Max Bruch

Max Bruch was a German composer. Born in Cologne to Protestant parents, Bruch was taught piano by his mother and began composing when still young. He worked as a music director and composer of German Romantic classical music. He was known for his choral works and his violin concertos. He used folk music as inspiration and in 1881 composed a setting of Kol Nidre for cello and orchestra. He taught composition at the Berlin Akademie, retiring in 1910. He died in Berlin.