Benjamin Rawitz-Castel
Benjamin Rawitz-Castel (1946 – August 29, 2006), was an Israeli classical pianist and piano teacher ([1]).
He was born and raised in Haifa. After graduation from the Donia Weizman Conservatoire of music in Haifa he continued his studies in Tel Aviv with Ilona Vinze, and at the Tel Aviv University and the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. He also settled and based his solo and chamber music career in Brussels. He performed in Europe, Israel, Japan and the Americas.
Among others, he played with clarinetist Donald L. Oehler and violists Jonathan Bagg and Sergiu Schwartz ([2],[3]).
Rawitz was apparently murdered in the course of a robbery, in the apartment where he lived in Brussels ([4]).
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