Alain Bernheim (23 May 1931 – 26 December 2022) was a French classical pianist who performed internationally. In 1980, he turned to research of the history of Freemasonry in France, Switzerland, and Germany. He published books and encyclopedic entries in the field.
12-782: Bernheim is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alain Bernheim (born 1931), French Masonic author Alain Bernheim (producer) (1922–2009), French-born American film producer and literary agent Emile Bernheim (1886–1985), Belgian industrialist Emmanuèle Bernheim (1955–2017), French writer Ernst Bernheim (1850–1942), German-Jewish historian Erwin Bernheim (1925–2007), Swiss founder of Mondaine Watch Ltd. Hippolyte Bernheim (1837–1919), French Jewish physician and neurologist Gilles Bernheim (born 1952), chief rabbi of France 2009–2013 Isaac Wolfe Bernheim (1848–1945), Jewish distiller and philanthropist, founder of
24-552: A Fellow, and 2007 was selected a member of The Society of Blue Friars . Bernheim wrote Les Débuts de la Franc-Maçonnerie à Genève et en Suisse (Slatkine, 1994), many entries of the Encyclopédie de la Franc-Maçonnerie (Pochotèque, 2000), Réalité Maçonnique (Alpina Research Group, Lausanne, 2007) and some 150 papers published in French, English and German masonic magazines. His book Une certaine idée de la franc-maçonnerie ,
36-864: A Member of Honour in 2014 and awarded him the distinction of Grand Commander Honoris Causa in 2018. In 1986 and 1993, he was awarded the Norman Spencer Award by the English premier Lodge of Research Quatuor Coronati Lodge N° 2076, 1997 the Certificate of Literature by the Philalethes Society (US), 2001 the Albert Gallatin Mackey Scholar Award by the Scottish Rite Research Society (Washington, D.C.), which elected him
48-725: A park located twenty miles south of Louisville, Kentucky Bernheim-Jeune , Art gallery and publisher in Paris [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Bernheim . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bernheim&oldid=1176252206 " Categories : Surnames Surnames of Jewish origin Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
60-764: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Alain Bernheim Bernheim was born in Paris, on 23 May 1931, the son of André Bernheim, the owner and manager of the Théâtre de la Madeleine . At the age of twelve he was arrested by the Gestapo and sent to the internment camp Drancy . At fifteen he was chosen to represent the Lycée Janson-de-Sailly at the Concours Général of philosophy competition. He studied at
72-773: The Paris Conservatory , receiving a first prize in piano in 1953. Bernheim was among the first French music students to receive a Fulbright scholarship , which allowed him to study further at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. He also studied with Hans Richter-Haaser in Detmold and with Magda Tagliaferro in São Paulo. In the 1953 international piano competition in Bucharest, he
84-577: The I. W. Harper bourbon brand and the Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest Louis Bernheim (1861–1931), Belgian general Mary Bernheim (Hare) (1902–1997), British-American biochemist See also [ edit ] Bernheim petition , 1933 petition leading to the vacation of Nazi anti-Jewish legislation in German Upper Silesia until 1937. 3467 Bernheim , an asteroid Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest ,
96-885: Was Professor of Piano at the North-West German Music Academy from 1947 to 1962. He then made a number of international tours, including to the United Kingdom, North and South America, and Australia. His American debut in 1959 was hailed as "one of the biggest keyboard talents to hit Manhattan in years". He appeared at the Salzburg Festival in 1963. He played under over 200 conductors, including John Barbirolli , Ferenc Fricsay , Eugen Jochum , Rudolf Kempe , Wolfgang Sawallisch , Joseph Keilberth , Herbert von Karajan , Carlo Maria Giulini , István Kertész , Karl Böhm , Kurt Sanderling and Erich Leinsdorf . Hans Richter-Haaser composed
108-678: Was also a teacher, a conductor, and a composer. Hans Richter-Haaser was born in Dresden in 1912, and studied at the Dresden Conservatory. He made his debut in 1928, aged 16. During World War II, while fighting for the Nazis with an anti-aircraft unit, he had no opportunity to play for years on end, and his technique slipped. However, he regained it after the war. He conducted the Detmold Orchestra from 1945 to 1947. He
120-696: Was awarded a second prize together with Vladimir Ashkenazy . Bernheim made his Carnegie Hall debut in New York City on 25 February 1960 as a charity for the Red Cross . He performed around 2,000 concerts until 1980, but then gave up his musical career for health reasons. He turned to Masonic research. A Freemason since 1963, he belonged to the Regular Grand Loge of Belgium and to the Grand Lodge Alpina of Switzerland . He
132-649: Was awarded the 33° by the Supreme Council of the United States (Southern Jurisdiction), elected a Chapter Knight of the Great Priory of Belgium and was a member of the Royal Order of Scotland . He is also the first French Freemason who was elected a full member of Quatuor Coronati Lodge No. 2076 (United Grand Lodge of England) from which he demitted in 2014. The Supreme Council of France made him
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#1732772299497144-559: Was published September 2008 by Dervy, Paris, and Le rite en 33 grades - De Frederick Dalcho à Charles Riandey , in September 2011, also by Dervy. Bernheim died in Montreux on 26 December 2022, at the age of 91. Hans Richter-Haaser Hans Richter-Haaser (6 January 1912 – 13 December 1980) was a noted German classical pianist, who was known for his interpretations of Beethoven , Schubert and Schumann . He
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