An Israeli youth orchestra became the permanent owner today of the “golden lyre,” a prize offered by Queen Juliana of The Netherlands to the musical aggregation that has won the title of “general winner” three successive times. The award resulted from the fifth World Music Concourse, completed last night at Kerkrade, Holland.
The winner was the National Youth Orchestra, Gadna, of Tel Aviv. The Gadna group was pronounced general winner of the concourse, an event held every four years. Today, the Tel Aviv group was declared the permanent owner of the coveted “golden lyre” because it had won the quadrennial competition for the third successive time.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
