Judith Berkson, NYC, 2 Dec 2015
Judith Berkson
Wed, Dec 2, 2015, 7pm
YIVO
15 W. 16th St.,
NYC
Acclaimed singer-musician Judith Berkson presents arrangements of cantorial music from YIVO’s sound archives, including unreleased and rare recordings from Eastern Europe’s golden age of cantorial singing. Berkson, Frank London, Lana Cencic, and Cleek Schrey reinterpret the sounds of Berele Chagy, Yechiel Karniol, and Sophie Kurtzer, and perform original works by Berkson inspired by the YIVO sound collections.
More info: hyivo.org/berkson