Benedict Silberman

Benedict Silberman, originally Boruch Hirsch-Benedigton Silberman (December 5, 1901 in Helsinki, Finland – December 11, 1971 in Hilversum, Netherlands), was a Dutch composer and conductor of Austrian Jewish descent.
Silberman was the son of an Austrian violinist working in Helsinki who settled in Amsterdam. Silberman studied piano with and composition with Sem Dresden at the Amsterdam Conservatory. He wrote a piano concerto (1924) at the end of his studies. A year later he composed a violin concerto.
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