber - composer and pianist who writes music for Hollywood movies; Dan Ettinger - pianist, singer and conductor (currently assistant to Daniel Barenboim at the Berlin Opera); Avi Abliav - a composer who writes music for films; and other musicians. In her composition Sarah Feigin tends to be influenced by the great composers of the Soviet Union, such as Shostakovich and Prokofiev. In her works she sometimes includes folklore. In Riga she wrote two ballets based on Russian epic themes: "The Golden Tree" and "Happy Days" and three shorter works: Exercise (1968), Poem (1968) and Storm (1969) according to Gorky. Among her works is the children's opera "House of the Cats" (1959, re-worked in 1988). She has also written various orchestral and chamber works, among them the symphonic poem "HaKeshav" for the soprano and orchestra to the text of
