Warschauer/Strauss, Zev Feldman, NYC, Nov 10
Curated by Deborah Strauss and Jeff Warschauer of the Strauss/Warschauer Duo, this series is dedicated to presenting performances and lectures that reflect the finest current research and creativity in the fields of klezmer music and Yiddish song.
On November 10 acclaimed musicologist and musician Walter Zev Feldman will join the duo to present OLD AND NEW KLEZMER MUSIC IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, a concert and lecture of klezmer instrumental music.
Zev Feldman will analyze selections from the klezmer repertoire of the 21st century and their 19th and early 20th century antecedents in Europe and America. Deborah Strauss (violin, accordion, vocals), Jeff Warschauer (mandolin, guitar, vocals) and Zev Feldman (cimbal) will perform recent klezmer compositions by Zev Feldman, Steven Greenman, Joshua Waletzky and Jeff Warschauer as well as older klezmer pieces.