A Life in Music: Images of Judith Davidoff

GEMS was pleased to dedicate its September 20, 2015, benefit to a celebration of the career of gambist and teacher Judith Davidoff, a pioneer and significant presence in the American early music movement. Ms. Davidoff is the artistic director of the New York Consort of Viols and was cellist of the Arioso Trio. Her recitals, lectures, workshops, and research have taken her throughout North America, Brazil, Israel, Sweden, Taiwan, and Turkey, where she lived three years doing research on Turkish folk music and receiving private instruction on the saz and the Black Sea kemenche. Her doctoral dissertation includes a catalog of 20thcentury music for the viol, and her recorded performances cover the 13th through 21st centuries, reflecting a wide range of repertoire and styles. With major assistance from her son Max Rosen and his company Indigo Productions we are pleased to present this slide show of images from Ms Davidoff s long and productive life in music. If you missed the