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{{Short description|French composer and conductor}}
'''Voldemar Rosenberg''', better known by his stage name '''Wal-Berg''' (born October 13, 1910, [[Istanbul]] - July 12, 1994, [[Suresnes]]) was a French composer and conductor.
Rosenberg studied piano at the [[Berlin University of the Arts|Berlin Conservatory]] and then attended the [[Paris Conservatory]], where he studied harmony, composition, and conducting under [[Samuel Rousseau (composer)|Samuel Rousseau]], [[Noel Gallon]], [[Henri Rabaud]], [[Philippe Gaubert]], and [[Pierre Monteux]].
From 1932 to 1936, he orchestrated for [[Polydor Records]] recordings, and composed songs performed by [[Marlene Dietrich]] (''Moi je m'ennuie'', ''Assez'', ''[[Embrasse-moi]]''). In the 1930s he was involved with the recordings of stars of the era such as [[Jean Sablon]], [[Josephine Baker]], [[Charles Trenet]], [[Leo Marjane]], and [[Marie-Louise Damien|Damia]]. He also wrote film music, e.g. for the film ''[[Katia (film)|Katia]]'' (with [[Danielle Darrieux]]).
During [[World War II]], he was in [[Monte Carlo]], where he conducted symphonic jazz concerts, whose programs included [[George Gershwin]] and [[Cole Porter]] alongside [[Maurice Ravel]] and [[Claude Debussy]]. He also worked with [[ORTF]] on a series of radio broadcasts, in which he conducted orchestras backing soloists such as [[Yehudi Menuhin]] and [[Andres Segovia]].
In the 1950s, he toured widely in Europe as a conductor with [[Victoria de Los Angeles]] and Segovia, and worked in France with [[Janine Micheau]], [[Mathé Altéry]], [[Roger Bourdin]], [[Stéphane Grappelli]], and at the [[Opéra de Lille]] with [[Mado Robin]] and [[Christian Ferras]].
He composed more than 300 pieces for symphony orchestra and scored about forty films.
==Filmography==
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* ''[[Katia (film)|Katia]]'' (1938)
* ''[[The Innocent (1938 film)|The Innocent]]'' (1938)
* ''[[The Rebel (1938 film)|The Rebel]]'' (1938)
* ''[[The World Will Tremble]]'' (1939)
* ''[[False Alarm (film)|False Alarm]]'' (1940)
* ''[[As Long as I Live (1946 film)|As Long as I Live]]'' (1946)
* ''[[Destiny Has Fun]]'' (1947)
* ''[[After the Storm (1948 film)|After the Storm]]'' (1948)
* ''[[Guilty? (1951 film)|Guilty?]]'' (1951)
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[[Category: French people of Jewish descent]]
[[Category:Emigrants from the Ottoman Empire to France]]