Name Shony Braun Role Composer | Spouse Shari Braun (m. ?–2002) Movies '68 | |
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Died October 4, 2002, Los Angeles, California, United States Education Case Western Reserve University Books My Heart Is a Violin: Reowned Violinist/Composer and Holocaust Survivor People also search for Shari Braun, Steven Kovacs, John Cipollina | ||
Musicians out of the Holocaust
Sandor (Shony) Alex Braun (Cristuru-Secuiesc, Romania, 14 July 1930 – Los Angeles, 4 October 2002) was a Hungarian-Jew (Romanian born) violinist, Holocaust survivor, classical composer and actor. His "Symphony of the Holocaust" for violin and orchestra was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1994. He also played bit parts in the TV shows Perry Mason, WKRP in Cincinnati and the film '68. He died of pneumonia on 4 October 2002.
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Gypsy Violinist and His contiental ensemble
Early life
After the Holocaust he resumed his violin studies. He emigrated to the United States in 1950.
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