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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.

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Yiddish Summer Weimar 2006: Basarabye!
The Weimar Klezmer Weeks, runs this year from July 11 through August 10 in Weimar, Germany.

• Jul 11–18: Beginning and Intermediate Yiddish language
• Jul 11–13: Workshop—Learning music by ear
• Jul 15–17: Introduction to klezmer music
• Jul 19–26: Yiddish song workshop
• Jul 27–Aug 1: Yiddish dance music for musicians
• Jul 29–Aug 1: workshop Yiddish dance
• Aug 3–10: Advanced workshop klezmer music

Possibly the most romanticized of all the "old worlds" of Yiddish, Bessarabia (part of present-day Moldova) is still mythic in Jewish memory and imagination today. Much of the modern klezmer "sound" as well as many Yiddish dances and songs point back to Bessarabian origins. Devastated by war and politics, the remnants of Bessarabian Yiddish culture survived the 20th century scattered throughout the world. In 2006, Weimar Yiddish Summer (formerly Weimar Klezmer Weeks) will gather together artists and musicians from the USA, Moldova, the Ukraine and elsewhere to conduct a unique, month-long, intensive workshop/festival focusing on Bessarabian Yiddish expressive culture.

As in past years, Weimar Yiddish Summer explores one subject at a time in workshops lasting from 3–7 days. In 2006 our subjects are: Yiddish Language (beginning and intermediate), Learning By Ear, Introduction to Klezmer Music, Yiddish Song, Dance Music for Musicians, Yiddish Dance, and Advanced Klezmer Music (see schedule).

Program director Alan Bern has given Weimar Yiddish Summer 2006 an even stronger emphasis on interculturality: in addition to the regular group of eminent faculty, guests in 2006 include clarinetist German Goldenshteyn (Bessarabia/USA), singer Arkady Gendler (Ukraine), singer/songwriter Efim Chorny (Moldova), dance teacher Nicolae Grinbincea (Moldova), and many others. Michael Alpert and Zev Feldman will lead us through Bessarabian Yiddish history and ethnography as well as Yiddish dance.

As always, daytime classes are complemented by evening programs including public jam sessions in Weimar's cafes, concerts, dances, films, lectures, and more. Participants come from all over Europe, North America, and even Asia, and often form personal and professional relationships that extend far beyond Weimar. Whether for a single workshop or for the entire period, we invite you to join us in 2006 for what promises to be the most exciting and challenging Weimar Yiddish Summer yet!

www.klezmer-wochen-weimar.de

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Classic And Contemporary Yiddish Divas at Workmen’s Circle’s Yiddishfest 2006 Free Concert on Thursday July 13

Damrosch Park free concert to feature rare appearance by legendary Yiddish diva Claire Barry and newly-formed Yiddish group Three Yiddish Divas also starring Mitch Smolkin and Maxwell Street Klezmer Band

Join fellow music lovers and Yiddish enthusiasts on Thursday July 13 @ 7:00 PM for Yiddishfest 2006: With Heart and Soul (Mit harts un neshame), a joyous free concert of music in mamaloshn at Damrosch Park in Lincoln Center at 62nd St. near Amsterdam Avenue. The Workmen’s Circle/Arbeter Ring has hosted free public Yiddish concerts since 1969 featuring legendary and international cultural icons including Molly Picon, Itzhak Perlman, Mandy Patinkin and numerous other giants.

VIP Seating available, for more information, please contact 212-889-6800 x 271.

Artist Roster

• Claire Barry—of the legendary Barry Sisters has charmed audiences across the globe, singing in Yiddish, Russian, Hebrew and English. One of the first American Jewish artists to perform Yiddish in the former Soviet Union, Barry has also sung for Israeli troops during the Yom Kippur War (at the request of the Israeli government).
• The Three Yiddish Divas—Three of the most prominent names in contemporary Yiddish performance—Joanne Borts, Adrienne Cooper, and Theresa Tova, blend their multilingual repertoire and phenomenal talents.
• Mitch Smolkin- This 27-year-old Klezmer impresario brings his boundless energy to classic Yiddish songs.
• Maxwell Street Klezmer Band—founded in 1983, this Chicago band brings an old-fashioned spirit of fun to their performances of dance music, folk songs, theatre medleys and jazzy Yiddish pop music from the 1930s to the 1950s.

Musical Director: Zalmen Mlotek
Concert Producer: Moishe Rosenfeld
CONTACT: Rachel Zuckerman, Communications Associate
212-889-6800 ext. 319
or email Workmen's Circle

Today’s Workmen’s Circle/Arbeter Ring, the welcoming and nurturing home for a new generation of Jews, is dedicated to the vitality of Jewish Community, Yiddish Culture and Social Justice.

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Klingon Klezmer
Thursday - 7/13: Mt Laurel Library, Mt. Laurel, NJ, 7:00 PM, for more info go to website or call 856-234-7319- free!

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