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Dina Turgeman (Grossvogel)
Dina Turgeman (4.10.1922 - 14.2.2014), was a pianist and influential piano teacher in Israel. Born in 1922 in Frankfurt, Germany, her Polish-born art dealer family emigrated to Luxembourg. She studied piano at the Luxembourg Conservatory, with Lucien Lambotte, and at age 14 won „Premier prix avec grande distinction par 60 points“, (“first prize with distinction”). A year later, February 24, 1938, she gave her first recital at the Luxemburg Casino playing works of Glinka, Balakirew, Ljadow, Glasunow and Arenski.

She went on to the Royal Conservatory of Brussels where she won „Premier prix avec distinction“ (First prize with distinction) in 1939. She won first prizes in competitions and played in concerts that were broadcast across Europe. During her studies she received the honor of Queen of Belgium's patronage. During the Second World War in 1941, her family was already on the list to be deported to the Litzmannstadt Ghetto (Łódź), Turgeman and her family, with forged papers under the name ‘Dubois’ and assisted by Lucien Lambotte, hid in a convent near Liege in Belgium, where she was responsible for playing the organ at Mass every morning. After the war she continued with her studies at the Brussels conservatoire, and played numerous concerts, as soloist and chamber music, in Brussels and for the Luxembourg radio. In 1949, the family unable to obtain residence permits for Luxemburg or Belgium, Turgeman was forced to break off her career and emigrate to Israel.

In Israel she married a fellow musician she met touring in Israel, Mordechai Turgeman. She played as soloist and chamber music with musicians from Israel and abroad including Yitzhak Blassberger, Simcha Cheled, Georg Marton, Avraham Melamed, Nahum Pinczuk, Meir Rimon, Moshe Stieglitz, Arie Yisraeli in a wide repertoire which included Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Britten, Chausson, Kodaly, Martinu Mozart, Partos, Poot, Tchaikowski, Villa-Lobos as well as Belgian composers. She taught students from all over the world who went on to Juilliard, the Metropolitan Opera and other musical institutions. [] Dina developed a unique teaching method that allowed musicians to reach their full potential, with a specific technical base of rebuilding the finger strength and efficient easy playing. Among her students are Astrit Balzan, Leora Cohen, Mikael Eliason, Ethan Globerson, Revital Hachamoff, Yehuda Inbar,  Nico Levi, Eytan Pessen, Irit Rimon Neidorff, Adi Rosenkranz, Zvi Semel and Michal Tal. She taught upto the age of 88. After her death in 2014 at the age of 91 the story of her curtailed career, deportation and post war antisemitism were featured in varied media in Luxembourg and Belgium. led by the historian Denis Scuto. the Jerusalem Music Academy created a chamber music competition on her name.

Alumni Category:Israeli classical pianists Category:Jewish classical pianists Category:Jewish classical musicians Category:Belgian classical pianists Category:Accompanists Category:Classical accompanists Category:Piano pedagogues *Belgium Music Biography