Irma Wolpe

Irma Wolpe (1902 – 1984) was a Romanian-born composer, born Irma Schoenberg in Bucharest in 1902. She studied the piano and Dalcroze eurythmics in Berlin. She was a close friend of the German classical music composer Stefan Wolpe. In 1934, she immigrated to Palestine with Wolpe and they were married in Jerusalem. She concertized actively and taught at the Palestine Conservatoire.