Paul Schoenfield

Paul Schoenfield, also spelled Paul Schoenfeld or Pinchas Schoenfeld, was born January 24, 1947, in Detroit, Michigan and died April 29, 2024, in Jerusalem, Israel. He was a classical composer and pianist known for combining popular, folk, and classical music forms.

He began to take piano lessons at the age of six, and wrote his first composition a year later. In 1966 he appeared with Leonard Bernstein on one of the New York Philharmonic Young People’s Concerts and made his Town Hall recital debut while still in his teens. Among his teachers were Julius Chajes [https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Chajes], Ozan Marsh and Rudolf Serkin. He held a B.A. degree from Carnegie-Mellon University and a Doctor of Music Arts degree from the University of Arizona. Provided by Wikipedia