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Magillah
An evening of Jewish culture and Jewish soul music in Yiddish and Hebrew

Sunday March 3, 2012 - 8:00 pm at the Soloway JCC, 21 Nadolny Sachs Private, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Admission $15 tickets available at the Soloway JCC (613) 798-9818 ext. 295

Directed by Montreal accordionist Henri Oppenheim (Kleztory), Magillah features Michelle Heisler (Montreal Yiddish Theatre Singers) as lead singer, violinist Julie Triquet (I Musici de Montreal), Mathieu Deschenaux on bass, and percussionist Eric Breton. This versatile band places and emphasis on Jewish music that is both nostalgic and melodic. It is song, violin, drums, heart and soul, humor, great melodies and groove.

For more information contact Roslyn Brozovsky Wollock (613) 798-9818 ext. 254

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Nu, the March jam will be March 4 Sunday 7-9 pm at the Workmen's Circle. 1762 Beacon St. Music available for purchase.

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Klezmatics European tour

Thursday, March 8th
@ Klezfest 2012, Arena Moscow Club
Moscow , Russian Federation

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Klezmatics European tour

Friday, March 9th
@ De Toonzaal
's-Hertogenbosch , Netherlands

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Klezmatics European tour

Saturday, March 10th
@ Lantaren Venster
Rotterdam , Netherlands

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KLEZMER IDOL
RYLES JAZZ CLUB, CAMBRIDGE
6:00 PM

Join in the fun as local college and community klezmer bands battle it out to be named BJMF’s 2012 Klezmer Idol. Bands from Workmen’s Circle, Temple Aliyah, MIT, Tufts and others will raise their clarinets in this premier klezmer konquest! Open to all ages.

Tickets: $15 in advance, $20 at the door.

http://bostonjewishmusicfestival.org/klezmer-idol/

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ÉVÈNEMENT À NE PAS MANQUER!
DIMANCHE 11 MARS À 17H30

Concert d'Efim Chorny et Susan Ghergus
CHANTS DES PIONNIERS JUIFS D'UNION SOVIÉTIQUE
Création mondiale

Efim Chorny (voix) et Susan Ghergus (piano), venus tout spécialement de Moldavie, proposent un voyage en musique dans l'espace et le temps, à la découverte des chants yiddish et russes des pionniers soviétiques de Crimée (années 1920) et du Birobidjan (années 1930-1940). Efim Chorny et Susan Ghergus sont parmi les meilleures surprises que nous a réservées la chute du Rideau de fer!

Au Passage vers les étoiles
17 cité Joly
75 011 Paris (Métro : Père Lachaise, Rue Saint Maur)

P.A.F : 30 €. Adhérents : 20 €.

Billets en vente à la Maison de la culture yiddish-Bibliothèque Medem.
Renseignements/Réservation : 01 47 00 14 00.

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Klezmatics European tour

Sunday, March 11th
@ Stadsschouwburg - Muziekcentrum
Enschede , Netherlands

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Klezmatics European tour

Tuesday, March 13th
@ Leopoldsburg
Leopoldsburg , Belgium

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Klezmatics European tour

Wednesday, March 14th
@ De Spil - Cultuurcentrum
Roeselare , Belgium

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Klezmatics European tour

Thursday, March 15th
@ Printemps Musical 2012
Luxembourg , Luxembourg

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The Andy Statman Trio (Andy on mandolin and clarinet, Jim Whitney on bass, Larry Eagle on drums & percussion) will wrap up the season at the Charles Street Synagogue with Tuesdays and Thursdays through March 29th (followed by a two month hiatus).

Music at 8:30 (more or less).
Herman pours libations.
Guests when you least expect them.
53 Charles St @ West 4th in NYC's West Village

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Charming Hostess and Gramophone & Dynamo

Friday 16 March, 8pm
Red Poppy Art House
2698 Folsom St
SF, CA
$10

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Klezmatics European tour

Friday, March 16th
@ Franz.K
Reutlingen , Germany

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COLOUR AND FLAVOUR OF LOVE - ONIONS, PICKLES AND PLUMS A COMBINATION OF POETRY AND BALLADS BY WILLY BRILL AND ROLINHA KROSS ON FRIDAY 16 MARCH 2012

In this program, pearls from the rich Yiddish poetry are rendered in a combination of words and music in both Yiddish and Dutch. Willy Brill and Rolinha Kross are unique in clarifying the Yiddish language to their audience in word, act and song.

As "Two sisters" they lead their audience along "The Cherry Tree", "The Golden Peacock", "A Pigeon with a Pigeon" and "Pots and Pans". A colourful program that contains all flavours for both the music lover and the lover of poetry. The program is accompanied by Harold Berghuis (guitar), Jelle van Tongeren
(violin) and Frank Meester (bass).

Start: 8 PM,
Theater van 't Woord, Centrale Bibliotheek Amsterdam, Oosterdokskade 143.
Tickets: €15.- (reduced price €7,50) Ticket link: http://bit.ly/yWug1a
http://www.oba.nl

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Teslim

Saturday, March 17 - 2:00-3:00 p.m.
Bolinas Community Center,
Bolinas, CA
More info: marinlibrary.org/locations

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Klezmatics European tour

Saturday, March 17th
@ Klezmer Festival, Kulturforum Fürth
Fürth , Germany

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At Forest Hills Jewish Center, March 18, 6 PM

For TICKET INFORMATION: www.bakerdan.com

Beside being a warm performer with a gift of bringing people together, Alula has a riveting personal story to tell. He was born to a mother who was 12-13 years old. Alula did not know his mother since he was placed in a orphanage where he grew up until his father took him out with him to Addis Ababa. Alula was not aware of his Jewish roots until much later in life when he re-united with his mother. Alula taught himself music and started appearing early in life. He was so successful that the regime of Mengistu Haile Mariam wanted to recruit him as a tool of propaganda. Alula refused and was sent to jail for a year.At the age of twenty Alula’s father sent him to Maximilian University in Munich, Germany, to study medicine. Alula studied for 3 ½ years but then received a recording contract. Upon completing his contract Alula moved to Los Angeles where he has been living ever since. Alula will weave a musical yarn of world music and reggae connecting cultures, races, and faiths.

Alula– - Vocals, Guitar, Kirar, Keyboard
www.alulamusic.com

with Alicia Svigals –Violin, Mac Gollehon –Trumpet, Trombone, Robert Aaron–Tenor Saxophone, Flute,Evan Mazunik– Keyboard, Vocals, Samson Kebede-Bass,Tyrone Govan – Drums, Percussion, Jemel Alston- Vocals.

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The Andy Statman Trio (Andy on mandolin and clarinet, Jim Whitney on bass, Larry Eagle on drums & percussion) will wrap up the season at the Charles Street Synagogue with Tuesdays and Thursdays through March 29th (followed by a two month hiatus).

Music at 8:30 (more or less).
Herman pours libations.
Guests when you least expect them.
53 Charles St @ West 4th in NYC's West Village

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">Steven Greenman in collaboration with the Cleveland Chinese Music Ensemble

Ethnomusicologist David Badagnani has created a fantastic ensemble dedicated to performing traditional Chinese folk music showing once again the bountiful richness and diversity of Cleveland's cultural and ethnic communities. The ensemble has graciously invited me for the finale to create a fusion of both traditional Chinese and traditional East European Jewish folk music.

The Melodies of Mah Jongg
7 p.m., Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage
2929 Richmond Road
Beachwood, Ohio
$14 for the general public and $12 for Maltz Museum members; order in advance and save $2. Call (216) 593-0595 to order tickets.

Join the Cleveland Chinese Music Ensemble (featuring vocalist Xue "Snow" Yu of Qingdao, Shandong, China) for an intimate evening of graceful and exotic music inspired by the fanciful images seen on mah jongg tiles--the four seasons, flowers, winds, and dragons--played on traditional Chinese instruments.

As an added attraction, interspersed between the pieces will be selected readings (in both Chinese and English) of evocative poems from China's classical antiquity, as well as showings of traditional watercolor flower paintings.

For a memorable finale, the internationally renowned, Cleveland-based klezmer violinist Steven Greenman will join the ensemble for a cross-cultural performance of a Jewish favorite, recreating the kind of musical interaction that could have taken place between Jewish and Chinese musicians in the Lower Manhattan of the early 20th century.

This program is held in conjunction with the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage's showing of the "Project Mah Jongg" exhibition, which documents how this Chinese game of chance became a tradition among Jewish Americans beginning in the 1920s. The traveling exhibition, which was developed in New York City in 2010, opened at the Maltz Museum in January 2012.

Article about the concert from Cleveland Jewish News

Article about the concert from ClevelandClassical.com

More information: www.maltzmuseum.org/events/the-melodies-of-mah-jongg-2

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Wednesday, Mar 21 at 08:00 PM - Sy Kushner Klezmer Ensemble East Village Klezmer Series

7:30PM Klezmer Workshop led by Aaron Alexander and various esteemed guests $25
6 - 7:30PM Yiddish Class taught by Dmitri Slepovitch $25
8 – 9:15PM Sy Kushner Klezmer Ensemble $15 (includes a drink)
9:30 – 11PM Klezmer Jam Session, led by Aaron Alexander and guests

Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session & one drink!)

The Sy Kushner Klezmer Ensemble, ft. Jeremy Brown, Marty Confurius & Aaron Brown

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Thursday, March 22 at 7:00 pm

The Jewish Music Festival Presents
BUSTAN QUARTET
The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life,
Berkeley, CA

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Reunited members of Israel’s internationally acclaimed Arab/Jewish ensemble, Bustan, draws equally on Western and Middle Eastern classical traditions and jazz improvisation to create a stunningly original world of sound.

Taiseer Elias is regularly cited as one of the foremost oud players in the Middle East, Zohar Fresco is a leading hand percussionist on the world stage, and their virtuosity is matched by their partners Amir Milstein (flute) and Emmanuel Mann (electric bass). The quartet consists of core members of Bustan Abraham, the band that through mastery and innovative synthesis of music from the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas revolutionized the world music scene in Israel in the early 90s and brought a fresh voice from Israel to the world stage as it toured abroad annually from 1993 to 2003.

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The Andy Statman Trio (Andy on mandolin and clarinet, Jim Whitney on bass, Larry Eagle on drums & percussion) will wrap up the season at the Charles Street Synagogue with Tuesdays and Thursdays through March 29th (followed by a two month hiatus).

Music at 8:30 (more or less).
Herman pours libations.
Guests when you least expect them.
53 Charles St @ West 4th in NYC's West Village

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NEKOUDA

Dimanche 25 mars 2012 à 18h
Théâtre Cité-Bleue - 46 av. Miremont
Genève (Suisse)

Des Juifs étaient vivaient déjà dans le midi de la France à l’époque romaine. Au 17ème siècle, ils furent regroupés dans quatre villes: Avignon, Carpentras, L'isle-sur-la-Sorgue et Cavaillon.

Limités dans leurs droits et soumis aux violences populaires, ils bénéficiaient de la protection du Pape car la présence dans un monde chrétien d'un peuple juif misérable était la preuve de sa culpabilité de déicide et de la véracité des enseignements de l'Église.

Ces «Juifs du Pape» étaient ouverts aux influences musicales de leur pays: Leur liturgie fleure la fête champêtre et leurs chansons -en hébreu, en langue judéo-provençale ou “farcies”- sont imprégnées de la poésie des félibres. Mais l'Orient résonne aussi dans la mémoire de ces Juifs provençaux et on peut entendre l'oud ou le bendir derrière galoubets et tambourins!

C'est grâce aux notations de Jules Salomon et de Mardochée Crémieux et à l'ensemble Nekouda que ces airs traditionnels nous reviennent, pour le plus grand plaisir de nos oreilles.

www.nekouda.fr

www.amj.ch

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The Andy Statman Trio (Andy on mandolin and clarinet, Jim Whitney on bass, Larry Eagle on drums & percussion) will wrap up the season at the Charles Street Synagogue with Tuesdays and Thursdays through March 29th (followed by a two month hiatus).

Music at 8:30 (more or less).
Herman pours libations.
Guests when you least expect them.
53 Charles St @ West 4th in NYC's West Village

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Tantshoyz Yiddish Dance Party
Wednesday, Mar 28, 2012 at 08:00 PM

Sixth Street Synagogue
325 E. Sixth Street
New York, NY 10003
212.473.3665

7:30PM Klezmer Workshop led by Aaron Alexander and various esteemed guests $25
6 - 7:30PM Yiddish Class taught by Dmitri Slepovitch $25
8 – 9:15PM Tantshoyz Yiddish Tance Party with Michael Alpert, $15 (includes a drink)
9:30 – 11PM Klezmer Jam Session, led by Aaron Alexander and guests

Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session & one drink!)

The Center for Traditional Music and Dance's An-sky Institute for Jewish Culture is pleased to present the year's first installment of our popular Tantshoyz Yiddish Dance Party series, as part of the Sixth Street Community Synagogue's klezmer series. Featuring dance leading by Michael Alpert, and a live band.

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Teslim

Thursday, March 29 - 7:00-8:00 p.m.
Civic Center Library,
San Rafael, CA
More info: marinlibrary.org/locations

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The Andy Statman Trio (Andy on mandolin and clarinet, Jim Whitney on bass, Larry Eagle on drums & percussion) will wrap up the season at the Charles Street Synagogue with Tuesdays and Thursdays through March 29th (followed by a two month hiatus).

Music at 8:30 (more or less).
Herman pours libations.
Guests when you least expect them.
53 Charles St @ West 4th in NYC's West Village

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March 30th, Friday at Shir Hadash
www.shirhadash.org

Shabbos Zingt - A Bay Area Yiddish ensemble has created a new kind of Shabbos service, with Yiddish melodies and a Klezmer feel. You will learn newly composed and old Yiddish tunes and bring in Shabbos with a sense of Yiddishkayt. Led by songstress: Heather Klein, Be'eri Moalem; viola, Ken Mowrey; percussion, and Karen Hutchinson; piano/accordion.

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JuMu présente en partenariat avec le festival Klezmopolitan :

ANAKRONIC ELECTRO ORKESTRA vs SHTETL SUPERSTARS

L’AVENIR DE LA MUSIQUE KLEZMER

La rencontre inédite entre le Nu Yiddish-Soul londonien et l’electro-Klezmer toulousain !!

Le Samedi 31 mars 2012 (ouverture des portes à 19h30)
LE NOUVEAU CASINO
109 rue Oberkampf 75011 PARIS
Location : fnac, Digitick

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