Born 1910 in L’vov, Galacia (now part of Poland)
Died in 1985
- Chajes was a piano prodigy who gave his first public recital at the age of 9. He wrote his first piano composition the same year.
- Chajes fled Poland in 1938 after its annexation by the Nazis. He lived in Palestine for two years, teaching at Beit L’viyim music academy in Tel Aviv (and studying the roots of Jewish music), then settled in the United States, becoming an important figure in Jewish liturgical music in Detroit.1
Biography from the Milken Archive of Jewish Music
Sources
- Neil W. Levin, “Julius Chajes,” The Milken Archive, accessed July 23, 2021, https://www.milkenarchive.org/artists/view/julius-chajes/.