Yehuda Glantz
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Yehuda Julio Glantz |
| Born |
March 19, 1958 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Genres | Jewish music |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, musician, |
| Instruments | Vocals, Charango, guitar, bass, keyboards, piano, harmonica, accordion |
| Years active | 1977–present |
| Website | yehudaglantz |
Yehuda Julio Glantz (Hebrew: יהודה חוליו גלאנץ; born March 19, 1958 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a musician composer, singer, songwriter and producer living in Jerusalem Israel. Glantz is a multi-instrumentalist playing on the Charango, piano, accordion, siku, pinkillu, guitar, flute, cuatro and is also a percussionist. Yehuda has twice received the first place award in the klezmer Safed festival for his performance and compositions. In 2008, Yehuda founded the Regalim Festival in the City Center of Jerusalem. The festival takes place during both Sukkoth and Passover holidays and attracts thousands of visitors from around the world.
Yehuda Julio Glantz was born and raised in Argentina to secular family. When he was five years old he began studying accordion, and Glantz 's father enrolled him in a music school. At the age of six, Glantz began to sing in the choir of the Max Nordau Synagogue located in Buenos Aires. He began to study violin in the Manuel De Falla Conservatory, simultaneously studying both piano and guitar. At the age of sixteen he started performing with the young band "El Canto de Todos". At the age of seventeen he went to Brazil where he studied harmony and composition on the style of Bossa nova and Samba while mastering both guitar and percussion. At the age of twenty-one Glantz visited Israel for the first time and decided to stay. Shortly after he was granted a Stipend from the Rubin Academy of Music of Jerusalem where he studied piano and composition with Professor Nachum Perperkovich. At the age of twenty-two Glantz adapted various flutes and other Bamboo instruments into his music. He began producing, arranging and composing music in International Latin American Jewish Fusion.
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