Bina Landau

Bina Landau (Yiddish: בינה לאַנדאַו, 1925–1988) was a Polish-born American Soprano folk and art singer active from the 1950s to the 1970s.

[1] She primarily performed in Yiddish and Hebrew, interpreting the work of such composers and poets as Itzik Manger, Hayim Nahman Bialik, and Mordechai Gebirtig.

[3] She was Jewish; her parents were named Moses (Yichael Moshe) and Sarah (Surah Leah, née Migdajek).

[1][10][11] After the end of the war, she lived in the American Zone of Germany and met her future husband, Marion (Mariek-Fiszel) Landau in Garmisch-Partenkirchen; they were married in Stuttgart in January 1946.

[6][17] Landau's friendship with Mikhl Gelbart was an important influence on her musical career and her dedication to Yiddish- and Hebrew-language folk and art song.