Levy Moshe (1923-2014)
Germany / More info in Enciclopedia de la Guitarra
Guitarist and teacher, was born in Hanover (Lower Saxony) and died in Regensburg (Upper Palatinate).
English
Levy got music lessons from his motherr, an opera singer. 1939 he had to leave Germany because he was Jew. So he emigrated 1939 to Palestine and experienced the foundation of Israel there in 1948. He studied there at a music school.
Since 1959 he studied in Berlin guitar private with Siegfried Behrend and music education at the Municipal Conservatory. Back in Israel, he has been teaching music teacher courses on behalf of the Ministry of Education of Israel. From 1966-1968 he was principal instructor at the School of Music and Drama in Akkra (Ghana). 1973-1978 he lived in Hanover and taught guitar at the music schools of Hameln and Hanover, 1978-1986 he lived near Bünde (Eastern Westphalia) and taught guitar at the music school of Bünde. Feeling threatened by neo-Nazis, he retired 1986 and moved to Lappersdorf (near Regensburg/Upper Palatinate). There he lived until his death und ran a small publishing house (called ‘Mattinata’), where he edited his own compositions. (Rainer Stelle)
Since 1959 he studied in Berlin guitar private with Siegfried Behrend and music education at the Municipal Conservatory. Back in Israel, he has been teaching music teacher courses on behalf of the Ministry of Education of Israel. From 1966-1968 he was principal instructor at the School of Music and Drama in Akkra (Ghana). 1973-1978 he lived in Hanover and taught guitar at the music schools of Hameln and Hanover, 1978-1986 he lived near Bünde (Eastern Westphalia) and taught guitar at the music school of Bünde. Feeling threatened by neo-Nazis, he retired 1986 and moved to Lappersdorf (near Regensburg/Upper Palatinate). There he lived until his death und ran a small publishing house (called ‘Mattinata’), where he edited his own compositions. (Rainer Stelle)