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Ivry Gitlis, an acclaimed violinist who played with famed conductors, rock stars and jazz bands around the world and worked to make classical music accessible to the masses, has died in Paris at 98. France’s culture minister announced his death Thursday, hailing him as “a magnificent performer, a generous musician”…
news Israeli virtuoso violinist Ivry Gitlis dies at 98 © Getty Images Ivry Gitlis (centre) carried on playing well into his 90s Celebrated Israeli violinist Ivry Gitlis has died in Paris aged 98, his family has said. A hugely charismatic figure with a passion for experimentation, Gitlis has been described as one of the modern greats of classical music. He played with the world's finest orchestras but was said to be equally at home performing with rock stars and jazz virtuosos. In 1955, he became the first Israeli musician to play in the Soviet Union. Gitlis was also a staunch advocate of...
Described as one of the modern greats of classical music, he was a hugely charismatic figure.
Text size Israeli virtuoso violinist Ivry Gitlis has died in Paris aged 98, his family told AFP Thursday. As one of the modern greats of classical music, he not only performed with the best orchestras in the world but never stopped experimenting, seeking new fans far beyond the elite. Gitlis was as comfortable playing with the Rolling Stones or jazzman Stephane Grapelli, with African storytellers or gypsies, as he was with classical repertoire. Hugely charismatic, he took "the time to meet people, to seduce them, to learn to like them," Le Parisien newspaper wrote of the musician, who l...
0 shares Iranian hacker group Pay2Key says it has hacked the computer systems of major Israeli cyber company Portnox, days after the same group hacked Israel Aerospace Industries. The hackers publish documents related to firms using Portnox’s services, including Amdocs, Bezeq, Elbit, El Al, the Clalit health provider and more, according to the Ynet news website. The Iranian group says it seized almost 1 terabyte of data and has published just 3 gigabytes of it. Portnox said in a subsequent statement: “Several hours ago it was published that our internal servers may have been breache...