Peter Wertheimer

Peter Wertheimer was born in 1947 in Satu Mare

Wertheimer was born in 1947 in Satu Mare, Romania, to the violinist Andrei Wertheimer. He grew up in Timișoara, where his father was an early jazz figure. He began learning classical violin with his father at the age of 5.

He studied at the music school in Timișoara and later at the music academy in Bucharest. He played in clubs, cafes and culture centers, and joined orchestras that toured abroad. He performed in West Germany in 1974, in Switzerland and at jazz festivals in Bucharest and Sibiu.

In 1977 he moved to Israel and later settled in Tel Aviv. With help from Nancy Brandes he entered the local music industry, playing on albums by Arik Einstein, Gidi Gov, Gali Atari, Yehudit Ravitz and many others. He also performed as a soloist with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and made jazz arrangements of works by Bach.

He appeared as an actor in several Israeli films and on the children's show Parpar Nechmad. In his later years he played in shows of the Gevatron with Yardena Arazi. He was married to the actress Adi Lev from 1981 until her death in 2006, and they had two children. He died of cancer in 2020.