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Conductor of Folk
A.k.a. Izu Gott
Romanian conductor with hebrew origins born in Dorohoi, România, He achieved fame as a conductor and musician at home and abroad. With his father and three brothers a family Klezmer band was formed, making a tour throughout Moldavia. Ionel Gotescu is a link between Klezmer of the pre-WWII "shtetles" and the Klezmer of Communist Eastern Europe.