Background
Strasfogel, Ignace was born on July 17, 1909 in Warsaw, Poland. Came to United States, 1933, naturalized, 1937. Son of Ludwig and Salomea (Goldberg).
Strasfogel, Ignace was born on July 17, 1909 in Warsaw, Poland. Came to United States, 1933, naturalized, 1937. Son of Ludwig and Salomea (Goldberg).
Born in Warsaw, Strasfogel studied at the Hochschule fur Musik in Berlin where he was a pupil of modernist composer Franz Schreker.
He began his career as a pianist and vocal coach. Notably serving as an accompanist for prestigious singers like Joseph Szigeti, Gregor Piatigorsky, and Lauritz Melchior among other soloists. In 1934, Strasfogel was forced to emigrate from Nazi Germany to the United States.
In 1983, Strasfogel ended a 35 year break from composing, producing works for piano, orchestra, chamber music and songs.
Member New York Singing Teachers Association, American Society of Composers.
Son of; married Alma Lubin, July 23, 1934 (deceased April 1990). Children: Ian, Andrew Leigh.