Josima Feldschuh was born in
Warsaw in 1929 to
Ruben Feldschuh and Perła (Pnina) née Richter. Her father was an intellectual and a
Zionist, while her mother, who started teaching Josima to play the piano when the girl was 5 years old, was a pianist and a musicologist. Her father's cousin
Rokhl Auerbakh later described Josima as having perfect pitch and great musical memory which helped her play the works of Chopin, Mendelssohn or Bach from memory and offer her own interpretations. and
Austrian Cultural Forum in London, in
Plzeň,
Leeds,
York and at
Longy School of Music of Bard College in Cambridge, MA, among others. Josima's music has been also showcased at the
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, most notably during a concert of the winner of
Paszport Polityki award, pianist Emilia Sitarz. The part of Josima was played by
Lauren Zhang, who was accompanied by the
Sinfonia Varsovia orchestra. In 2021, the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in collaboration with the
New York Philharmonic planned to create an educational program for children which was to be named after Josima. == References ==