Henryk Gold

Henryk Gold (19029 January 1977 in New York City, United States) was a Polish-American composer, arranger, and orchestra director. Early Life and Family Henryk Gold was born in Warsaw into a highly musical family. His mother, Helena (née Melodyst), came from the famous Warsaw klezmer family Melodysta, and his father, Michał Gold, was the principal flutist of the Warsaw Opera Orchestra. His father died suddenly on stage during a concert in 1904, when Henryk was only two years old. Gold’s older brother, Artur Gold (1903–1943), also became a renowned composer and orchestra leader, but was murdered in Treblinka during the Holocaust. Henryk had two other brothers, Abram and Jaker, both musicians; Abram was killed in 1942, while Jaker’s fate remains unknown. His grandfather, Wolf Zeew Gold, was also a klezmer musician. Henryk Gold married Bronisława Gold (née 1911) in 1946, while they had met in 1942. Tragically, much of his family, including his first wife, daughter, and son, were killed during the Holocaust. His surviving relatives included a sister in Buenos Aires and two nephews, both musicians, whom Gold welcomed as his own family. Bronisława Gold remained in New York until her deat