Jewish Composers of Hollywood’s Golden Age

Jewish Composers of Hollywood’s Golden Age

Wednesdays at 12:00pm PDT

As the doors were closing in Europe, they were opening in America, welcoming Jewish refugees who would shape the future of American film scores. Together, we will discover how immigrants, many who escaped the Nazi regime, created the Hollywood music that we have all loved since childhood. We'll explore how that migration changed the landscape of American culture, and how famous scores, like those of Citizen Kane, Gone with the Wind, Casablanca, Ben-Hur, and Psycho were written and performed. Anecdotes and stories will be combined with audiovisuals and musical examples.

Emanuel Abramovits is a Mechanical Engineer with an MBA and has been a cultural manager and concert promoter since 2000, directly involved in many events by international artists, like Itzhak Perlman, Gustavo Dudamel, Sarah Brightman, Roger Hodgson, ASIA, Slash, Journey, Kenny G and many more. He has designed and staged many original orchestral events, including an Event of the Year winner and several world premiers. He served as the Cultural Director at UNION ISRAELITA DE CARACAS from 2008 to 2019, releasing books, organizing film cycles, concerts and art exhibits. He has been teaching and lecturing online and in presence across the US in the last two years.