Zimro Ensemble

It is largely remembered today for the fact that Sergei Prokofiev wrote his Overture on Hebrew Themes to be performed with them.

With the Zimro Ensemble, he added a piano to the string quartet and clarinet configuration of his previous group.

[2] They toured Eastern Russia, China, and the Dutch East Indies, finally ending up in the United States in August 1919.

[2] The ensemble stayed at least two years in the United States, performing at the congress of the American Zionist Federation in September 1919 and later at Carnegie Hall and various other venues.

[3] However, rather than continue with their stated goal of fundraising for an artistic centre in Mandate Palestine, gradually the group broke apart, and at least three of its members (Joseph Cherniavsky, Mestechkin and Bellison) settled in the US and started music careers there.