Metadata: Aleksander Frydland archives
Collection
- Country:
- Belgium
- Holding institution:
- Jewish Museum of Belgium
- Holding institution (official language):
- Musée Juif de Belgique
- Postal address:
- Miniemenstraat 21 / Rue des Minimes 21, 1000 Bruxelles
- Phone number:
- +32 (0)2 512 19 63
- Web address:
- http://www.new.mjb-jmb.org
- Email:
- info@mjb-jmb.org
- Reference number:
- JM-Brussels-Fonds Aleksander Frydland
- Title:
- Aleksander Frydland archives
- Title (official language):
- Fonds Aleksander Frydland
- Creator/accumulator:
- Frydland, Aleksander
- Date(s):
- 1930/1958
- Language:
- French
- Russian
- Polish
- Hebrew
- Yiddish
- Dutch; Flemish
- Extent:
- 2 boxes
- Scope and content:
- This fonds contains identity papers, correspondence, concert programs, concert posters, photos, press clippings concerning Aleksander Frydland, his concerts, and the choir Nashir. (see boxes Y 36 and Y 37)
- Archival history:
- Many scores, concert posters and programs were donated to the Jewish Museum of Belgium by Ryta Dworecka, Frydland’s wife. They are inventoried in the collections of the Museum.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- Aleksander Frydland was born in Warsaw in 1909. He graduated from the F. Chopin Musical school in Warsaw in 1938. He first married Ruta Starez; his second marriage was with Ryta Dworecka. This UN refugee of Polish origin migrated to Belgium after the war. He directed the grand choir of the Zionist Federation of Belgium (1951-1956), and later the choir Nashir, composed of professionals and amateurs. He was an active Zionist militant. He emigrated to Israel in 1962. Frydland, who was also a piano teacher, was an orchestra conductor in Russia and Jerusalem. He died in Brussels in 1997. (Fonds Aleksander Frydland (BE / MJB / Fonds Aleksander Frydland); obituary of Aleksander Frydland, Le Soir, 27 August 1997, p. 27.)
- Access points: persons/families:
- Frydland, Aleksander
- Access, restrictions:
- Access requires the authorisation of the Jewish Museum of Belgium.
- Yerusha Network member:
- State Archives of Belgium
