Monthly Archives: February 2012

Festivals

YIDDISHKEIT KLEZMER ENSEMBLE at The Flurry Festival

Feb. 17-19
Saratoga Hilton and City Center
534 Broadway
Saratoga Springs, NY

www.flurryfestival.org

The Yiddishkeit Klezmer Ensemble will be:
– performing a concert at the historic folk venue Caffè Lena on Saturday night
(7:45pm-8:30pm)
– presenting an instrumental Klezmer workshop on Sunday early afternoon (noon-12:50pm)
– accompanying a Klezmer dance workshop led by Joe Kurland on Sunday afternoon
(2:15pm-3:30pm)

The Yiddishkeit Klezmer Trio is:
David Tasgal – fiddle, clarinet, cello
Anna Sobel – percussion (poyk, dumbek, tabla), vocals, fiddle
Brian Bender – keyboard, vocals, trombone, melodica
* with special guest Joe Kurland (dance leader)

www.yiddishkeitklezmer.com

Concerts, WHERE: USA_NY

“TWO VOICES, ONE VISION” CONCERT AT JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER

“TWO VOICES, ONE VISION” CONCERT AT JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ON MARCH 15 BLENDS CULTURAL SENSIBILITIES
Thursday March 15 at 7:30pm
at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater, NYC

Two of Israel’s most popular singers — Noa (Achinoam Nini), and Mira Awad,– blend Jewish and Arab musical sensibilities as a gesture of tolerance and understanding in an interesting cross-cultural musical collaboration on Thursday March 15 at 7:30pm at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater. “Two Voices, One Vision,” A Concert of Coexistence, mirrors on stage the work on the ground of The Abraham Fund Initiatives in Israel. The New York and Jerusalem-based domestic advocacy group develops programs, public policies and societal models that promote the cause of a shared society between Israel’s Jewish and Arab citizens.…
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Concerts

Di khumeshlider: les chants du Pentateuque

Dimanche 26 février 2012 à 17h
Théâtre de la Cité Bleue, avenue de Miremont 46, 1206 Genève

Di khumeshlider: les chants du Pentateuque
d’après Itzik Manger
par le LufTeater de Strasbourg, avec Astrid Ruff et Rafaël Goldwaser. Mise en scène:
Sabine Lemler. Musique originale de Jean-Raymond Gélis.

Spectacle joué en yiddish, surtitré en français

Les Chants du Pentateuque sont un ensemble de poèmes inspirés très librement du
premier livre de la Bible. Itzik Manger met en scène les figures essentielles de la
Genèse : Adam et Eve et leurs fils Abel et Caïn, les trois patriarches, Abraham,
Isaac et Jacob les quatre matriarches et bien d’autres…
Itzik Manger n’a pas besoin de “raconter” la Genèse: Tout le monde la connaît! Au
contraire, il brode, fait des allusions, des anachronismes, joue avec les
personnages, les époques, les situations, les mots… Ces procédés créent tout au
long du spectacle des effets comiques irrésistibles.…
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Concerts, WHERE: USA_NY

East Meets East Concert — Ethiopian singer Alula

Forest Hills Jewish Center, March 18, 6 PM
Beta Israel Cultural Foundation Inc. & Baker Dan LLC Present:
Forest Hill Jewish Center
106-06 Queens Boulevard Flushing, NY 11375-4248
(718) 263-7000
www.fhjc.org/

ALULA, Ethiopian-born singer/songwriter
accompanied by ALICIA
SVIGALS, Klezmer Violinist and Band
in
EAST MEETS EAST CONCERT (East Africa Meets Middle East Meets East
Europe)

Building upon his remarkable personal history, Alula weaves an
unforgettable musical journey connecting East African, Middle
Eastern, and Eastern Europe musical traditions, creating a unique,
moving and memorable musical message of connectedness among faiths,
races, and cultures.

THE MUSICIANS

ALULA – Vocals, Guitar, Kirar, Keyboard,
www.alulamusic.com
ALICIA SVIGALS — Violin,
www.aliciasvigals.com
MAC GOLLEHON — Trumpet, Trombone,
www.newbrasscollective.com
ROBERT AARON — Tenor Saxophone, Flute,
www.parisdjs.com/index.php/post/Robert-Aaron-Trouble-Man
EVAN MAZUNIK — Keyboard, Vocals,
www.evanmazunik.com
SAMSON KEBEDE – Bass,
www.soundcloud.com/arkigroove
JOHN METTAM — Drums, Percussion,
www.johnmettam.com
JEMEL ALSTON — Vocals,
http://klezmerbyalicia.c.topica.com/maapznVab7MGfbIFEx6eafpQav/

SUNDAY, MARCH 18h, 2012 at 6PM
FOREST HILLS JEWISH CENTER
106-06 Queens Boulevard, Flushing, NY 11375-4248
Doors Open at 5PM.…
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YouTube

Feidman’s 75th anniversary performance by Moussa Berlin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4xw9y1B9Xs

A few days ago, Moshe (Moussa) Berlin wrote this note:
“Some years ago, when playing the ceremony of 7th of Adar, at the tomb of
Rabi Shimeon in Meron,
There came a rumor that the famous composer and songwriter Naomi Shemer,
become ill. My thought at that time was what can I to help her in that
situation. (Meron is a place where people are praying, crying, asking their
requests for health, livelihood matchmaking etc’.) So I decided to play one
of her songs (Shirat Ha’asabim to words of R’ Nachman), and to combine it
with a Breslaver Nigun.
After I have done it (it was the first time in history that such song was
played in Meron) I was told that one of the Chassidim asked his friend
:”What is that tune?” and he was answered: “Oh, that is un alter nign”.…
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Lectures, WHERE: USA_NY, Yiddish or Folk

The Broder Singers: Forerunners of the Yiddish Theater

Miryem-Khaye Seigel, Librarian, Dorot Jewish Division, New York Public Library, presents
Broder Singers: Forerunners of the Yiddish Theater

Broder singers were the first Yiddish performers to present music and drama in a secular setting beginning in the mid-nineteenth century. This lecture will explore the Broder singers’ history, repertoire, and style, and their relationship to Yiddish theater.

JOSEPH KREMEN MEMORIAL LECTURE • MAX WEINREICH CENTER ACADEMIC LECTURE SERIES
Admission: Free
RSVP: www.yivo.org/reservations
Venue: YIVO Institute at the Center for Jewish History | 15 West 16th Street – NYC