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SurnameVald
NameGrigory
PatronymBorisovich
Birth year1938
Birth month3
Birth day18
birth_placeKharkiv, Ukraine

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Hertzbach Debora Davidovna (1908-1985)

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SurnameHertzbach
NameDebora
PatronymDavidovna
Birth year1908
Birth month6
Birth day21
birth_placeDvinsk
Death year1985
death_month7
death_day31
Death placeBe’er Sheva

Hertzbach (Gertsbakh, née Munitz) Debora Davidovna (21 June 1908, Dvinsk, Vitebsk Governorate – 31 July 1985, Be’er Sheva, Israel) – pianist, accompanist, and teacher.

Debora Hertzbach studied at the Daugavpils People's Conservatory under N. Vanadzinš. From 1927 to 1931, she studied at the Latvian Conservatory in the class of P. Schubert. Between 1930 and 1933, she worked as an accompanist in the class of A. Mets. From 1933 to 1940, she gave private lessons. In 1940–1941, she performed as a soloist in concerts at Riga Radiophone. Between 1941 and 1943, she taught in Alma-Ata, and from 1943 to 1945, in Ivanovo. She returned to Riga in January 1945. From 1945 to 1947, she served as an accompanist at the Latvian Conservatory in the classes of L. Andersone-Silare, L. Daina, K. Zariņš, and Ž. Heine-Vagnere. From 1947 to 1968, she taught mandatory piano at the Latvian Conservatory, concurrently also teaching at the Jāzeps Mediņš Music School.

Literature: Padomju Latvijas mūzikas darbinieki. Rīga, Liesma, 1965, pp. 210–211.