Jascha Nemtsov
Jascha Nemtsov is a pianist, musicologist and Professor of the History of Jewish Music at the Liszt University of Music in Weimar.
In addition to the more well-known, already-established classical repertoire, he has a special interest in composers who were persecuted under National Socialism and Stalinism and whose work has been unjustly forgotten. Thanks to his research and recordings, compositions by several of these outstanding composers have been rescued from oblivion.
Jascha Nemtsov’s parallel focus is Jewish music, in particular Jewish art music from the early 20th century. Nemtsov has rediscovered and reappraised the astonishing oeuvre of an entire school of composers–the New Jewish School. In 2024 he published his monograph, “From St. Petersburg to Vienna: The New Jewish School in Music (1908-1938) as Part of the Jewish Cultural Renaissance”, as well as the textbook “Jewish Music: An Introduction”, the first publication of its kind worldwide.
To date, he has published a total of 10 monographs and over 40 CDs. He received the German Record Critics’ Award in 2007 and the OPUS KLASSIK Award in 2018. His most recent CD “Ukrainian Préludes” was nominated for the International Classical Music Awards 2025.
“Music has always been my profession, history has been my chief passion since childhood, and Judaism is my identity. In my work, these three areas are inseparable from one another.” (Jascha Nemtsov)
