Moshe Hammer is a Canadian

Canada

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 violinist. Since 1997 he has been an active member of The Galaxy Trio with violinist Lenny Solomon

Lenny Solomon

Lenny Solomon is a Canadian jazz, pop, and classical violinist and composer. An active studio musician, he has performed on hundreds of recordings and soundtracks, including albums by Nigel Kennedy, Anne Murray, and John McDermott. He has also recorded two of his own jazz albums: After You've Gone...

 and pianist Bernie Senensky.

Hammer was born in Budapest

Budapest

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, raised in Israel

Israel

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, and became a Canadian citizen in 1975.

He studied at the Rubin Academy of Music at the University of Tel Aviv, with Ivan Galamian

Ivan Galamian

Ivan Alexander Galamian was an influential Armenian violin teacher of the twentieth century.He was born in Tabriz, Iran, but his family soon emigrated to Moscow, Russia. Galamian studied violin at the School of the Philharmonic Society there with Konstantin Mostras until his graduation in 1919...

 at the Juilliard School

Juilliard School

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, with Jascha Heifetz

Jascha Heifetz

Jascha Heifetz was a violinist, born in Vilnius, then Russian Empire, now Lithuania. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest violinists of all time.- Early life :...

 in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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, USA and with Yehudi Menuhin

Yehudi Menuhin

Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin, OM, KBE was a Russian Jewish American violinist and conductor who spent most of his performing career in the United Kingdom. He was born to Russian Jewish parents in the United States, but became a citizen of Switzerland in 1970, and of the United Kingdom in 1985...

 in London

London

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, England

England

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.

He won a medal in 1970 at the Thibaud Competition in Paris

Paris

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 and performed as a soloist throughout North America

North America

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 and Europe

Europe

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.

He served as associate concertmaster

Concertmaster

The concertmaster/mistress is the spalla or leader, of the first violin section of an orchestra. In the UK, the term commonly used is leader...

 of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra

Edmonton Symphony Orchestra

As the professional orchestra of Alberta's creative capital city, the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra presents over 85 concerts a year of symphonic music in all genres, from classical to country...

, concertmaster of the Calgary Philharmonic, concertmaster of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra, and principal violin of the Canadian Chamber Ensemble. He was also a founding member of the Amadeus Ensemble.

He taught at York University

York University

York University is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, Ontario's second-largest graduate school, and Canada's leading interdisciplinary university....

 and has recording credits on several albums.

External links

• Moshe Hammer The Canadian Encyclopedia
  The Canadian Encyclopedia
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