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3rd KlezMORE Festival, Vienna, Austria, Jul 2-16

festival log 3rd KlezMORE Festival
July 2-16
Vienna, Austria
Festival-info: +43(0)676 - 512 91 04 www.klezmore-vienna.at

Liebe KlezMORE Festival Vienna-Fans—und alle, die es noch werden wollen!

Keine Eintagsfliege, sondern schon bald wieder Institution#8212;das 3rd KlezMORE Festival Vienna 2006 zieht wieder ins Lande, und es zieht immer mehr Interessenten an. Aufgrund dieser positiven Entwicklung vergrössern wir deshalb mit großer Freude das KleZMORE Festival. Zwei Wochen lang können Sie aus dem vielseitigen Angebot wählen, ohne etwas zu versüumen.

Am Programm stehen diesmal

  • 8 Konzerte (davon 6 Doppelkonzerte)
  • 4 Klezmer-Tanz mit Leon Blank
  • 3 Klezmerbrunch
  • 1 F@uuml;hrung (Gedenkst@auml;tte Karajangasse)
  • 1 Lesung und Gesang mit Aron Saltiel
  • 1 Lesung mit Topsy K@uuml;ppers

sowie die Pr@auml;sentation der Wanderausstellung der Stadt Gelsenkirchen, "Klezmer#8212;hejmisch und hip".

Im Klezmerfestival-Club Tachles k@ouml;nnen Sie spontane Sessions erleben, und Kr@auml;fte f@uuml;r die n@auml;chsten Tage sammeln.

Werte Besucherinnen und Besucher, freuen Sie sich mit uns auf die Er@ouml;ffnungsgala im Porgy & Bess, sowie auf spannende und einmalige Begegnungen beim 3rd KlezMORE Festival Vienna 2006.

Viel Vergn@uuml;gen! Friedl Preisl

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Klezmer 2006, Paris, France, Jul 6-10

Klezmer Paris 2006
à Paris du 6 au 10 juillet 2006
Paris, July 6 to 10, 2006

Bibliothèque Medem-Maison de la Culture Yiddish
18, passage saint-Pierre amelot
75011 Paris
Tél : 01 47 00 14 00
Fax : 01 47 00 14 47
E-mail : medem@yiddishweb.com

www.yiddishweb.com/Klezmer%202006/index-klezmer2006.htm

Ce stage de cinq jours consiste en trois cursus parallèles de musique Klezmer, chanson Yiddish et nigunim, et de danse juive d’Europe orientale, animés par des musiciens de renommée internationale. Il met l’accent sur l’interaction entre la pratique musicale d’une part, et l’histoire et la spiritualité juives d’autre part, et propose aux participants de se confronter avec le jeu sur scène. Le stage est ouvert à tout public à partir de l’âge de 9 ans, professionnels ou non.

This five-day course offers three concurrent programs, in Klezmer music, Yiddish songs and traditional melodies, and Eastern European Jewish dance, all led by internationally famous musicians. With an emphasis on the interaction between musical practice and Jewish history and spirituality, participants are encouraged to experience the realities of performing with an audience. This course is open to the general public from the age of 9 on, professional musicians or amateurs.

www.yiddishweb.com/Klezmer%202006/index-klezmer2006.htm

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Alicia Svigals Klezmer Fiddle Party, NYC, Jul 6

svigals singing Alicia Svigals' Klezmer Fiddle Party

Looking for a great klezmer band for a celebration? World-renowned klezmer fiddler Alicia Svigals' party band is playing a free lunchtime concert 12:30 on Thursday in the East Village; a wonderful opportunity to experience the band live.

It will be an all-klezmer show, but bar/bat mitzvah and wedding information packages, with recordings of our musicians playing rock/jazz/R&B etc, will be available upon request!

Thursday, July 6, 12:30 p.m., at Abe Lebewohl Park (formerly St. Mark's Park)Second Avenue and 10th Street, in front of historic St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery. Free admission—rain or shine!

For further info, click on "Music in Abe Lebewohl Park" at the top right. Part of the Third Street Music School Settlement's concert series.

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Alicia Svigals' Klezmer Fiddle Party Band, NYC, Jul 6

svigals singing Thursday July 6, Alicia Svigal's Klezmer Fiddle Party Band Free 12:30 p.m. lunch concert at Abe Lebewohl Park (formerly St. Mark's Park) in the East Village; part of the Third Street Music School Settlement's concert series. Second Avenue and 10th Street, in front of historic St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery. In case of rain, performances are held on the portico of the church.

Violinist Alicia Svigals, considered by many to be the world's leading klezmer fiddler, founded Jewish roots band the Klezmatics and her current group, the all-female Mikveh. As a musician and composer, she's worked with Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, the Ben Folds Five, playwrights Tony Kushner (Angels in America) and Eve Ensler (the Vagina Monologues), poet Allen Ginsburg, violinist Itzhak Perlman, the Kronos Quartet, Jewish spiritual singer/songwriter Debbie Friedman, cantor Avraham Fried and many others. She has appeared on David Letterman, MTV, Good Morning America, PBS' Great Performances, and NPR's Prairie Home Companion, Weekend Edition and New Sounds. Her solo album Fidl is the world's first klezmer violin CD. She loves to play weddings and bat/bar mitzvahs and can be reached at her website: www.aliciasvigals.com. "...violin playing with depth and urgency..." L.A. Times

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Klingon Klezmer, Jenkintown, PA, July 6

Klingon Klezmer
Thursday - 7/6: At Abington Art Center 515 Meetinghouse Rd, Jenkintown PA, 7:00 PM, for more info go to website or call 215-887-4882- free!

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