Nahum Nardi

Nahum Nardi (1901 in Kiev – 1977) was a Russian Empire-born Israeli composer.

[1] Nahum Nardi won a scholarship to study at the Kiev Conservatory and graduated with honors in 1915.

Researcher of Hebrew song Eliyahu Hacohen records that Nardi came first in the musical contest at the end of his studies, second place going to Vladimir Horowitz.

He was the husband and accompanist of Yemenite Jewish singer Bracha Zefira, to whom he was married from 1931 to 1939.

Their daughter, Na'amah Nardi, also became a singer and performed at La Scala.

Nahum Nardi memorial plaque, Tel Aviv