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The 3rd Generation Recordings Showcase
The Sway Machinery
Nikhil Yerawadekar & Low Mentality
El Imperio
and DJ CB1DR
Wednesday, April 1 7pm doors 8pm showtime
The Hive
20 Cook Street
Brooklyn, NY
$10 suggested donation
Tim Sparks and James Buckley
Friday, April 3, 6:30pm
Icehouse MPLS
2528 Nicollet Ave South
Minneapolis, Minnesota
The electrifying guitar and bass duo plays Monk, Merle, Tzadik, Trane, Roots and Post-Modern. Excellent refreshments provided by Ice House.
Skaros
with Beth Bahia Cohen, violin; Vasilis Kostas, laouto,guitar, and vocals; Stefania Philippidi, voice; George Lernis, percussion
Saturday, April 4th
O'Sushi
Eliot St.
Cambridge, MA
A unique night with Εpirotika, Smyrneika, Rebetika and Island Music.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/1600217826882288/
Matzoh Ball Bash
Litvakus w/Dmitri Slepovitch
Sun, Apr 5, 2015, 11am
City Winery
155 Varick St.
NYC
Tix $10, available: www.citywinery.com/newyork/klezmerbrunchlitvakus040515.html
Klezmer in the Afternoon
Sun, Apr 5, 1pm
4835 Hazel Ave.
Philadelphia, PA
It's time for another klezmer session! Dan will be teaching us a new tune, and we may review some old ones. We're meeting a little earlier this time, so hope you all can come. It will be about 2 1/2 hrs and snacks will be provided as usual
Chances are we'll have much better weather and may even be able to open windows! So let's serenade some neighbors with our growing talents. See you there!
Tall Tale Trio,(Andrew Blickenderfer, bass; Gary Fieldman, drums; Michael McLaughlin, piano) will be hosting a CD release for their new work. "The Moment," featuring music from the CD as well as new music all composed by Andrew Blickenderfer.
Sun, Apr 5, 2015, 5pm
lilypad
1353 Cambridge St.
Cambridge, MA
Apr 6 2015
University of Shanghai for Science & Technology,
Student Union Auditorium
Shanghai, China
Often called a “Jewish roots band,” The Klezmatics have been playing — and celebrating — the heritage of Eastern European Jewish music and Yiddish culture for more than 25 years. Although tradition is at the core of what they do, the Klezmatics have developed a unique musical hybrid, rooted in the klezmer genre but very much of the modern world. Not familiar with klezmer? No worries. Previous experience is not required in order to be transported by the Klezmatics to another place and time.
Apr 7 2015
University of Shanghai for Science & Technology,
Student Union Auditorium
Shanghai, China
Often called a “Jewish roots band,” The Klezmatics have been playing — and celebrating — the heritage of Eastern European Jewish music and Yiddish culture for more than 25 years. Although tradition is at the core of what they do, the Klezmatics have developed a unique musical hybrid, rooted in the klezmer genre but very much of the modern world. Not familiar with klezmer? No worries. Previous experience is not required in order to be transported by the Klezmatics to another place and time.
New York Klezmer Series
Music led by Sy Kushner Jewish Music Ensemble w/Jeremy Brown, Marty Confurious
Tuesday, Apr 7, 2015
Stephen Wise Free Synagogue
30 W. 68th St.
NYC
All Concerts begin at 7:30pm; $15. jam sessions afterward
Klezmer Instrumental Music at 5:30pm. $25 per class,
Kidz Klezmer Band starts at 4pm—see page for pricing.
Full night pass—$35 (includes class, concert & jam sesson)
More info: aaronalexander.com/wp/ or email NY Klezmer Series
New York Klezmer Series is hosted by and receives support from the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue. We are also supported by The Center for Traditional Music and Dance. Our media co-sponsors are Workmen's Circle.
Support for the NY Klezmer Series is provided by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency in partnership with Governor Andrew Cuomo. Major support for the An-sky Institute for Jewish Culture was provided to the Center for Traditional Music and Dance by the Keller-Shatanoff Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Atran Foundation. Additional support was provided by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the Mertz Gilmore Foundation, New York Community Trust, the Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, the Scherman Foundation and the Gilder Foundation.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/nyklezmer/
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Tarras Band
Tuesday, April 7 at 7:00pm
Barbès
376 9th St, Brooklyn,
New York 11215
Vialka
Apr 8, 2015
Machine à Coudre
6, rue Jean Roque
13001 Marseille, France
Eugene Marlow’s Heritage Ensemble
April 8th, 2015 @ 7pm
Zinc Bar
82 West 3rd Street
Greenwich Village, NYC
Ellis Island Old World Folk Band
Wednesday, April 8, 7:00-9:00pm
Le Bateau Ivre Café
2629 Telegraph Ave
Berkeley, CA
More info: 510.849.1100
Apr 9 2015
NYIT-NUPT International College
Nanjing, China
Often called a “Jewish roots band,” The Klezmatics have been playing — and celebrating — the heritage of Eastern European Jewish music and Yiddish culture for more than 25 years. Although tradition is at the core of what they do, the Klezmatics have developed a unique musical hybrid, rooted in the klezmer genre but very much of the modern world. Not familiar with klezmer? No worries. Previous experience is not required in order to be transported by the Klezmatics to another place and time.
Yaeko Miranda Elmaleh Group
Thu, Apr 9, 2015, 8pm
Club Passim
47 Palmer St.
Cambridge, MA
Vialka
Apr 9, 2015, 21:30
Teatro Altrove
Piazzetta Cambiaso 1
16124 Genova, Italy
Vialka
Apr 10, 2015, 21:30
Restaurant Zollstübli
Elsässerstrasse 260,
4056 Basel, Switzerland
Duo Doyna - CD Release Konzert
Friday, Apr 10 at 8:00pm
Spitäle
Würzbur, Germany
Annette Maye – clarinet, bassclarinet
Martin Schulte – guitar
In temperamentvollen Frejlachs und schnellen Bulgar-Tänzen aus der traditionellen Hochzeits- und Tanzmusik der osteuropäischen Juden, in sephardischen Klängen aus dem Mittelmeerraum und Eigenkompositionen verbindet das Duo Doyna musikalische Welten: Berührende und mitreißende Klezmer-Melodien, welche über Jahrhunderte hinweg verschmolzen sind mit den Bauerntänzen osteuropäischer Länder, sie wachsen in den virtuosen Improvisationen des Duos über sich selbst hinaus und verbinden sich mit Anklängen aus dem Jazz, Rock und Funk. Nun präsentiert das Duo Doyna seine Debüt- Live CD "Sammy´s Frejlach" (Konnex Records).
Veretski Pass and the gonifs w/Ghost Note Ensemble
Friday, April 10, The Gonifs (9:00pm), Veretski Pass (10:00pm), Ghost Note Ensemble (11:00pm)
Starry Plough Pub
3101 Shattuck Ave
Berkeley, CA
Monthly Berkeley Balkan Bacchanal
Tickets: $10-$15 sliding scale at the door.
More info: 510.841.0188, .
Vialka
Apr 11, 2015, 21:30
Il Cantiere
Via Per Camposanto 7/a,
41034 Finale Emilia, Italy
Firelands Symphony Orchestra - Sandusky State Theatre
Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto
Saturday, April 11th, 2015, 7:30pm
107 Columbus Ave
Sandusky, Ohio 44870
United States
(419) 621-4800
"Steven Greenman will perform Chen Gang and He Zhanhoa's 'Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto' one of the most famous works of modern Chinese music. Based on an enduring Chinese love story about a pair of ill-fated lovers, this work embodies the same romantic and social impact for the Chinese as Romeo and Juliet does for western culture."
The concert will take place at the Sandusky State Theatre.
For more information:
www.sanduskystate.com/events/firelands-symphony-butterfly-lovers-concerto"
For tickets:
sa1.seatadvisor.com/sabo/servlets/TicketRequest?eventId=835248&presenter=SST&venue&event
Seth Kibel Quartet, featuring Lena Seikaly!
Sat, Apr 11, 2015, 8pm
Glen Echo Spanish Ballroom
7300 Macarthur Blvd
Glen Echo, MD
Isle of Klezbos
Austin TX Pride Weekend Klezmer Brunch
Sunday, April 12, 2015 -- food & drink from 11am on; we perform at 11:30am
Congregation Agudas Achim
7300 Hart Lane
Austin, TX 78731
More info: www.caa-austin.org/klezmer
6th Jazz & Klez Summit
Sunday, Apr 12, 2015, 12:40 - 5pm:
Congregation Netivot Shalom
Berkeley, CA
Tickets: $10 general / $5 youth at the door or BrownPaperTickets.com.
There are a few slots for those who can volunteer for an hour at the event in exchange for a free ticket; contact Dan at 510.684.5580.
More info: 510.684.5580.
Lieder fun a Kabtsn (Songs of a Beggar), premiere of a song cycle based on Rabbi Edward Zerin's book, "A Tribute to my Teacher, Rabbi Simon Krinsky." Composed by Dr. Michael Isaacson and performed by Cantor Roslyn Barak with pianist Ronny Michael Greenberg. Reception follows.
Sunday, April 12, 3:00-5:00pm
Temple Emanu-El
2 Lake St
San Francisco, CA
More info: 415.751.2535, emanuelsf.org.
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Isle of Klezbos
"Turks, Tailors & Uncle Moses"
Sun, Apr 12, 2015, 6:30pm
San Fernando Cathedral
Austin, TX
Presented by Musical Bridges Around the World. Our all-gal sextet special! FREE & open to the public, featuring repertoire from latest CD "Live From Brooklyn"
Vialka
Apr 12, 2015, 21:30
Reasonanz
via Leonessa snc
Loreto (AN), Italy
Klezmer Mondays at Saul's
Featuring Ghost Note Ensemble
Mon, Apr 13, 2015, 6-8pm
Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen
1475 Shattuck,
Berkeley, CA
No cover; $10 minimum purchase
(510) 848-3354
Monday, April 13, 6:30pm
Workmen's Circle
247 West 37th St., 5th Floor
NYC
Tickets are free, no reservation needed.
Litvakus, described as an "acoustic Gogol Bordello" and led by the critically acclaimed clarinetist, vocalist, and composer Zisl Slepovitch, is a unique klezmer collective, and the first to focus exclusively on the music and culture of Belarus. The Litvakus repertoire is a mix of traditional Belarusian and Litvak (Belarusian Jewish) folk music, as well as contemporary pieces written in the spirit of roots music.
Vialka
Apr 13, 2015, 19:00
Train Station Squat
Kolodvorska cesta 8,
4000 Kranj, Slovenia
Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/442526882573985/
New York Klezmer Series
Brian Glassman's Klezmer/Jazz Alliance w/Dan Rosengard, Joanne Borts, Greg
Wall, Aaron Alexander
Tuesday, Apr 14, 2015
Stephen Wise Free Synagogue
30 W. 68th St.
NYC
All Concerts begin at 7:30pm; $15. jam sessions afterward
Klezmer Instrumental Music at 5:30pm. $25 per class,
Kidz Klezmer Band starts at 4pm—see page for pricing.
Full night pass—$35 (includes class, concert & jam sesson)
More info: aaronalexander.com/wp/ or email NY Klezmer Series
New York Klezmer Series is hosted by and receives support from the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue. We are also supported by The Center for Traditional Music and Dance. Our media co-sponsors are Workmen's Circle.
Support for the NY Klezmer Series is provided by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency in partnership with Governor Andrew Cuomo. Major support for the An-sky Institute for Jewish Culture was provided to the Center for Traditional Music and Dance by the Keller-Shatanoff Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Atran Foundation. Additional support was provided by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the Mertz Gilmore Foundation, New York Community Trust, the Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, the Scherman Foundation and the Gilder Foundation.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/nyklezmer/
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Vialka
Apr 14, 2015, 19:00
Gromka
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Litvakus
Der Nes In Geto - The Miracle in the Warsaw Ghetto
Wednesday, April 15th, 7:00pm
Baruch College
The Engelman Recital Hall
55 Lexington Ave, NYC
Tickets are FREE
For reservations please call 646-312-5073.
In commemoration of Yom Hashoa (Holocaust Remembrance Day) and the 72nd anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, The National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene is reprising a most interesting historical dramatic account of the brave resistance of a small group of Jews against an implacable enemy: a staged reading of H. Leyvick's Der Nes in Geto (The Miracle in the Warsaw Ghetto). In Yiddish with English and Russian supertitles. The reading will be preceded by brief memorial service conducted by Ellen Goldstein from the Workmen's Circle.
Vialka
Apr 15, 2015, 19:00
A38 Hajó Budapest
Petőfi híd, budai hídfő
Hungary
Klezmatics with Joshua Nelson in
Brother Moses Smote the Water
Apr 15 2015, 7:30pm
Sean O'Sullivan Theatre
Brock University
St. Catherines, ON, Canada
NYC’s Klezmatics join forces with the “Prince of Gospel Music” to explore the complexity of Jewish identity, Black identity and human identity. This vibrant and rousing show includes Passover songs, kosher gospel music and traditional Yiddish anthems.
More info: www.arts.brocku.ca
Vialka
Apr 16, 2015, 19:00
RE
Krzyża 4, 31-027
Kraków, Poland
Klezmatics with Joshua Nelson in
Brother Moses Smote the Water
Apr 16 2015, 7:30pm
The Grand Theatre
Kingston, ON, Canada
NYC’s Klezmatics join forces with the “Prince of Gospel Music” to explore the complexity of Jewish identity, Black identity and human identity. This vibrant and rousing show includes Passover songs, kosher gospel music and traditional Yiddish anthems.
More info: kingstongrand.ca/event/klezmatics-special-guest-joshua-nelson-“brother-moses-smote-water”
Metropolitan Klezmer
Metropolitan Klezmer quintet special presents repertoire including vocals in both Yiddish & Russian sung by guest artist Yelena Shmulenson.
Thursday, April 23 at 5PM,
Riverdale Branch NYPL
5540 Mosholu Avenue
Bronx, NY, 10471
More info: ">www.nypl.org/events/programs/2015/04/17/music-nypl-presents-metropolitan-klezmer
Debra Kreisberg, clarinet & saxophone
Ismail Butera, accordion
Yelena Shmulenson, guest vocals (Yiddish & Russian)
Dave Hofstra, double bass & tuba
Eve Sicular, drums |bandleader
Jaffa Road
SHABBAT AT CONGREGATION BETH SHALOM (CBS) in San Francisco
Friday April 17 at 6:30 pm sharp
Congregation Beth Shalom
301 14th Avenue (near the corner of Clement Street)
San Francisco, California 94118
Our lead singer Aviva Chernick and Rabbi Aubrey Glazer will be leading Friday Night Kabbalat Shabbat Services with the full Jaffa Road ensemble.
Saturday morning at 9 AM Aviva will be leading Shabbat services in the incredible sanctuary at CBS, with our dear friend Rabbi Aubrey Glazer.
Saturday Evening at 7:30 (event starts at 7:15, music at 8:30 Pm) we will join Rabbi Glazer to present specially prepared music for the CBS MIMOUNA celebration. This special event celebrates the end of passover and revives a long tradition from the Jewish communities of North Africa.
3 Leg Torso Performs with the Rogue Valley Symphony
Friday, April 17th, 7:30 PM
Southern Oregon University Music Hall
Ashland, OR
Join 3 Leg Torso for this long awaited collaboration with the Rogue Valley Symphony!
This has been a partnership that has been in the works for the last two years, and we are delighted that we get to perform ALL of our original and traditional compositions with a full symphony orchestra!
Vialka
Apr 17, 2015, 19:00
Plan B
Warszawa, Poland
Klezmatics with Joshua Nelson in
Brother Moses Smote the Water
Fri, Apr 17 2015, 8pm
Centrepointe Theatre
Ottawa, ON, Canada
NYC’s Klezmatics join forces with the “Prince of Gospel Music” to explore the complexity of Jewish identity, Black identity and human identity. This vibrant and rousing show includes Passover songs, kosher gospel music and traditional Yiddish anthems.
More info: centrepointetheatre.ca/en/events_tickets/april2015/Klezmatics/
"Coffeehouse for a cause"
Several cool musicians will be playing original compositions, including singer/songwriter (and former owner of Kolbo Judaica in Brookline) Lev Friedman, percussionist & singer Noam Sender, songwriter Nancy Kaplan, etc. di bostoner klezmer will be playing the Hora, Freylekhs, and Waltz.
Saturday, Apr 18, 2014, 6pm
Temple Beth El
105 Hudson Rd.
Sudbury, MA
Suggested donation:
$18 adult ($30/couple)
$10 children (10 and over)
Includes light refreshments: tea, coffee, soft drinks.
Wine will be available for $5/glass.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/1607695909442235
New Yiddish Rep’s “Seltzer Nights” will shake things up this spring!
Sat, Apr 18, 2015, 7pm
Castillo Theatre
543 W. 42nd St.
NYC
Tickets are $35. Call Ovation Tix at 866/811-4111, www.newyiddishrep.org or visit the Castillo Theatre box office, 543 West 42nd Street.
An audacious new show headlined by the preeminent Yiddish vaudevillian Shane Baker and starring a cast of tens will shake things up at New York this winter. “Seltzer Nights” recreates the bawdy, boisterous and often back-biting atmosphere of a Yiddish music hall on the Lower East Side of a century ago, but with much better acoustics. Staged as an immersive theatrical cabaret, this star-infested variety show features a who’s who of the booming downtown Yiddish theater and music scene. “Seltzer Nights” dusts off some of the more risqué songs and comedy routines of the time as well as some of the more blatantly theatrical moments of popular melodrama that were all the rage on the Yiddish rialto. Summoning up the spirits of legends like Molly Picon, Jenny Goldstein, Jacob Adler, Boris Thomashefsky, Dzigan and Schumackher, and Fanny Brice, “Seltzer Nights” will keep you up at night. Just like a good pastrami sandwich!
World Launch of Eastern Honeymoon by Welsh duo Fiddlebox
(Helen Adam and George Whitfield)
Saturday 18th April 2015, 14:30
The Great Glasshouse
The National Botanic Gardens of Wales
Wales, UK
For the first time ever Welsh dancing tunes are merged with Klezmer harmonies, the traditional music of the Ashkenazi Jews of Eastern Europe.
3 Leg Torso Performs with the Rogue Valley Symphony
Saturday, April 18th, 7:30 PM
Craterian Theatre at the Collier Center for the Performing Arts
Medford, OR
Join 3 Leg Torso for this long awaited collaboration with the Rogue Valley Symphony!
This has been a partnership that has been in the works for the last two years, and we are delighted that we get to perform ALL of our original and traditional compositions with a full symphony orchestra!
Tales of the Holocaust Memorial Concert
Jane Enkin: songs; Rabbi Karen Soria: readings; Janet Pelletier-Goetze: piano
Saturday April 18 2015, 7:30 pm
Temple Shalom
1077 Grant Street
Winnipeg, MB
Free admission
Songs of hope, songs of love, songs of defiance. Stories of courage, stories of strength, stories of survival. Come to honour and remember through these hauntingly beautiful creative works.
Vialka
Apr 18, 2015
Barka
Piła, Poland
The Greek American political club invites you to a special Greek night! Join us Saturday April 18th for a night of dancing, food & live music by "Skaros" (epirotika, smyrneika, rebetika & nysiotika). Event begins 10pm. Mezedes & entrees available for purchase. A special raffle will take place for tickets to the upcoming Antypas concert (sunday may 10th -www.antypasboston.info for more info)
Greek American Political Club - 288 Green Street Cambridge, MA
For reservations ;amp; info please call 617-354-8178
plenty of parking available at nearby Green St public parking garage.
Every Sunday Morning, combining live music and food in a fresh, cultural environment, City Winery’s Klezmer brunch series pairs some of the greatest musicians in the world with delicious lox, bagels and other tasty fare on Sunday mornings from 11am to 2pm. City Winery's brunch on April 19, 2015 features Metropolitan Klezmer
General Admission: $10 / Children Under 13 - Free
City Winery
155 Varick Street
New York, New York 10013
(212) 608-0555
For further info: www.citywinery.com
Alicia Jo Rabins, reading AND playing new songs
also appearing: NYC poet/filmmaker Daniel Wolff
Wednesday April 29, 2015, 7:30pm
Mountain Writers Series
TaborSpace, 5441 SE Belmont,
Portland, OR
$5 suggested donation
דער אויפֿשטאַנד אין וואַרשעווער געטאָ: צום 72סטן יאָרטאָג
72nd anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising
Sunday, April 19th at 12 noon
Warsaw Ghetto Memorial Plaza in Riverside Park,
west side of Riverside Drive between 83rd and 84th Street
NYC
This year as every year, we invite you to join us in remembering the victims of and fighters against the Nazi destruction of European Jewry as we gather in honor of the 72nd anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising. This event is co-sponsored by the Congress for Jewish Culture, the Workmen's Circle/Arbeter-ring, the Jewish Labor Committee.
Chair: Marcel Kshensky, Ed.D
Artistic program:
Paula Teitelbaum will singYiddish songs and lead us in the Partizaner Himen and the Bundishe Shvue.
Irena Klepfisz, Annette Harchik, David Mandelbaum and Shane Baker, Recitations
We hope you will attend and bring friends and family as well.
The Congress for Jewish Culture gratefully acknowledges the Atran Foundation, the Bertha Foundation, and the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of New York as well as private donors for their support of this and other programming.
Sunday 19 April, 12.15-1.45pm
Sunday Buzz series at Arts Depot
Arts Depot,
5 Nether St.,
Finchley, London N12 0GA
FREE ENTRY
Jaffa Road
SHIR ENERGY MUSIC FESTIVAL at TEMPLE SOLEL
Join us SUNDAY APRIL 19 at 3:15 pm
Temple Solel is in Cardiff By The Sea, a small community just outside of San Diego. We will be on the mainstage at their festival at 3:15 shortly before the headliner MATISYAHU hits the main stage.
On Monday April 20the at noon lead singer Temple Solel and the Leichtag Foundation will present Aviva Chernick doing a vocal workshop at the beautiful Leichtag Ranch in Encinitas.
3 Leg Torso Performs with the Rogue Valley Symphony
Sunday, April 19th, 3 PM
Performing Arts Center, Grants Pass High
Grants Pass, OR
Join 3 Leg Torso for this long awaited collaboration with the Rogue Valley Symphony!
This has been a partnership that has been in the works for the last two years, and we are delighted that we get to perform ALL of our original and traditional compositions with a full symphony orchestra!
Sunday, April 19, 3:00 p.m.
Jewish Music & Poetry Project
Center for New Music,
55 Taylor St.
San Francisco, CA
Nanette McGuinness, soprano, Dale Tsang, piano, and Adaiha MacAdam-Somer (the Jewish Music & Poetry Project) return from their Hungarian tour to perform the world premiere of newly commissioned works by Guggenheim Fellow Laura Schwendinger (Kay Ryan Songs), Bay Area rising composer Kurt Erickson (The Beautiful Wonders: Songs to Poems by Gertrud Kolmar) and David Garner’s Capriccio, along with music by Guggenheim Fellows Elena Ruehr and James Primosch, plus Sandor Vandor and Dallapiccola.
Alicia Svigal's original score to the 1918 silent film classic, "the Yellow Ticket," starring Pola Negri, performed live by Klezmer Unfettered: Marilyn Lerner and Alicia Svigals
Sunday, April 19, 4 pm
Irvington Town Hall Theater,
85 Main Street,
Irvington, NY 10533
INFO AND TICKETS: $18 adult/$10 college student at www.irvingtontheater.com; $21/$13 at the door. 914.599.6602
The Yellow Ticket is a live multimedia concert event featuring the eponymous 1918 Pola Negri silent film with a performance of an original score by Alicia Svigals, one of the world's foremost klezmer fiddlers. The score is the newest commission from the Foundation's New Jewish Culture Network (NJCN) and marks the first feature-length film composition by Svigals who will perform live with virtuoso pianist Marilyn Lerner at each of the screenings of this cinema classic. Set in Poland and Tsarist Russia, the film portrays a woman's struggle to overcome adversity in a story of secret identifies, heroic measures, and triumphant love.
The Yellow Ticket PROMO from Jewish Culture on Vimeo.
Yes, We Sang!
Three Choirs’ Musical Tribute to the victims of the Holocaust: Concert and sing-along
Featuring:
Kol Truah Jewish Choir of the East Bay
Nigunim Community Folk Chorus
The Jewish Folk Chorus of San Francisco
Sunday, April 19, 2015, 4:00 pm
JCC East Bay 1414 Walnut Street, Berkeley
General Admission $10, Seniors and Children FREE
We remember the music of communities lost in the Holocaust. Our three choirs will sing for you and with you, as we recall their songs in Yiddish, Ladino and Hebrew. Lyrics will be provided for the community sing-along.
More info: www.jcceastbay.org/events/2015/04/19/artsculture/yes-we-sang/
Richárd Bernard's OY!Stars invade LAS VEGAS!!!!!!!
April 19, 2015, 6pm
Temple Beth Sholom
10700 Havenwood Lane
Las Vegas, Nevada, 89135
Open to the public (and others) after you buy a ticket!
Reserve your seats now at 702-777-3100
Or go to: tun.touro.edu/Klezmer/
Join us as we stage our daring desert raid
Featuring Richárd Bernard, Zinovy Goro, Miamon Miller, Gee Rabe & Greg Hosharian, even!
Join our Las Vegas gambol twixt traditional Klezmer & Yiddish through
Gypsy, vintage Jazz, garage Rock, Celtic, Latin, and Cowboy music!
A legit excuse to go to Vegas, courtesy of YOUR Richárd Bernard’s OY!Stars
The Red Hot Chachkas
Special Reunion Concert
Sunday April 19th at 7:30pm
Cinnabar Theater,
3333 Petaluma Blvd. North
Petaluma, CA
featured former Chachkas Glenn Hartman (of New Orleans Klezmer All-Stars, accordion) and Michael Arrow (drums), with current Chachkas Julie Egger (violin), Barbara Speed (clarinet & winds), Tony Phillips (mandolin), Breck Diebel (bass).
Concert: "Defending the Homeland: Rare Yiddish Songs of World War II"
Featuring Psoy Korolenko and Anna Shternshis
Sunday, April 19, 2015, 8pm
Al Green Theatre,
720 Spadina Avenue
Toronto, ON
Tickets $10 at the door. Free for students.
"Avant-bard" singer/songwriter/performer Psoy Korolenko and U of T Professor Anna Shternshis bring to life "lost" Yiddish songs of the Holocaust in this all-new concert and lecture program. Written and transcribed by surviving Ukrainian Jewish writers of the Kiev Cabinet for Jewish Culture after the war as a testament to their struggle for survival, these rare Yiddish artifacts were confiscated and hidden by the Soviet government in 1949, and have only recently come to light. Learn about the incredible stories behind these treasures, savour the music and revel in the creativity of Yiddish-speaking Holocaust survivors.
Co-presented by Ashkenaz Festival and Miles Nadal JCC
More info: cjs.utoronto.ca/events/calendar/global-yiddish-culture-1938-1948
Litvakus
closes the Brooklyn Folk Festival (runs Apr 17-19)
April 19, 2015, 9:45pm
Brooklyn Folk Festival
St. Anne's Church,
157 Montague St,
Brooklyn, NY 11201
More info: www.brooklynfolkfest.com
Global Yiddish Culture, 1938-1948
The 8th Annual Symposium in Germanic Studies, University of Toronto
Monday, April 20, 2015, 8:30am - 6:30pm
Jackman Humanities Building,
Room 100,
170 St. George Street
Toronto, ON, Canada
More info: cjs.utoronto.ca/events/calendar/global-yiddish-culture-1938-1948
3 year anniversary celebration of Klezmer Mondays with The Saul Goodman Klezmer Band
Monday, April 20, 2015, 6-8pm
Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen
1475 Shattuck,
Berkeley, CA
No cover; $10 minimum purchase
(510) 848-3354
For the last three years Mike Perlmutter has either performed or curated music close to every Monday at Saul’s Deli (that’s about 150 shows!). On April 20, come celebrate the three year anniversary of Saul’s Klezmer Mondays with a special concert by Saul Goodman’s Klezmer Band. Saul himself cannot make it, but it’s all good, we still have a stellar cast of klezmorim lined up for the evening. Thanks to everyone who has supported the series over the years! L’chaim!
Featuring:
Mike Perlmutter – clarinet, saxophone
Dave Rosenfeld -mandolin, violin, percussion
Dmitri Gaskin – accordion
Eric Perney – bass
Ivan Velev – tapan
Global Yiddish Culture, 1938-1948
The 8th Annual Symposium in Germanic Studies, University of Toronto
Monday, April 20, 2015, 8:30am - 1:00pm
Jackman Humanities Building,
Room 100,
170 St. George Street
Toronto, ON, Canada
More info: cjs.utoronto.ca/events/calendar/global-yiddish-culture-1938-1948
Jaffa Road
Tuesday April 21, 2015, 12:30pm sharp
Oshman JCC
Taube Koret Campus
3921 Fabian Way
Palo Alto, CA 94303
The concert will be at 12:30pm sharp. The $15 admission ticket includes a buffet lunch at 11:40. Please reserve in advance by calling Michelle Rosengaus: (650) 223-8616
Vialka
Apr 21, 2015
Maksitaksi
St. Olavsgate 23
Pilestredet 25,
0164 Oslo, Norway
"Sharim VeZochrim"
An evening of Songs and Remembrance for Yom Hazikaron with Moshe Bonen.
Tuesday, April 21st 2015, 8pm
JCC Manhattan
334 Amsterdam Ave at 76th St
NYC 10023
Free Admission. Advance Registration Required!
To reserve you seat Click here!
Moshe Bonen is a multi-faceted musician and experienced Israeli radio broadcaster (Galatz, Galgalatz). With his deep knowledge of Israeli music, Moshe will present and perform well-known songs dedicated to remembering the fallen soldiers and civilians of Israel.
Also featuring Yotam Silberstein on Guitar, Lior Koren on Bass, and Special Guest Shira Averbuch.
The audience is invited to join and sing along during this memorable event.
The event will be conducted in Hebrew.
Klezmer Creek
Fourth Wednesday Klezmer Nights—performance followed by jam
Wednesday, April 22, 7:00-8:00pm
Gaia's Garden
1899 Mendocino Avenue,
Santa Rosa, CA 95401
Entertainment free with $5 minimum purchase.
More info: 707.544.2491
Hofstra's University's Astman International Concert series presents Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi
with special guests Irving Flores (piano), Gene Perry (percussion) and Stephanie Richards (trumpet)
present "A Yidishe Mambo" (Jewish songs with Latin rhythms),
April 22, 2015 7pm:
Smith Recital Hall,
San Diego State University.
For more info: www.jewishstudies.sdsu.edu
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Vialka
Apr 22, 2015
Kontoret
Uddevalla, Sweden
Jaffa Road
Thursday April 23rd. Doors open 5:30pm
Edmonton, JCC
7200-156th St
T5R 1X3 Edmonton
Vialka
Apr 23, 2015
Kulturhuset Oceanen
Stigbergstorget 8,
414 63 Gothenburg, Sweden
JCC East Bay presents:
Piyut: Singing to Shavuot -
learn devotional mizrachi music
Thursday, April 23, 7:30-9:00pm Group learning/Singing with Jewlia Eisenberg, Eliana Kissner & Rabbi Dorothy Richman
JCC East Bay
1414 Walnut Street,
Berkeley, CA
2nd Annual New Haven Klezmer Fest
Fire Bands! a one-evening festival / the latest Klezmer sounds:
Thurs, Apr 23, 7pm
Ballroom at the Outer Space
295 Treadwell St.
Hamden, CT
Tix: $10/door; $8/adv from www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/824353
JOSHUA NELSON
Thurs, Apr. 23, 7:30pm
Osher Marin JCC
200 N San Pedro Rd.
San Rafael, CA
The Prince of Kosher Gospel returns to the JCC for another high-energy captivating performance. Joshua brings his extraordinary message of hope, unity and spirituality through Kosher gospel, a marriage of Jewish religious lyrics and meanings with the soulful sounds of American gospel music.
For Joshua Nelson, kosher gospel is a way to claim both parts of his identity as a Black Jew. Kosher gospel has been able to retain the same musical cultures of Black African Muslims and Jews with that soul-inflected vocalizations which filled the Black Hebrew synagogue Joshua attended as a child with his family, observant Jews who traced their lineage back to Senegal.
Come join us as we celebrate Yom Ha’atzmaut as a community.
This event is made possible by support from: The Brotman Family, Brandeis Hillel Day School, Congregation Rodef Shalom, Congregation Kol Shofar and Jewish Community Federation & Endowment Fund
Sherry Mayrent Institute presents: Sound Salon with Kurt Bjorling
Jews and Jazz
Thursday, April 23, 2015, 7:30pm
University Club,
432 East Campus Mall
Madison, WI
Join clarinetist Kurt Bjorling and Mayrent Institute Director Henry Sapoznik for a lively discussion of the history of Jewish musicians and jazz. This event will include both historical recordings and live performance.
The event will conclude with a live concert.
The London Klezmer Quartet
SOAS Concert Series
23 April 2015, 7.30pm
Russell Square, London
Brunei Gallery, SOAS,
Thornhaugh Street,
London WC1X 0HG
Yiddish Nite Live
A New Musical Comedy Show
featuring Gerry Tenney & Arje Shaw
"The Kvetchy Cowboys"
with Jim Rebhan and the California Klezmer Band
Thursday, April 23, 8:00 pm
JCC East Bay,
1414 Walnut Street,
Berkeley, CA
$20 General Admission · $15 JCC Members, Seniors & Students
Purchase Tickets Online
Visit Facebook event page
Broadway playwright Arje Shaw and California Klezmer's Gerry Tenney team up for a great night of laughter and fun.
PERFORMING IN YIDDISH*:
-The Beatles' A Schverre Togedicke Nacht (A Hard Day's Night)
-Willie Nelson's Meshugah (Crazy)
-Rumania like you've never heard before!
-Abbott & Costello's famous baseball shtick Who's On First
*Yiddish-friendly: but, you don't have to know it to enjoy it!
Plus a very special guest...and so much more!
Alicia Svigal's original score to the 1918 silent film classic, "the Yellow Ticket," starring Pola Negri, performed live by Klezmer Unfettered: Marilyn Lerner and Alicia Svigals
Fri, Apr 24, 7 pm
Detroit Institute of Arts
5200 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48202
Part of "Friday Night Live"
More info: www.dia.org/calendar/friday-night.aspx?id=4951&iid
The Yellow Ticket is a live multimedia concert event featuring the eponymous 1918 Pola Negri silent film with a performance of an original score by Alicia Svigals, one of the world's foremost klezmer fiddlers. The score is the newest commission from the Foundation's New Jewish Culture Network (NJCN) and marks the first feature-length film composition by Svigals who will perform live with virtuoso pianist Marilyn Lerner at each of the screenings of this cinema classic. Set in Poland and Tsarist Russia, the film portrays a woman's struggle to overcome adversity in a story of secret identifies, heroic measures, and triumphant love.
The Yellow Ticket PROMO from Jewish Culture on Vimeo.
Vialka
Apr 24, 2015
1000Fryd
Aalborg, Denmark
Songs for the Ancestors
Friday, April 24, 7:30pm
Center for New Music
55 Taylor Street
San Francisco, CA
$15 General, $10 CFNM members
Book of J (Jewlia Eisenberg and Jeremiah Lockwood) will play songs from Armenia, Bosnia, Poland, and America. Kugelplex will collaborate with poet James Baloian on a piece about the Armenian genocide and the perseverance of the Armenian people.
James Baloian is a poet who for over fifty years has been writing and publishing poetry that explores the beauty, cruelty, dreams, fears, turbulence, and serenity of human existence and the natural world around us. A selection of his works has been set to original and traditional music that pays homage to the far-reaching tragedy and trauma of the Genocide as well as the love and perseverance of the Armenian people.
Concert Estelle Goldfarb/Fabian Fiorini
Fri, Apr 24, 7:30pm
Bruxelles, Belgium
Au plaisir de vous revoir !
The exact address of the concert will be sent upon booking.
Booking and further info: www.facebook.com/events/403925559788480/
Andrea Pancur & Ilya Shneyveys
ALPEN KLEZMER trifft auf Johanna Bittenbinder
Johanna Bittenbinder liest Texte u.a. von Heine, Brachvogel, Spies, Gorelik
Apr 24, 2015, 20:00
Pasinger Stadtbibliothek,
Bäckerstr. 9
81241 München,
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Andrea Pancur & Ilya Shneyveys
ALPEN KLEZMER
Apr 25, 2015, 14:00
Marktplatz,
30632 Pilsen, CZ
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Concert Klezmer, yiddish, swing & tango...
avec Anne-Claire Monnier (chant) et Hotegezugt
Sourires de l'âme et chants du coeur
Samedi 25 avril 2015 à 14h30:
au Refuge des Bas-Monts,
route des Bas-Monts à Belmont sur Lausanne
Entrée libre / Collecte
Concert de musiques spirituelles juives: klezmer, yiddish, hébraïques, judéo-espagnoles, etc.
avec Yael MILLER (voix) et HOTEGEZUGT:
Michel Borzykowski (saxophones), Bianca Favez (violon) et Reb Yoyvl (accordéon).
Au plaisir d’une belle et prochaine rencontre!
Vialka
Apr 25, 2015
Lurendrejeren/The Fat Bird
Copenhagen, Denmark
Jaffa Road
Saturday April 25, 2015, 7:30pm
Temple Sinai
210 Wilson Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M5M 3B1
Andrea Pancur & Ilya Shneyveys
ALPEN KLEZMER
Apr 25, 2015, 20:00
Villa Leon,
Philipp-Körber-Weg 1
90439 Nürnberg
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Klez MoTown
Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird with R2G Klezmer Trio ( Steven Greenman, Joel Rubin, Pete Rushefsky)
Special Guest w/Painted Bird: Sarah Gordon
Saturday, Apr 25, 2015, 8pm
The Community Arts Center
Wayne State University
450 Reuther Mall
Detroit, MA 48202
Tickets at door: $10/$5 w/student ID
For more info: 248.432.5677, www.circlemichigan.org
Sponsored by the Workmen's Circle Michigan in partnership w/Wayne State University School of Music and the Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic Studies
Metropolitan Klezmer
Santa Klez!
Sat, Apr 25, 2015, 8pm
The JCC in Sherman
9 Connecticut 39,
Sherman, CT 06784.
Box office: (860) 355-8050.
Metropolitan Klezmer travels to beautiful Sherman CT for a long-awaited concert at this Jewish Community Center in the Litchfield Hills.
More info: metropolitanklezmer.com/shows/
Andrea Pancur & Ilya Shneyveys
ALPEN KLEZMER fährt im Kulturzug nach Pilsen
Apr 25, 2015, 10:31 Uhr – 13:07 Uhr
Bahnhof – Gleis 4,
Bahnhofstr. 18
93047 Regensburg
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Every Sunday Morning, combining live music and food in a fresh, cultural environment, City Winery’s Klezmer brunch series pairs some of the greatest musicians in the world with delicious lox, bagels and other tasty fare on Sunday mornings from 11am to 2pm. City Winery's brunch on April 26, 2015 features Paul Shapiro.
General Admission: $10 / Children Under 13 - Free
City Winery
155 Varick Street
New York, New York 10013
(212) 608-0555
For further info: www.citywinery.com
Our Annual Holocaust Program
A concert by the well known Yiddish singer, actress and director Eleanor Reissa
Sunday, April 26th 2015 1:30 PM
Sholem Aleichem Cultural Center
3301 Bainbridge Avenue, Corner 208th street, nr. Montefiore Hospital
4 train to Moshulu Parkway
Bronx, NY
D train to 205th St.
Contribution: $3.50 Members free
917-930-0295
Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/974388562585859/
Vialka
Apr 26, 2015
Gute Stube
Darmstadt, Germany
Vialka
Apr 27, 2015
XB Liebig
Berlin, Germany
Klez Motown recital and workshops led by The R2G Klezmer Trio and The Painted Bird -
Monday, April 27th, 2015
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI 48202
11:45am-12:40pm - Recital/concert by The R2G Klezmer Trio and The Painted Bird
12:50pm-2:40pm - Klezmer/Yiddish music workshops
For more info, price: 248.432.5677, www.circlemichigan.org
The R2G Klezmer Trio (Steven Greenman, violin; Joel Rubin, violin; Pete Rushefsky, tsimbl) and Dan Kahn's 'The Painted Bird' will perform a joint recital/concert at Wayne State University's music department followed by klezmer/Yiddish music workshops. This unique collaboration is sponsored by The Workmen’s Circle Michigan in partnership with the Wayne State University School of Music and the Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic Studies.
Workmen’s Circle Michigan is an organization focused on fostering Jewish community, the promotion of an enlightened Jewish culture, and social justice. Founded more than a century ago, the organization continues its historically important mission through arts and education programming for Yiddish, Jewish and progressive culture, and family-friendly opportunities for real social action.
New York Klezmer Series
Music led by Susan Leviton & Lauren Brody
Tuesday, Apr 21, 2015
Stephen Wise Free Synagogue
30 W. 68th St.
NYC
All Concerts begin at 7:30pm; $15. jam sessions afterward
Klezmer Instrumental Music at 5:30pm. $25 per class,
Kidz Klezmer Band starts at 4pm—see page for pricing.
Full night pass—$35 (includes class, concert & jam sesson)
More info: aaronalexander.com/wp/ or email NY Klezmer Series
New York Klezmer Series is hosted by and receives support from the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue. We are also supported by The Center for Traditional Music and Dance. Our media co-sponsors are Workmen's Circle.
Support for the NY Klezmer Series is provided by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency in partnership with Governor Andrew Cuomo. Major support for the An-sky Institute for Jewish Culture was provided to the Center for Traditional Music and Dance by the Keller-Shatanoff Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Atran Foundation. Additional support was provided by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the Mertz Gilmore Foundation, New York Community Trust, the Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, the Scherman Foundation and the Gilder Foundation.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/nyklezmer/
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Vialka
Apr 28, 2015
Zoro
Leipzig, Germany
The "Den Mother" of Yiddish Montreal: An Evening in Honor of Poet Ida Maze
Tuesday, April 28, 2015, 7 p.m.
Vilna Shul
18 Phillips St.
Boston, MA
Maze (1893-1962) was well known for her lyrical poetry, which was published widely in Yiddish journals and newspapers. She was equally well known for the central role she played in Montreal's Yiddish cultural scene, including acting as a literary mentor to many young writers--a role that prompted some to dub her the "den mother of Yiddish Montreal."
The evening will include a bilingual reading of Maze's work and a screening of a new short film about Maze, produced by the Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project. The film, which includes excerpts from the project's 2013 interview with Irving Massey, Maze's youngest son, is the first of a series drawn from the project's Beyond the Books: Yiddish Writers and Their Descendants, interviews with the families of Yiddish literary figures.
Massey, professor emeritus of English and comparative literature at the State University of New York at Buffalo, will be at the event and will participate in a discussion with the audience after the screening.
Co-sponsored by the Yiddish Book Center, Jewish Women's Archive, and the Boston Yidish-Hoyz. This event takes place during National Poetry Month.
The program is free and open to the public. For more information, visit yiddishbookcenter.org/events.
Jewish Music & Poetry Project:
Focus on the Cello
Weds., April 29, 6:00 p.m.
Berkeley Public Library, Claremont Branch,
2940 Benvenue, Berkeley; Free
Nanette McGuinness, soprano, Adaiha MacAdam-Somer, cello, and Dale Tsang, piano
Concert includes the world premiere of Berkeley composer William Ludtke’s Op. 155, Three Songs for soprano and cello with poems by Berkeley poet Marcia Falk and the U.S. premiere of Hungarian Lajos Delej’s Scherzo, recently rediscovered in the BBC archives. The poet, Marcia Falk, will read her poems.
For more information about this event call 510-981-6280.
Jewish Music and Poetry Project
Betty Reicher avec Roger Pouly, Piano: Concert Franco-Yiddish
Sun, Apr 19, 2015, 5:00pm
Café Des Psaumes,
16 ter rue des Rosiers
75004 PARIS, France
chansons yiddish, chansons françaises Jonasz, Nougaro et d'autres et compositions
Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/555631971241614/
Wed, Apr 29, 2015, 8:35pm
The Vortex
11 Gillet Square
N16 8AZ London, UK
An evening with Stewart Curtis celebrating the release of a brand new shiny Cd on 33jazz from The Brass Bottom 4tet "Live at The Cabin Studio" & a re-re-release from K-Groove also on 33jazz "Too Loud for Dinner"
Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/827573034016340/
Vialka
Apr 29, 2015, 2100h
Centro Sociale
Hamburg, Germany
Isle of Klezbos sextet
"Turks, Tailors & Uncle Moses"
Thursday, April 30 at 4:30PM
VASSAR COLLEGE
Ely Hall AULA
Poughkeepsie NY
Dance party & concert.
Jaffa Road and Lemon Bucket Orchestra
NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE -OTTAWA
April 30, 2015, 8:00pm
National Arts Centre, Ottawa
ONTARIO SCENE. A special festival that celebrates music from all over Ontario (previous editions of the festival included BC scene and Northern Scene).
Andrea Pancur mit Ilya Shneyveys (Akkordeon, Klavier), Alex Haas (Kontrabass), Guy Schalom (Schlagzeug)
ALPEN KLEZMER
Apr 30, 2015, 20:00
Kapuzinerstadl,
Maria-Ward-Platz 10
94469 Deggendorf, Germany
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Vialka
Apr 30, 2015
Bauwagenplatz
Oldenburg, Germany
