Bar-Illan, David (Jacob)

Bar-Illan, David (Jacob), Israeli pianist; b. Haifa, Feb. 7, 1930. He studied at the Haifa Music Inst., and then in N.Y. at the Juilliard School of Music and the Mannes Coll. of Music. In 1946 he made his debut as a soloist with the Palestine Broadcasting Service Orch. After an engagement at London's Wigmore Hall in 1953, he played in the U.S. in 1954. Thereafter he appeared as a soloist with orchs. and …