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Ioffe Abram (1938)

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SurnameIoffe
NameAbram
Birth year1938
Birth month7
Birth day2
Birth placeRiga
SexM

Ioffe (Jaffe) Abram (2 July 1938, Riga) — violinist.

Abram Ioffe studied at the Emīls Dārziņš Music School and, in 1955–57, at the Jāzeps Mediņš Music College. In 1962 he graduated from the Latvian State Conservatoire (class of Prof. J. Targonsky).

In 1964 he played in a string quartet (I. Dalmanis, A. Ioffe, H. Zivert, E. Bertovsky). From 1965 he was an accompanist at the Latvian State Conservatoire. From 1962 to 1971 he performed in the orchestra of the Latvian Opera and Ballet Theatre (second concertmaster).

In 1971 he emigrated to Israel, and in 1972 moved to Germany. He played in the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (second concertmaster). At the same time, he was active as a teacher. Among his students are his daughters, Angela and Sofia.