Leader, Alfred Cave
Conducted by Leslie Heward
Shula Doniach (pianoforte)
Shula Doniach first studied the piano under Felix Swinstead , at the Royal Academy of Music, where she was awarded the Hine Gift for composition. She continued under Pouishnoff, Harriet Cohen , and Matthay in London, and then went to Berlin and Budapest, finishing her studies at Vienna under Steuermann. Shula Doniach has appeared with great success all over Europe in the dual capacity of composer and pianist. Her compositions include songs, a piano quintet, a fantasy for violin and piano, ballet music, etc.
In Jerusalem Shula Doniach helped to found the Palestine Orchestra and the Modern Chamber Music Society. She founded a Music Society in Bucharest, and since her return to London has founded and organised the Friends of Music Society, which has produced a great deal of interesting chamber music, old and new.