Benjamin Rawitz-Castel

Benjamin Rawitz-Castel

Benjamin Rawitz-Castel ( April 24, 1946August 29, 2006), was an Israeli classical pianist and piano teacher ( [http://home.nc.rr.com/garnerpiano/] ).

He was born and raised in Haifa. After graduation from the Donia Weizman Conservatoire of music in Haifa he continued his studies in Tel Aviv with Ilona Vincze, and at the Tel Aviv University and the Royal Brussels Conservatorium. He also settled and based his solo and chamber music career in Brussels. He performed in Europe, Israel, Japan and the Americas.

Among others, he played with clarinetist Donald L. Oehler and violists Jonathan Bagg and Sergiu Schwartz ( [http://www.elon.edu/e-net/cultural/2005dec.asp] , [http://www.serenatamusic.com/sergiuschwartz.html] ).

Rawitz was apparently murdered in the course of a robbery, in the apartment where he lived in Brussels ( [http://www.brusselnieuws.be/site/rubrieken/1091053972/page.htm?newsID=1156955491] ).

Awards

* Mozart-Prize, Zurich
* Premio Albéniz, Barcelona
* European Broadcasting Prize

Persondata
NAME =Rawitz-Castel, Benjamin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION =Pianist
DATE OF BIRTH =April 24, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH =Haifa, Haifa District, Israel
DATE OF DEATH =August 29, 2006
PLACE OF DEATH =Brussels, Belgium


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