Playing Level: Exhibition Only
Mark Gendler was born in Latvia and started to play the violin as a young child. When the Nazis entered Latvia in the fall of 1941, his mother managed to get away in time, escaping east into Russia with her son and his violin.
When the war was over, Mark, his violin, and his mother were living in Kazan, Russia, and started their way back to Riga, Latvia. In Riga, Mark studied music and became a known performer and composer. He also started to tune pianos for the local orchestras and later immigrated to Israel and worked here.