Vialka, Winsum, the Netherlands, 1 May 2015
Vialka
May 1, 2015
TBA
Winsum, the Netherlands
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Klezmer Concert, Cologne/NRW, Germany, 2 May 2015
Yiddish/Klezmer Concert in Cologne/NRW (Germany)
Sat, May 2, 6pm
Stüverhoff
Im Stavenhof 5-7,
50668 Cologne, Germany
Cologne/NRW/Germany: On Saturday, 2 May, 2015 up from 18h, we will have the pleasure to hear Hans Breuer, Mark Kovnatskiy , Michael Hübner and Anouk Chiche for a small concert in a very sympathic cultural café https://www.facebook.com/GarnichARTig.de, 10mn away from the main train station of Cologne. Are there any klezmer musicians that would like to play as well? If yes, please message me! Thanks... Please tell your friends living in the region about this!
Alpen Klezmer, Bad Hindelang, Germany, 2 May 2015
Andrea Pancur Mit Szilvia Csaranko (Akkordeon, Klavier), Alex Haas (Kontrabass), Guy Schalom (Schlagzeug)
ALPEN KLEZMER
May 2, 2015, 19:30
Café Thein,
Ostrachstr. 38
87541 Bad Hindelang, Germany
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Linda Hirschhorn, Gary Lapow, Betsy Rose, Berkeley, CA, 2 May 2015
Jewish Music Festival House Concert Series Presents:
Linda Hirschhorn, Gary Lapow and Betsy Rose
Seasoned Singers – Timeless Songs
May 2, 2015, 7:30pm
House Concert in the Elmwood neighborhood of South Berkeley
Address disclosed upon registration
Reserve seats $25 suggested donation
Limited Seats; Advanced reservations required
For more information, call (510)684-5580
Complementary light refreshments will be served.
Linda Hirschhorn, Gary Lapow and Betsy Rose have been contributing great music to the Bay Area’s folk and progressive scene for decades. As part of the “boomer” generation, their songwriting has turned to such topic s as lasting love (or not!) and the changes that the decades have brought. Together they bring a wealth of musical and personal experience, from singing with children, to leading a successful women’s a cappella group, to musical activism for peace, justice and the 99%, to explorations of spirituality. These three friends offer timeless music for the seasons of our lives.
Conspiracy of Beards, NYC, 2 May 2015
Conspiracy of Beards
A choir of men sing Leonard Cohen, with special guest, Daniel Kahn
Saturday, May 2, 8pm
Littlefield
622 degraw st, Brooklyn
More info/tix: www.littlefieldnyc.com/event/805017-conspiracy-beards-choir-brooklyn/
Kinky Friedman, Newton, MA, 2 May 2015
The eclectic and wonderful Kinky Friedman comes to the Leventhal Sidman JCC on Saturday, May 2nd at 8 PM. (Alas, his band, The Texas Jewboys, won't be making the trip with him). If you don't know this singer/satirist, you've got a treat in store. Texas born and bred, he ran for Governor of Texas in 2006, driving the state in "The Yom Kippur Clipper" (his "Jewish Cadillac," as he calls it); among his most famous songs is "They Ain't Making Jews Like Jesus Anymore."
Opening for Friedman will be Joe Kessler and Josh Lederman of the Klezwoods. It will be an evening of fun.
The BJMF is co-sponsoring this event with the Ryna Greenbaum JCC Center for the Arts.
For more info and tickets, CLICK HERE
Vialka, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2 May 2015
Vialka
May 2, 2015, 20:30h
De Ruimte
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
May 3, 2015
"Poland: A New Jewish Frontier", San Francisco, CA, 3 May 2015
Poland: A New Jewish Frontier, a presentation by Ellie Shapiro
Sunday, May 3, 2:00pm
Jewish Community Library
1835 Ellis Street,
San Francisco, CA
No charge.
More info: 415.567.3327
www.jewishlearningworks.org/library/adult-events
The Klezmer Symposium, Sunnyside, NY, 3 May 2015
The Klezmer Symposium
A concert celebrating Eastern European "Soul" music performed live
Sunday, May 3, 2:30pm
Sunnyside Jewish Center
47-02 41st St.,
Sunnyside, NY
Admission: $10 per person
For additional info: (718) 784-7055
Alpen Klezmer, Wiesbaden, Germany, 3 May 2015
Andrea Pancur Mit Szilvia Csaranko (Akkordeon, Klavier), Alex Haas (Kontrabass), Guy Schalom (Schlagzeug)
ALPEN KLEZMER
May 3, 2015, 17:00
Thalhaus,
Nerotal 18
65193 Wiesbaden, Germany
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Klezwoods, Newton, MA, 3 May 2015
May 3, 2015, 7pm
Temple Emanuel
385 Main St.,
Newton, MA
Adults: $25 / Seniors: $20 / Students: $20
An Annual fundraising event and concert for the Mass Ave Baptist Church Food Pantry. Come at 7 for a performance by the gospel quartet then Klezwoods will end the evening.
Tix/More info: www.templeemanuel.com/ProjectMannaConcert
Klezmer in the Afternoon, Philadelphia, PA, 3 May 2015
Klezmer in the Afternoon
Sun, May 3, 1pm
4835 Hazel Ave.
Philadelphia, PA
Happy spring everyone! Can't wait to see both familiar and new faces at this month's klezmer class. Hope you're looking forward to learning not just another song but also how to groove with an ensemble in this style.
In thanks for Dan Blacksberg's time and expertice we ask for an $8 suggested donation. The class runs about 2 - 2 1/2 hours and snacks will be provided.
Winter was definitely a little cozier and more bearable having you all around, so hope to see you on these beautiful days!
May 4, 2015
Hernandez Hideaway, Klezmer Mondays at Saul's, Berkeley, CA, 4 May 2015
Hernandez Hideaway
May 4, 2015, 6-8pm
Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen
1475 Shattuck,
Berkeley, CA
No cover; $10 minimum purchase
(510) 848-3354
May 5, 2015
Yale Strom's Hot Pstromi, NYC, 5 May 2015
New York Klezmer Series
Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi
Tuesday, May 5, 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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"Mayn Tatns Beys-Din Shtib", NYC, 5 May 2015
Borscht Ball
Tuesday, May 5, 2015, 7:00pm
Baruch Performing Arts Center
New York, New York 10010
The National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene and The City University of New York
present a staged reading of
Mayn Tatns Beys-Din Shtub (Tales From My Father’s Rabbinical Court)
Based on the memoirs of Isaac Bashevis Singer and adapted by David Licht for The Folksbiene in 1972 as a dramatization of the short stories serialized in the Yiddish Daily Forverts set in the Warsaw of Singer’s childhood years which pit modernism against tradition as Europe marched towards the first World War.
With: Jeremiah Burch, Alec Burko, Matthew 'Motl' Didner, Itzy Firestone, Mo Hanan, Richard Kass , Stuart Marshall Hershkowitzl, Adam B. Shapiro, Carolyn Seiff, Amanda Miryem-Khaye Seigel, Lane Silberstein and Suzanne Toren.
Zion80 residency @ Joe's Pub, NYC, 5 May 2015
Jon Madof's Zion80 residency at Joe's Pub
Tues, May 5 - Jun 9, 2015. Doors: 9pm / Show: 9:30pm
Joe's Pub
425 Lafayette Street
New York, NY 10003
Ticket Price: $14.00
Buy Tickets
Zion80 explores Jewish music – from Shlomo Carlebach to John Zorn and everything in between – through the lens of the Afrobeat funk master Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Led by Jon Madof (Rashanim, Matisyahu), the 11-piece band arranges Jewish melodies using the polyrhythmic intensity of Afrobeat, blended with the madness of the Downtown scene. Madof’s most ambitious project to date, Zion80 is blazing hot and tight as a drum. Spiritual, grooving and endlessly exciting, this is essential Jewish music for the 21st century. Zion80's latest CD is Adramelech: John Zorn's Book of Angels volume 22
May 6, 2015
Roshel Rubinov Ensemble, NYC, 6 May 2015
Roshel Rubinov's internationally-renowned Central Asian ensemble
Wednesday, May 6th, 6:00PM-7:00PM
At the New School Event Café
Lower level of 65 5th Ave. at 13th St.
Manhattan, NYC, NY
FREE
The concert will feature repertoire from the classical Central Asian repertoire, known as "Maqom", as well as other selections. The ensemble features Roshel Rubinov (voice and tanbur - long-necked lute), Yakov Rubinov (doira - frame drum) and Ilya Khavasov, voice.
Roshel Rubinov is a master singer, poet, composer, and instrumental virtuoso. He was born in 1966 in Shahrisabz, Uzbekistan, and from 1983 to 1987 he attended the Mirzo Tursunzoda Art Insitute in Tajikistan, where he studied music and poetry with such luminaries as Neryo Aminov, Barno Ishoqova, and Abubakr Zuhuriddinov. Rubinov immigrated to Queens in 1995, where he quickly became one of the most active musicians in the Bukharian scene. He has performed at Carnegie Hall and on many other high profile stages in New York and around the world.
Yakov Rubinov, Roshel's brother, was born in 1961 in Shahrisabz. An expert drummer, Yakov taught himself to play doira from a young age. Ilya Khavasov was born in Samarkand in 1961. Today, he is one of the leading singers in New York. Together, the Rubinovs and Khavasov perform classical music and popular music for weddings and other celebrations, bringing Bukharian traditions to a new generation.
The May 6 concert is the culminating event for New School Professor Evan Rapport's Global Voices: Central Asia course, a joint effort between Eugene Lang College, the Center for Traditional Music and Dance and Center for Art, Tradition and Cultural Heritage as part of Lang College's "Civic Arts and Humanities" initiative, generously supported by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The May 11th concert is a "Bukharian Choikhona" (tea house) programmed in partnership with Queens College Hillel and the college's Bukharian Cultural Club.
Ken Maltz/Sy Kushner Duo, New Rochelle, NY, 6 May 2015
recologie presents: Two Lifelong Journeys Through Jewish Music
The Ken Maltz/Sy Kushner Klezmer Duo
Wed, May 6, 2015, 7pm
recologie*
49 Lawton Street
New Rochelle, New York
$15 Music Cover
plus Two Drink Minimum or Food Equivalent
May 7, 2015
Deborah Strauss and Jake Shulman-Ment, NYC, 7 May 2015
Klezmer Violin with Deborah Strauss and Jake Shulman-Ment
Thursday, May 7, 7pm
Museum at Eldridge Street
12 Eldridge Street,
New York, NY 10002
$20 adults
$15 students/seniors
Join us for an evening of beautiful violin music by two of klezmer's most talented practicioners: Deborah Strauss and Jake Shulman-Ment. They present traditional melodies by recently rediscovered Eastern European composers as well as their own original compositions. Inspiration for the duo is far-ranging, and includes klezmer, cantorial, and Hasidic nigunim, as well as Romanian, Roma, Ukrainian, Polish, Russian, and Hungarian folk music.
"Exploring Chazonus", San Francisco, CA, 7 May 2015
Exploring Chazonus, a presentation by Jeremiah Lockwood
Thursday, May 7, 7:00pm
Jewish Community Library
1835 Ellis Street,
San Francisco, CA
No charge.
More info: 415.567.3327
www.jewishlearningworks.org/library/adult-events
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The ARC Ensemble, Washington, DC, 7 May 2015
Pro Musica Hebraica and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts present
The ARC Ensemble
Before The Night: Jewish Classical Masterpieces of Pre-1933 Europe
Thursday, May 7, 2015, 7:30 PM
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Washington, D.C.
Purchase tickets online or call (202) 467-4600.
Tickets are $44 each. Your purchased ticket(s) will be available at the Kennedy Center Box Office Will Call.
The Nazi rise to power in 1933 cut short the careers of a generation of Jewish composers just entering their prime. Those who survived found their music branded as racially impure and banned from the concert hall. Even after the war, the shadows of Nazism continued to engulf these composers, obscuring some of their greatest masterpieces. In this concert, Pro Musica Hebraica presents a listening tour of the moment just before 1933 through three unique works all composed between 1928 and 1931. Perennial favorites The ARC Ensemble (Artists of the Royal Conservatory of Canada) return with stunning pieces by three titans of the post-World War I generation of European Jewish composers–Viennese romantic Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Polish modernist Jerzy Fitelberg, and Italian neoclassicist Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco.
Concert Program
FITELBERG: String Quartet No. 2 (1928)
CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Piano Quintet No. 1 (1931–32)
KORNGOLD: Suite for 2 violins, cello, and piano left hand (1930)
Musicians
The ARC Ensemble
Erika Raum, violin
Marie Berard, violin
Steven Dann, viola
Winona Zelenka, cello
David Louie, piano
Dianne Werner, piano
May 8, 2015
Orchestra Euphons, Berkeley Balkan Bacchanal, Berkeley, CA, 8 May 2015
Orchestra Euphonos and other bands. Monthly Berkeley Balkan Bacchanal
Friday, May 8, 2015. Doors at 8:00pm, Music at 9:00pm
The Starry Plough
3101 Shattuck Ave.,
Berkeley, CA
Admission $10-15 sliding scale at the door More info:
510.841.0188
Klezwoods residency, Madison, CT, 8-10 May 2015
Klezwoods
Artist-in-Residency
May 8-10
Temple Beth Tikvah
196 Durham Road
Madison, CT 06443
(203) 245-7028
We are embarking on a weekend artist-in-residency in Connecticut! In the town of Madison, near New Haven, there is a beautiful temple that has invited the ensemble to do 3 performances. Friday night Klezwoods will perform at the service. On Saturday at 7:30pm the larger ensemble will put on a concert. And on Sunday morning they will put on a Children's program playing traditional and new Klezmer/Eastern-European music, teaching about the roots of this music and where it is going.
More info: templebethtikvahct.org/
May 9, 2015
Workshop mit Andrea Pancur: Jiddisches Lied, München, Germany, 9-10 May 2015
Andrea Pancur workshop: Jiddisches Lied
09.05. – 10.05.2015, jeweils 11:00 – 14:30 Uhr
Münchner Volkshochschule – Obergiesing,
Severinstr.9
81541 München, Germany
Weitere Infos und Anmeldung
New Yiddish Rep: "Seltzer Nights" NYC, 9 May 2015
New Yiddish Rep’s “Seltzer Nights” will shake things up this spring!
Sat, May 9, 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!
Klezwoods residency, Madison, CT, 8-10 May 2015
Klezwoods
Artist-in-Residency
May 8-10
Temple Beth Tikvah
196 Durham Road
Madison, CT 06443
(203) 245-7028
We are embarking on a weekend artist-in-residency in Connecticut! In the town of Madison, near New Haven, there is a beautiful temple that has invited the ensemble to do 3 performances. Friday night Klezwoods will perform at the service. On Saturday at 7:30pm the larger ensemble will put on a concert. And on Sunday morning they will put on a Children's program playing traditional and new Klezmer/Eastern-European music, teaching about the roots of this music and where it is going.
More info: templebethtikvahct.org/
May 10, 2015
Workshop mit Andrea Pancur: Jiddisches Lied, München, Germany, 9-10 May 2015
Andrea Pancur workshop: Jiddisches Lied
09.05. – 10.05.2015, jeweils 11:00 – 14:30 Uhr
Münchner Volkshochschule – Obergiesing,
Severinstr.9
81541 München, Germany
Weitere Infos und Anmeldung
Heather Klein, San Francisco, CA, 10 May 2015
Heather Klein
Sunday, May 10, 5:00pm
JCC San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Tickets: $10 from the JCC's Émigré Department. More info: 415.292.1298. 415.292.1239.
Heather Klein sings in Yiddish, numerous other singers in Russian, part of a gala concert observing the 70th anniversary of the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War, 1941-1945. Refreshments after the concert.
"Shostakovich and Weinberg: A Musical Friendship", NYC, 10 May 2015
Dmitri Shostakovich and Mieczyslav Weinberg: A Musical Friendship
SIDNEY KRUM YOUNG ARTISTS CONCERT SERIES
Sun, May 10, 2015, 4:30pm
YIVO Institute at the Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street
NYC
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975), a famous Soviet composer and Mieczyslav Weinberg (1919-1996), a Jewish composer who was persecuted by the Soviet State, had an unusual and long-term personal and professional relationship. While Weinberg was almost entirely ignored by the Soviet musical establishment, Shostakovich considered Weinberg to be one of the foremost Soviet composers and helped him in numerous ways including, protecting his family after Weinberg was arrested in 1953 on charges of "Jewish bourgeois nationalism." The two composers shared new compositions, and Shostakovich was influenced by the Jewish elements in Weinberg's music.
Join us as we explore the history, relationship and music of these two extraordinary composers. The program will begin with a short talk by the Sidney Krum Series Artistic Director, Yuval Waldman, on the lives and musical contributions of Weinberg and Shostakovich. This presentation will be followed by the concert program, which will include selections from the film Winnie the Pooh (composed by Weinberg), as well as performances by the brilliant young artists of the Krum Concert Series of excerpts from Shostakovich's "From Yiddish Folk Poetry," piano trios by Weinberg and Shotakovich, and solo sonatas for violin and cello by Weinberg.
The Sidney Krum Young Artists Concert Series is made possible by a generous gift from the Estate of Sidney Krum.
Reservations Required: yivo.org/reservations
More info: yivo.org/events/index.php?tid=205&aid=1383
Klezwoods residency, Madison, CT, 8-10 May 2015
Klezwoods
Artist-in-Residency
May 8-10
Temple Beth Tikvah
196 Durham Road
Madison, CT 06443
(203) 245-7028
We are embarking on a weekend artist-in-residency in Connecticut! In the town of Madison, near New Haven, there is a beautiful temple that has invited the ensemble to do 3 performances. Friday night Klezwoods will perform at the service. On Saturday at 7:30pm the larger ensemble will put on a concert. And on Sunday morning they will put on a Children's program playing traditional and new Klezmer/Eastern-European music, teaching about the roots of this music and where it is going.
More info: templebethtikvahct.org/
"All Points East", San Francisco, CA, 10 May 2015
All Points East: Poetry Reading with Jake Marmer, Ariel Resnikoff, and Leora Friedman
Sunday, May 10, 7:30pm
Liminal, 3037 38th Avenue,
OAKLAND, CA
No cover
Reception to follow.
Marmer's and Resnikoff's poetry reflects Yiddish/klezmer inspiration.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/809067702514450/
May 11, 2015
Roshel Rubinov Ensemble, NYC, 11 May 2015
Roshel Rubinov's internationally-renowned Central Asian ensemble
Monday, May 11th, 12:15PM-1:30PM
At Queens College Hillel - Ellen Koppelman Lounge
Student Union 206,
65-30 Kissena Blvd. (corner of Kissena Blvd and Melbourne Ave)
Flushing, Queens, NY
FREE
The concert will feature repertoire from the classical Central Asian repertoire, known as "Maqom", as well as other selections. The ensemble features Roshel Rubinov (voice and tanbur - long-necked lute), Yakov Rubinov (doira - frame drum) and Ilya Khavasov, voice.
Roshel Rubinov is a master singer, poet, composer, and instrumental virtuoso. He was born in 1966 in Shahrisabz, Uzbekistan, and from 1983 to 1987 he attended the Mirzo Tursunzoda Art Insitute in Tajikistan, where he studied music and poetry with such luminaries as Neryo Aminov, Barno Ishoqova, and Abubakr Zuhuriddinov. Rubinov immigrated to Queens in 1995, where he quickly became one of the most active musicians in the Bukharian scene. He has performed at Carnegie Hall and on many other high profile stages in New York and around the world.
Yakov Rubinov, Roshel's brother, was born in 1961 in Shahrisabz. An expert drummer, Yakov taught himself to play doira from a young age. Ilya Khavasov was born in Samarkand in 1961. Today, he is one of the leading singers in New York. Together, the Rubinovs and Khavasov perform classical music and popular music for weddings and other celebrations, bringing Bukharian traditions to a new generation.
Hothouse Habibi, Klezmer Mondays at Saul's, Berkeley, CA, 11 May 2015
Hothouse Habibi
May 11, 2015, 6-8pm
Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen
1475 Shattuck,
Berkeley, CA
No cover; $10 minimum purchase
(510) 848-3354
May 12, 2015
Zion80 residency @ Joe's Pub, NYC, 12 May 2015
Jon Madof's Zion80 residency at Joe's Pub
Tues, May 5 - Jun 9, 2015. Doors: 9pm / Show: 9:30pm
Joe's Pub
425 Lafayette Street
New York, NY 10003
Ticket Price: $14.00
Buy Tickets
Zion80 explores Jewish music – from Shlomo Carlebach to John Zorn and everything in between – through the lens of the Afrobeat funk master Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Led by Jon Madof (Rashanim, Matisyahu), the 11-piece band arranges Jewish melodies using the polyrhythmic intensity of Afrobeat, blended with the madness of the Downtown scene. Madof’s most ambitious project to date, Zion80 is blazing hot and tight as a drum. Spiritual, grooving and endlessly exciting, this is essential Jewish music for the 21st century. Zion80's latest CD is Adramelech: John Zorn's Book of Angels volume 22
May 13, 2015
Presentation and launch: Stonehill Jewish Music Collection, NYC, 13 May 2015
Special Launch Event for the Stonehill Jewish Music Collection. Mark your calendar for an event celebrating the launch of a new website http://www.ctmd.org/stonehill.htm) for the Ben Stonehill Jewish Song Collection!
Wed., May 13, 7pm–8:30pm
Hotel Marseilles,
230 West 103 Street (SW corner of West 103rd Street and Broadway).
Manhattan, NY
Admission is free!
In 1948, only 3 years after the war, Ben Stonehill recorded over a thousand songs from Holocaust survivors temporarily housed at the Hotel Marseilles after arriving in America. And on May 13, at this very hotel, we will be able to listen to some of the rare and important songs Stonehill captured for posterity. Though Stonehill passed away in 1964, we will hear his voice describing what he saw and heard in that lobby.
The evening will feature a presentation by Yiddish specialist and scholar Miriam Isaacs, Ph.D., herself born in a German DP camp. She has worked with CTMD to create a website which makes available the recordings and lyrics to many of these songs. Isaacs will describe the history and contents of the site and will play a few excerpts of the original songs, sung by men, women and children, mainly in Yiddish, but also Russian and Hebrew. Collectively, this body of song constitutes a haunting testimony to survivors' resilience, courage and humor.
We are thrilled that Masha Leon, one of the singers recorded at the time by Stonehill, will be joining us to share her experience and grace us with a song! A number of the songs will come alive as we will listen to contemporary singers in a zingeray (song-sharing session), featuring several wonderful exponents of traditional Yiddish and Russian song, including Isaacs, Carol Freeman, Esther Gottesman, Craig Packard, and Binyumen Schaechter.
The event will be followed by a reception with light refreshments. Programmed in partnership with the Sholem Aleichem Cultural Center. We are grateful for the assistance of ethnomusicologist Bret Werb of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Lorin Sklamberg of the YIVO Institute, Paula Teitelbaum, Binyumin Schaechter, Craig Packard and Itzik Gottesman for their assistance with this project, as well as the support of the National Endowment for the Arts, the Marinus and Minna B. Koster Foundation and the Atran Foundation.
Vialka & Procédé, Vichy, France, 13 May 2015
Vialka & Procédé
May 13, 2015, 20:30h
Zebre
Vichy, France
May 16, 2015
Workshop mit Andrea Pancur: Klezmer Kapelye, München, Germany, 16-17 May 2015
Andrea Pancur workshop: Klezmer Kapelye
16.05. – 17.05.2015, jeweils 11:00 – 16:00 Uhr
Münchner Volkshochschule – Pasing,
Bäckerstr. 9
81241 München,
Weitere Infos und Anmeldung
Mov Sessian Project cd launch, Paris, France, 16 May 2015
Claudine Movsessian & Dj Click & Dj Big Buddha & Trupa Partizan & Ema Dei
Mov Sessian Project
accompagné par V J experiment by Sirius Production
( worck in progress )
Sat, May 16, 2015, 8:00pm
Le Cirque Electrique /Porte Des Lilas
10 Place Du Maquis du vercors,
75020 Paris, France
Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/758348620945895/
May 17, 2015
Workshop mit Andrea Pancur: Klezmer Kapelye, München, Germany, 16-17 May 2015
Andrea Pancur workshop: Klezmer Kapelye
16.05. – 17.05.2015, jeweils 11:00 – 16:00 Uhr
Münchner Volkshochschule – Pasing,
Bäckerstr. 9
81241 München,
Weitere Infos und Anmeldung
Heartland Klezmorim, E. Lansing, MI, 17 May 2015
Sunday, May 17th, 2015, 3 pm.
East Lansing Art Festival
downtown East Lansing
This concert is free.
Millie and the Mentshn, Bellevue, WA, 17 May 2015
Millie and the Mentshn
Present Heavy Mettle: From Shtetl to Tin Pan Alley
(A Multimedia Music Concert)
May 17th, 2015, 4:30 pm
Overlake Park Presbyterian Church
1836 156th Ave NE
Bellevue, WA
Tickets are $10 with all proceeds going to Seattle Against Slavery, available at oppc.brownpapertickets.com
New Yiddish Rep: "Making Stalin Laugh" US Premiere, NYC, 17 May 2015
New Yiddish Rep is presenting the US premiere of “Making Stalin Laugh,” British playwright David Schneider’s dark comedy that details the events leading up to the chilling silencing by Stalin of the revered Yiddish actor Solomon Mikhoels. Directed by Allen Lewis Rickman, the developmental workshop production plays an exclusive two-night engagement:
Sunday and Monday May 17 and 18, both at 7pm
Theatre 80
80 St. Marks Place
East Village, NYC
Tix: $25, visit www.newyiddishrep.org or call 888-596-1027.
The production’s multi-lingual cast includes Israeli television star Gera Sandler (as Mikhoels), and Yelena Shmulenson (“A Serious Man”).
“Making Stalin Laugh” world premiered in London last summer in an English-language production that The Independent called “a fascinating story.” New Yiddish Rep’s revised version will be performed in three languages -- Yiddish and Russian mostly and some English -- in a production that aims for language authenticity in its portrayal of the remarkable theatrical community that thrived (under dubious circumstances of course) as Stalin’s early support of the celebrated Moscow State Yiddish Theatre (GOSET) for propaganda purposes suddenly gave way to something far darker after the defeat of the Nazis and end of World War II.
Dating back to 1921, when the GOSET troupe moved into a theatre a short distance from the Kremlin, Mikhoels and his colorful compatriots shrewdly managed to build a Yiddish theatre that was seen as a jewel of Jewish culture in the Soviet Union. Even though its audiences were mostly gentile, Jews in Russia followed with pride the rising fortunes of GOSET and the growing stature of the internationally acclaimed Mikhoels.
Vent D'Ouest, Alençon, France, 17 May 2015
Vent D'ouest Klezmer Band
Mai 17 2015
Concert dans le cadre de la journée Mondiale de lutte contre l'homophobie à confirmer Alençon (61) France
May 18, 2015
Jubilee Klezmer, Santa Rosa, CA, 18 May 2015
Jubilee Klezmer
Monday, May 18, 12:00noon-1:45pm
Congregation Shomrei Torah,
SANTA ROSA, CA
Part of Friendship Circle for Seniors 55+. Lunch, entertainment, and celebration of Harry Hankin's 100th Birthday. Rsvp by May 13 to 707.528.1182
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Ghost Note Ensemble, Klezmer Mondays at Saul's, Berkeley, CA, 18 May 2015
Ghost Note Ensemble
May 18, 2014, 6-8pm
Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen
1475 Shattuck,
Berkeley, CA
No cover; $10 minimum purchase
(510) 848-3354
3 Leg Torso, Oswego, OR, 18 May 2015
3 Leg Torso
Monday, May 18th, 7 PM
(Doors open at 6 PM)
Lake Theatre & Cafe
106 N. State St.
Lake Oswego, OR
$15.00 / All Ages!
The Lake Theatre holds a special place in the heart of 3 Leg Torso’s violinist and native of Lake Oswego, Béla R. Balogh. As a child, Béla saw his first ever movie at The Lake Theatre, and later in 5th grade, he had his first “date", going to see the film "You Light Up My Life" with a girl who was in the 6th grade. Unfortunately, the next morning, his date broke up with him because he wouldn't kiss her in the theater in front of all her friends.
When 3 Leg Torso performs at the Lake Theatre on Monday, May 18th, it will be another first for Béla and the band: the first time they have ever performed in this inviting and intimate space. It will be good to be back to this place of many formative experiences.
3 Leg Torso is coming “home” to the Lake Theatre on the heels of a regional tour with the Rogue Valley Symphony, who performed symphonic arrangements of the ensemble's repertoire. The shows generated record attendance and opened the ears and eyes of many new fans with unique and inspiring music.
We Look forward to seeing you at the Lake Theatre & Cafe!
New Yiddish Rep: "Making Stalin Laugh" US Premiere, NYC, 18 May 2015
New Yiddish Rep is presenting the US premiere of “Making Stalin Laugh,” British playwright David Schneider’s dark comedy that details the events leading up to the chilling silencing by Stalin of the revered Yiddish actor Solomon Mikhoels. Directed by Allen Lewis Rickman, the developmental workshop production plays an exclusive two-night engagement:
Sunday and Monday May 17 and 18, both at 7pm
Theatre 80
80 St. Marks Place
East Village, NYC
Tix: $25, visit www.newyiddishrep.org or call 888-596-1027.
The production’s multi-lingual cast includes Israeli television star Gera Sandler (as Mikhoels), and Yelena Shmulenson (“A Serious Man”).
“Making Stalin Laugh” world premiered in London last summer in an English-language production that The Independent called “a fascinating story.” New Yiddish Rep’s revised version will be performed in three languages -- Yiddish and Russian mostly and some English -- in a production that aims for language authenticity in its portrayal of the remarkable theatrical community that thrived (under dubious circumstances of course) as Stalin’s early support of the celebrated Moscow State Yiddish Theatre (GOSET) for propaganda purposes suddenly gave way to something far darker after the defeat of the Nazis and end of World War II.
Dating back to 1921, when the GOSET troupe moved into a theatre a short distance from the Kremlin, Mikhoels and his colorful compatriots shrewdly managed to build a Yiddish theatre that was seen as a jewel of Jewish culture in the Soviet Union. Even though its audiences were mostly gentile, Jews in Russia followed with pride the rising fortunes of GOSET and the growing stature of the internationally acclaimed Mikhoels.
May 19, 2015
Sarah and Jeff become Cantors @ NY Klezmer Series, NYC, 19 May 2015
New York Klezmer Series
Music led by Jeff Warschauer & Sarah Myerson, Cantorial Graduation Party!
Tuesday, May 19, 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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Zion80 residency @ Joe's Pub, NYC, 19 May 2015
Jon Madof's Zion80 residency at Joe's Pub
Tues, May 5 - Jun 9, 2015. Doors: 9pm / Show: 9:30pm
Joe's Pub
425 Lafayette Street
New York, NY 10003
Ticket Price: $14.00
Buy Tickets
Zion80 explores Jewish music – from Shlomo Carlebach to John Zorn and everything in between – through the lens of the Afrobeat funk master Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Led by Jon Madof (Rashanim, Matisyahu), the 11-piece band arranges Jewish melodies using the polyrhythmic intensity of Afrobeat, blended with the madness of the Downtown scene. Madof’s most ambitious project to date, Zion80 is blazing hot and tight as a drum. Spiritual, grooving and endlessly exciting, this is essential Jewish music for the 21st century. Zion80's latest CD is Adramelech: John Zorn's Book of Angels volume 22
May 20, 2015
Piyut Workshop, Berkeley, CA, 20 May 2015
JCC East Bay presents:
Piyut: Singing to Shavuot -
learn devotional mizrachi music
Thursday, May 20, 7:30-9:00pm Group learning/Singing with Cantor Sharon Bernstein & Rabbi Dorothy Richman
JCC East Bay
1414 Walnut Street,
Berkeley, CA
London Klezmer Quartet, London, UK, 20 May 2015
20 May 2015, 7.30pm
The Lamb Folk Club,
The Lamb Inn,
36 High Street,
Eastbourne BN21 1HH
Sandaraa, Kingston, NY, 20 May 2015
Eastern Europe Meets South Asia with the Sounds of Sandaraa
May 20, 2015, 8pm (doors open 7pm)
BSP
323 Wall St.
Kingston, NY
A new collaboration fronted by Pakistani singer Zeb Bangash ( Zeb and Haniya), this band of seven award-winning musicians from Lahore and Brooklyn weaves together the music of Eastern Europe and the Balkans with those of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and more. Hear Brooklyn based musicians Michael Winograd, Eylem Basaldi, Patrick Farrell, Yoshie Fruchter, Zoe Guigueno and Richie Barshay together with one of South Asia's most stunning voices.
May 21, 2015
The New York Andalus Ensemble, NYC, 21 May 2015
The New York Andalus Ensemble
May 21, 2015, 7pm
CUNY-Graduate Center, Elebash Recital Hall
365 5th Avenue
NYC
Admission: $13.50 Adults/$10 Students.
Box office: 212-817-1819.
Buy Tickets Online
More info: newyorkandalusensemble.com/gig-alert-052115-cuny-graduate-center-elebash-recital-hall/
Sandaraa, Easthampton, MA, 21 May 2015
Eastern Europe Meets South Asia with the Sounds of Sandaraa
May 21, 2015, 8pm (doors open 7:30pm)
The Flywheel Arts Collective
43 Main Street,
Easthamton, MA
A new collaboration fronted by Pakistani singer Zeb Bangash ( Zeb and Haniya), this band of seven award-winning musicians from Lahore and Brooklyn weaves together the music of Eastern Europe and the Balkans with those of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and more. Hear Brooklyn based musicians Michael Winograd, Eylem Basaldi, Patrick Farrell, Yoshie Fruchter, Zoe Guigueno and Richie Barshay together with one of South Asia's most stunning voices.
May 22, 2015
Sandaraa, Cambridge, MA, 22 May 2015
Eastern Europe Meets South Asia with the Sounds of Sandaraa, with guests Raya Brass Band
May 22, 2015, tbd (this is a change of venue from the originally scheduled location)
Cuisine el Locale
156 Highland Ave,
Somerville, MA
A new collaboration fronted by Pakistani singer Zeb Bangash ( Zeb and Haniya), this band of seven award-winning musicians from Lahore and Brooklyn weaves together the music of Eastern Europe and the Balkans with those of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and more. Hear Brooklyn based musicians Michael Winograd, Eylem Basaldi, Patrick Farrell, Yoshie Fruchter, Zoe Guigueno and Richie Barshay together with one of South Asia's most stunning voices.
May 23, 2015
Heartland Klezmorim @ TAW, Remus, MI, 22-24 May 2015
Heartland Klezmorim & caller Laurie Pietravalle
will present a Klezmer Contra-dance
Sat, May 23, 2015
Wheatland Festival
Remus, Michigan 49340
Further info: www.wheatlandmusic.org/
Sandaraa, Brooklyn, NY, 23 May 2015
Eastern Europe Meets South Asia with the Sounds of Sandaraa
May 23, 2015, 9pm (doors open 8pm)
Littlefield
622 Degraw St,
Brooklyn, NY
A new collaboration fronted by Pakistani singer Zeb Bangash ( Zeb and Haniya), this band of seven award-winning musicians from Lahore and Brooklyn weaves together the music of Eastern Europe and the Balkans with those of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and more. Hear Brooklyn based musicians Michael Winograd, Eylem Basaldi, Patrick Farrell, Yoshie Fruchter, Zoe Guigueno and Richie Barshay together with one of South Asia's most stunning voices.
May 24, 2015
Tavche Gravche @ City Winery Brunch, NYC, 24 May 2015
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 May 24, 2015 features Tavche Gravche.
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
Sandaraa, Philadelphia, PA, 24 May 2015
Eastern Europe Meets South Asia with the Sounds of Sandaraa
May 24, 2015, 8:30pm (doors open 8pm)
Johnny Brenda's
1201 N. Frankford Ave,
Philadelphia, PA
A new collaboration fronted by Pakistani singer Zeb Bangash ( Zeb and Haniya), this band of seven award-winning musicians from Lahore and Brooklyn weaves together the music of Eastern Europe and the Balkans with those of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and more. Hear Brooklyn based musicians Michael Winograd, Eylem Basaldi, Patrick Farrell, Yoshie Fruchter, Zoe Guigueno and Richie Barshay together with one of South Asia's most stunning voices.
May 25, 2015
Sandaraa, Baltimore, MD, 25 May 2015
Eastern Europe Meets South Asia with the Sounds of Sandaraa
May 25, 2015, 9pm (doors open 8pm)
Windup Space (triple bill with The Bellevederes)
12 W North Ave,
Baltimore, MD
A new collaboration fronted by Pakistani singer Zeb Bangash ( Zeb and Haniya), this band of seven award-winning musicians from Lahore and Brooklyn weaves together the music of Eastern Europe and the Balkans with those of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and more. Hear Brooklyn based musicians Michael Winograd, Eylem Basaldi, Patrick Farrell, Yoshie Fruchter, Zoe Guigueno and Richie Barshay together with one of South Asia's most stunning voices.
May 26, 2015
Arnold Hammerschlag Group @ NY Klezmer Series, NYC, 26 May 2015
New York Klezmer Series
Arnold Hammerschlag Group w/Sam Bardfeld, Wil Holshouser
Tuesday, May 26, 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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Yidishe Peña, Mexico City, Mexico, 26 May 2015
Yidishe Peña
Cabaret with Shane Baker and Miryem-Khaye Seigel
Tuesday, May 26, 2015, 7:00 PM
Yiddish Vinkl,
Mexico City, Mexico
More info: tribuna.org.mx
Sandaraa, Washington, DC, 26 May 2015
Eastern Europe Meets South Asia with the Sounds of Sandaraa
May 26, 2015, 9pm (doors open 8pm)
Tropicalia
2001 14th St NW,
Washington, DC
A new collaboration fronted by Pakistani singer Zeb Bangash ( Zeb and Haniya), this band of seven award-winning musicians from Lahore and Brooklyn weaves together the music of Eastern Europe and the Balkans with those of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and more. Hear Brooklyn based musicians Michael Winograd, Eylem Basaldi, Patrick Farrell, Yoshie Fruchter, Zoe Guigueno and Richie Barshay together with one of South Asia's most stunning voices.
Zion80 residency @ Joe's Pub, NYC, 26 May 2015
Jon Madof's Zion80 residency at Joe's Pub
Tues, May 5 - Jun 9, 2015. Doors: 9pm / Show: 9:30pm
Joe's Pub
425 Lafayette Street
New York, NY 10003
Ticket Price: $14.00
Buy Tickets
Zion80 explores Jewish music – from Shlomo Carlebach to John Zorn and everything in between – through the lens of the Afrobeat funk master Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Led by Jon Madof (Rashanim, Matisyahu), the 11-piece band arranges Jewish melodies using the polyrhythmic intensity of Afrobeat, blended with the madness of the Downtown scene. Madof’s most ambitious project to date, Zion80 is blazing hot and tight as a drum. Spiritual, grooving and endlessly exciting, this is essential Jewish music for the 21st century. Zion80's latest CD is Adramelech: John Zorn's Book of Angels volume 22
May 27, 2015
Klezmer Creek @ Klezmer Nights/Gaia's Garden, Santa Rosa, CA, 27 May 2015
Klezmer Creek
Fourth Wednesday Klezmer Nights—performance followed by jam
Wednesday, May 27, 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
May 28, 2015
Duo Doyna CD release, Hamburg, Germany, 28 May 2015
Duo Doyna - CD Release Konzert
Thu, May 28, 2015, 8:30pm
Kulturhaus Eppendorf e.V.
Julius-Reincke-Stieg 13a,
20251 Hamburg, 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: Die berührenden und mitreißenden Klezmer-Melodien, welche über Jahrhunderte hinweg verschmolzen sind mit den Bauerntänzen der ost- und südosteuropäischen Länder, 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).
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May 29, 2015
Workshop mit Andrea Pancur: Jiddisches Lied, Schrems, Austria, 29-31 May 2015
Andrea Pancur workshop: Jiddisches Lied
29.05.-31.05.2015
GEA Akademie – Waldviertler Werkstätten
Niederschremserstr. 4b
A – 3943 Schrems, Austria
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May 30, 2015
Workshop mit Andrea Pancur: Jiddisches Lied, Schrems, Austria, 29-31 May 2015
Andrea Pancur workshop: Jiddisches Lied
29.05.-31.05.2015
GEA Akademie – Waldviertler Werkstätten
Niederschremserstr. 4b
A – 3943 Schrems, Austria
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May 31, 2015
Workshop mit Andrea Pancur: Jiddisches Lied, Schrems, Austria, 29-31 May 2015
Andrea Pancur workshop: Jiddisches Lied
29.05.-31.05.2015
GEA Akademie – Waldviertler Werkstätten
Niederschremserstr. 4b
A – 3943 Schrems, Austria
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Folksbiene: "Makht a tsimes", Freehold, NJ, 31 May 2015
Jewish Museum of Monmouth County presents
The Folksbiene Troupe in “Makht a Tsimes”
In Yiddish with English translation supertitles
Sunday, May 31, 2015 at 2:00 PM
Freehold Jewish Center,
59 Broad Street, Freehold, NJ
Admission: $25, Groups of six or more $20, Students $10
jhmomc.org/site/events
The New York Andalus Ensemble, NYC, 31 May 2015
The New York Andalus Ensemble at Greek Jewish Festival
May 31, 2015, 4pm
Kehila Kedosha Janina
280 Broome St.
NYC
More info: (212) 431-1619
newyorkandalusensemble.com/gig-alert-greek-jewish-festival/
Sharon Bernstein, Berkeley, CA, 31 May 2015
Sharon Bernstein presents a Yiddish folk song cycle, Froyenlibe un Lebn (Women's Lives and Loves)
Sunday, May 31, 4:00pm
Congregation Shaar Zahav
290 Dolores St.
San Francisco, CA
Program also includes Brahms and Faure. Music in the Mishkan series.
Tickets: $20 general / $15 Shaar Zahav members.
More info: 415.861.6932
Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus, NYC, 31 May 2015
From Paris to Peretz: A Musical Tour
Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus (JPPC)
Binyumen Schaechter, Conductor
Featured soloists
Cantor Joel Caplan
Di Shekhter-tekhter (Reyna & Temma)
Sun, May 31, 2015, 4:30pm
Symphony Space,
2537 Broadway (corner 95th Street),
New York City
Tickets: $40, $25; groups of 15 or more: $30, $20
SymphonySpace.org (212) 864-5400
Last year, the JPPC's repertoire was devoted to Yiddish music about America. This year's concert takes you across the ocean, featuring old and new Yiddish songs about Paris, Spain, Poland, Ukraine, Israel and elsewhere, including these songs:
Beltz (in Moldavia)
Rumeynye (Romania)
Varshe (Warsaw)
Vilne (Vilnius)
and
Ba di taykhn fun Bovl (By the Waters of Babylon)
And musical settings of works by I.L. Peretz, the Father of Yiddish Literature:
The cantata Oyb nisht nokh hekher (If Not Higher Still)
And his poem Ale mentshn zaynen brider (All People Are Brothers) inspired by and set to Beethoven's "Ode to Joy"
Oh, and this will be a Beethoven World Premiere - an instrumental section of Beethoven's 9th Symphony newly adapted for chorus!
English translations provided
For info about the JPPC and their concerts, and to get a sample from YouTube videos of their previous concerts, click here: TheJPPC.org
Finzi Mosaique Ensemble au Chinois, Montreuil, France, 31 May 2015
FINZI MOSAIQUE ENSEMBLE au CHINOIS
Thursday, April 16, 8:00pm
Le Chinois
6 place du Marché,
93100 Montreuil,
Ile-De-France, France
8 euros
Duo Doyna CD release, Bremen, Germany, 31 May 2015
Duo Doyna - CD Release Konzert
Sun, May 31, 2015, 5pm
Burg Blomendal
Auestr. 9,
28779 Bremen, 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: Die berührenden und mitreißenden Klezmer-Melodien, welche über Jahrhunderte hinweg verschmolzen sind mit den Bauerntänzen der ost- und südosteuropäischen Länder, 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).
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