Myrna Herzog Explained

Myrna Herzog (born 1 December 1951) is a Brazilian-born Israeli musician, conductor, teacher and early music researcher. She is a player of the viol, viola da gamba and baroque cello.

Musical career

Herzog started her professional career in 1972 as one of the winners of the Young Soloists competition of the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra (OSB). Her early music involved the groups Kalenda Maya (1970–72) and Pro-Arte Antiqua (1971–74). In 1973 she founded Quadro Cervantes with Rosana Lanzelotte. In 1983 she founded Brazil's first Baroque Orchestra Academia Antiqua Pro-Arte.[1] In 1992, Herzog immigrated to Israel where she taught the first generation of sabra viola da gamba players.

Dr. Herzog studied the viol with Judith Davidoff and Wieland Kuijken. Since 1998, she has been the musical director and conductor of the Ensemble PHOENIX of early instruments.[2]

Herzog has also worked in opera. She transcribed and staged the 13th-century Play of Daniel and the Baroque opera La púrpura de la rosa.[3]

As a viola da gamba soloist, Myrna has performed throughout Europe, South America, the US, and Israel. She participated in the Israeli premiere of the Passions (Bach) with the Israel Philharmonic, performing solos with the viola da gamba. Myrna Herzog has recorded for labels as a conductor and as a performer on the viol, quinton, vielle, baroque cello, and modern cello. She has a doctorate degree in music from Bar-Ilan University. In February 2024, Herzog held workshops on baroque music for conductors in Brazil and at the Royal Academy of Music in London.[4]

Recordings

Publications

Herzog's articles have appeared in several journals and books on musicology and musical instrument studies, including the Viola da Gamba Society Journal,[15] [16] the Galpin Society Journal,[17] and Music of Colonial Brazil.[18]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The recorder in countries colonized by europeans. Recorder Home Page.
  2. Web site: Myrna Herzog in a solo viola da gamba recital. 4 December 2010 . Pamela Hickman.
  3. Web site: Ensemble PHOENIX - Myrna Herzog . 2024-02-16 . www.phoenixearlymusic.com.
  4. Web site: Ensemble PHOENIX - Myrna Herzog . 2024-02-16 . www.phoenixearlymusic.com.
  5. Web site: Quadro Cervantes - Música Medieval Renascentista Barroca . .
  6. Web site: Denise Emmer - Canto Lunar . .
  7. Web site: Quadro Cervantes, Georg Philipp Telemann - Telemann . .
  8. Web site: Concerto BHU . .
  9. Web site: François Couperin: Pièces de Clavecin à Deux Violes .
  10. Web site: Wieland Kuijken, Myrna Herzog e Rosana Lanzelotte - Live in Rio .
  11. Web site: Ensemble PHOENIX & Myrna Herzog - Spanish Lamento .
  12. Web site: Johann Sebastian Bach - BACH GOLDBERG VARIATIONS arranged by Bernard Labadie .
  13. Web site: Loeb / Wallace / Galimir Quartet - Hidden Pathways | Revolution Music Company .
  14. Web site: Myrna Herzog - CHOOSE LIFE .
  15. Herzog . Dr Myrna . 2016-01-01 . The Division Viol—an overview . Chelys, the Journal of the Viola da Gamba Society of Great Britain.
  16. Herzog . Dr Myrna . 1994 . Finding the true identity of the Castagneri viol: a detective story . Journal of the Viola da Gamba Society of America . 31.
  17. Herzog . Myrna . 2004 . Stradivari's Viols . The Galpin Society Journal . 57 . 183–216 . 25163801 . 0072-0127.
  18. Herzog . Myrna . 1988 . Sec. XVI - O descobrimento . Music in Colonial Brazil: Sixteenth Century, Discovery . Música no Brasil colonial . 14 . 7.

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