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November 1, 2006

Folksbiene: Di Yam Gazlonim (Pirates of Penzance), NYC, Oct 29 - Nov 12

A fully-staged, off-Broadway FOLKSBIENE THEATRE production of Al Grand's YIDDISH "PIRATES OF PENZANCE" a.k.a. DI YAM GAZLONIM will take place at the JCC in Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Ave. (at 76th St.) from October 29th through November 12, 2006 ( with English and Russian supertitles). To purchase tickets call TICKET CENTRAL at 212-279-4200 or visit their website at www.ticketcentral.com
or Buy at Box Office:
Ticket Central Box Office
416 W 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036
Open Daily 12-8pm

Nov 1
Performances at 2pm, 8pm

November 2, 2006

Folksbiene: Di Yam Gazlonim (Pirates of Penzance), NYC, Oct 29 - Nov 12

A fully-staged, off-Broadway FOLKSBIENE THEATRE production of Al Grand's YIDDISH "PIRATES OF PENZANCE" a.k.a. DI YAM GAZLONIM will take place at the JCC in Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Ave. (at 76th St.) from October 29th through November 12, 2006 ( with English and Russian supertitles). To purchase tickets call TICKET CENTRAL at 212-279-4200 or visit their website at www.ticketcentral.com
or Buy at Box Office:
Ticket Central Box Office
416 W 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036
Open Daily 12-8pm

Nov 2
Performances at 2pm, 8pm

Randy Herman, Alicia Svigals, in benefit for Israeli Children, NYC, Nov 2

BENEFIT CONCERT FOR ISRAELI CHILDREN, FEATURING AMAZING
PIANOMAN RANDY HERMAN AND FRIENDS!

Thursday, November 2nd, 7:30 PM -
"Take a Step for Children in Israel Concert" to benefit Alyn Hospital, Israel's premier rehabilitation
center for physically challenged children. Featuring Randy Herman, "an amazing caffeine-fueled... eclectic pianist-singer songwriter" says the Chicago Reader. After several years as an underground, college-radio artist and studio musician, Randy has recently reconnected with his Jewish roots and dived head-first into Jewish-music territory - and begun a whole new life as a cantorial student at the Jewish Theological Seminary. This truly special concert will feature a 10-piece band of top-notch NYC players, plus special guests fiddle-master and Klezmatics-founder Alicia Svigals, and country-folk duo The Guthries. With Mike Cohen, Stan Schwartz, and outstanding fellow cantorial students Debbie Bletstein and Jen Cohen. A not-too-be-missed event!

Feinberg Auditorium, The Jewish Theological Seminary, 122nd and Broadway.
Tickets 212-678-8839
Hosted by JTS Va'ad Gemilut Hasadim and JTS Israel Va'ad.

November 3, 2006

Kristallnacht commemorated w/music of Sulzer and Lewandowski, NYC, Nov 3

Kristallnacht Commemorated with the Glorious Music of Salomon Sulzer and Louis Lewandowski

Congregation Rodeph Sholom’s Senior Cantor, Rebecca Garfein, and Cantorial Intern, Jennifer Strauss-Klein will commemorate Kristallnacht—the Night of Broken Glass, with the music of renowned Viennese Cantor, Salomon Sulzer and Berlin composer, Louis Lewandowski at 6p.m., Friday, November 3, 2006 during Shabbat services. Guest Cantor, Dr. Bruce Ruben, newly appointed Director of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion’s School of Sacred Music will also participate in this special service. Rodeph Sholom’s Organist, Dr. John Schuder and augmented professional choir, will accompany the cantors. This event is free of charge and the entire community is invited to attend. Rodeph Sholom is located at 7 West 83rd Street (off Central Park West.)

For more information, please call (212) 362-8800, extension 1337.

Born in 1804, Sulzer is credited with being the first to modernize the cantorate and one of the earliest composers to westernize synagogue music. With Sulzer, the title of “Cantor” was born out of a desire to be accepted and understood by 19th century society. In fact, Sulzer was very much a part of modern musical circles. His closest friend and occasional collaborator was composer Franz Schubert. The influence of 19th century music is clearly heard in Sulzer’s synagogue compositions. As a Cantor, Sulzer was very successful at creating a musical bridge between the “old world” and the newly enlightened world.

Throughout Europe, Louis Lewandowski assisted numerous Cantors in his day, the most famous being the celebrated Solomon Sulzer, who also composed for the Austrian and German synagogues. Lewandowski was the first composer to write for synagogues using organ and large choirs.

Cantor Rebecca Garfein, mezzo-soprano, is the Senior Cantor of Congregation Rodeph Sholom in New York City and is the first female Cantor to hold this position in the history of the congregation.

Cantor Garfein has appeared in concerts throughout the United States, Israel and Europe and at Carnegie Hall with Mandy Patinkin and Dr. Ruth Westheimer. Recently she debuted her new album at Carnegie Hall entitled, “Golden Chants in America...Commemorating 350 years of Jewish Music, 1654-2004.” “Golden Chants in America” is the first U.S. recording to feature Jewish music spanning 350 years of life in America. Cantor Garfein’s other solo CD is a live recording from the 1997 Jewish Festival in Berlin entitled, “Sacred Chants of the Contemporary Synagogue.”

A native of Tallahassee, Florida, Cantor Garfein graduated cum laude from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music with a degree in vocal performance and opera. In 1993, she received her Master’s Degree in Sacred Music and Cantorial Investiture from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR).

Cantor Bruce L. Ruben, Ph.D., baritone, is the Director of the School of Sacred Music (SSM) at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR). He has taught Jewish history courses at HUC-JIR and the history of Jewish music at The Julliard School. For the past fifteen years, he has served as an adjunct professor of history at Hunter College, where he has taught courses on World History, Modern Jewish History, and the Holocaust. Since 1982, he has served as the Cantor of Temple Shaaray Tefila in New York City, where he has organized special music programs with professional and volunteer choirs, written as well as commissioned and premiered new works by leading composers, taught adult education courses on the history of Jewish music, history, and liturgy, and developed innovative services for increased congregational participation. He has fostered interfaith relations as a leader in the Yorkville Christian-Jewish Council, and has been active for many years in community activities at a neighborhood senior citizen center.

Originally from La Crosse, Wisconsin, Jennifer Strauss-Klein, soprano, is a third-year cantorial student at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. She received her Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1999, and her Master of Music in Vocal Performance from the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, MD in 2001. Jennifer continued to study at Peabody in the Graduate Performance Diploma program and also attended Baltimore Hebrew University in the Master of Arts in Jewish Studies program, where she won the Sidney Breitbart Prize in Jewish Philosophy. She currently serves as the Cantorial Intern of Congregation Rodeph Sholom in Manhattan. She and her husband Nick Strauss-Klein welcomed a son, Henry, in March 2006.

For more information, please call (212) 362-8800, extension 1337.

Massel-Tov, Giengen an der Brenz, Germany, 3 Nov

band liveMassel-Tov
03.11.06
89537 Giengen an der Brenz
Bürgerhaus Schranne
20.00
Wegbeschreibung unter: www.kleinkunst-in-der-schranne.de/4612.html

November 4, 2006

Yair Dalal, NYC, Nov 4

The American Sephardi Federation Presents
Sounds of Bagdad: A Music Journey with Yair Dalal

A unique performance in the four-day program
Back to Babylon: 2600 Years of Jewish Life in Iraq
Exploring the venerable and multifaceted culture of Iraqi Jewry
November 2-5, 2006
www.americansephardifederation.org

WHEN: Saturday, November 4, 2006 at 7:30 PM
WHERE: Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York City
SUGGESTED DONATION: $20
INFORMATIONS AND RESERVATIONS: 917-606-8200

During the first half of the 20th century, Jews were virtually the only instrumentalists in the Iraqi musical scene. All the musicians from Iraq who attended the first Arabic music congress in Cairo in 1932 were Jewish (but one). With the exile of the Jewish community in the 1950痴, many famous Iraqi Jewish musicians immigrated to Israel.

Their legacy is still strong today, both in the preservation of the traditional Iraqi Maqam, and in its influence on contemporary Israeli music.

Yair Dalal痴 musical program retraces the steps of the great Babylonian musical heritage thorough the sacred songs rooted in the Iraqi Jewish tradition. It will include traditional Sabbath Zemirot, pieces from the Shevahot repertoire (songs of praise performed at communal gatherings), and instrumental classics by Iraqi-Jewish composers like Salah and Daud al-Kuwaiti.

Born in 1955, composer, violinist and oud player Yair Dalal is one of the most prolific Israeli ethnic musicians today. Over the last decade he released nine albums, covering wide and varied cultural territories. His work reflects the strong affinity he has for the desert and its habitants. Dalal痴 family came to Israel from Baghdad and he has included a host of Iraqi traditional musical sources in his work. Whether performing on his own, or with his Alol ensemble, Dalal creates new Middle Eastern music by interweaving the traditions of Iraqi and Jewish Arabic music with a range of influences originating from such diverse cultural milieus as the Balkans and India. Dalal is one of a handful of artists who preserve and sustain the Babylonian musical heritage of the wonderful Jewish Iraqi musicians who emigrated from Iraq to Israel in the 1950s, from whom he learned much of his craft. During the past years, Dalal has collaborated with top musicians from all over the globe, from different disciplines, including celebrated western classical conductor Maestro Zubin Mehta, Jordi Savall and Hesperion XXI, L.Shankar, Hamza el Din, Michel Bismuth, Ken Zuckerman, Armand Aamar, Shlomo Mintz, Maurice el Medioni and Mustafa Raza, Cihar Askin, Ensemble Kaboul, Adel Salameh, The Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kamerata Jerusalem Orchestra, and more. He participates and lectures in the Keshet Elyon Violin workshops, ISME - Music Education, European Network for Traditional Music and Dance, Mendocino Middle East Music Camp, and the Mediterranean Musical Dialogue in Israel.

www.yairdalal.com

Folksbiene: Di Yam Gazlonim (Pirates of Penzance), NYC, Oct 29 - Nov 12

A fully-staged, off-Broadway FOLKSBIENE THEATRE production of Al Grand's YIDDISH "PIRATES OF PENZANCE" a.k.a. DI YAM GAZLONIM will take place at the JCC in Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Ave. (at 76th St.) from October 29th through November 12, 2006 ( with English and Russian supertitles). To purchase tickets call TICKET CENTRAL at 212-279-4200 or visit their website at www.ticketcentral.com
or Buy at Box Office:
Ticket Central Box Office
416 W 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036
Open Daily 12-8pm

Nov 4
Performance at 8pm

Jewish Musicians at the Tudor Court, NYC, Nov 4

Miller Theatre at Columbia University commences the Early Music series with
JEWISH MUSICIANS AT THE TUDOR COURT
England's famed viol ensemble FRETWORK comes to Miller to perform this fascinating program

Saturday, November 4, 8:00PM
with a 7:00PM pre-conceert lecture by Alan G. Stewart, professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University

Single Tickets: $35
Students $21 with valid ID
Columbia University's Miller Theatre is located north of the Main Campus Gate at 116th St & Broadway on the ground floor of Dodge Hall.

"This may be the single most interesting evening of Jewish music in town this fall."—George Robinson, The Jewish Week 9/8/06

From Miller Theatre's Executive Director George Steel, who "has been the champ at parlaying his own enthusiasms for new and early music into artistic success" (New York Magazine): "Our program with Fretwork promises to be startling and ear-opening. That many of the central musicians in one of England's greatest musical royal families were Jewish is a revelation, and this program should do much to rewrite assumptions about the Tudor style."

The scholarly detective work of musicologist Roger Prior has revealed that the majority of the instrumentalists in the Tudor Royal Household were Jewish. Recruited from Italy by Henry VIII, several of the founding families of Tudor court music-the Bassanos, the Comys, and the Lupos-were Spanish and Portuguese Jews who had settled in Italy after the Expulsion of 1492. Energized by Prior's discoveries, George Steel invited Fretwork, described as “the finest viol consort on the planet,” (the UK's Evening Standard), to create a program exploring the extraordinary legacy of these musical pioneers.

Program

Augustine Bassano: Pavan & Galliard No. 1
Heironymus Bassano: Fantasia No. 1 in 5 parts
Joseph Lupo: Pavan in 5 parts
Thomas Lupo: Pavan, Air, and Fantasias, in 3, 4, and 5 parts
Theophilus Lupo: Shows & nightly revels in 2 parts
Philip van Wilder: Fantasia con e senza pause
Leonora Duarte: Two Symphonies in 5 parts; A suite of dances from the 'Lumley Part Books'
Orlando Gough: Birds on Fire, Parts I and II
Heinrich Isaac: La mi la sol
Salmone Rossi 'Ebreo': Simphoniae; Ruggiero

Artists

FRETWORK (Wendy Gillespie, Asako Morikawa, Susanna Pell, Richard Boothby, Richard Campbell, and Richard Tunnicliffe)

Since its London debut in 1986, FRETWORK has given concerts and broadcasts around the world, made numerous highly successful recordings, set new standards in the performance of the great English music for viol consort, and generated a living repertory for the medium. In addition to frequent appearances throughout Western Europe, the group has visited Russia, Lithuania, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and Canada. The group's wide range of repertoire includes In Nomines and Fantasias by Christopher Tye, Thomas Tallis, Robert Parsons, and William Byrd; dance music by Anthony Holborne and John Dowland; grand sonority of six-part consorts; organ works by Orlando Gibbons and William Lawes; and the late flowering of the tradition in the music of Matthew Locke and Henry Purcell. While many of Fretwork's audiences are already familiar with its series of Virgin Classics recordings of works by the great English composers, its repertory includes not only works from 16th Century and 17th Century Flanders, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain, but also entirely new music. One of the most successful ideas of recent years has been the combination of the contemporary with ancient music. Fretwork has worked with the leading singers of all the various types of music they perform, such as Michael Chance, James Bowman, Catherine Bott, Emma Kirkby, Susan Bickley, Paul Agnew, John Potter, and Richard Wistreich.

Hélène Engel, Geneva, Switzerland, Nov 4

...... en SUISSE
....................avec le groupe HOTEGEZUGT

Le 4 Novembre à 20h30
CPO à Lausanne (Centre Pluriculturel et social d'Ouchy)
Beau-Rivage 2 Lausanne
Prix d'entrée: entre 14 et 22 Fs
Réservations: 004121 616 26 72
www.cpo-ouchy.ch

Red Sea Pedestrians, Kalamazoo, MI, Nov 4

The Red Sea Pedestrians are performing at Bells Brewery in Kalamazoo, Michigan on November 4. 9:30pm, $5. Five-piece, ecletic and original klezmer-influenced band from West Michigan.

November 5, 2006

Hélène Engel, Geneva, Switzerland, Nov 5

...... en SUISSE
....................avec le groupe HOTEGEZUGT

Le 5 Novembre à 10h30
Maison du Prieur à Romainmôtier Brunch-Concert
tel: 004122 366 01 53
prix 55 Fs (brunch gastronomique inclus)

Folksbiene: Di Yam Gazlonim (Pirates of Penzance), NYC, Oct 29 - Nov 12

A fully-staged, off-Broadway FOLKSBIENE THEATRE production of Al Grand's YIDDISH "PIRATES OF PENZANCE" a.k.a. DI YAM GAZLONIM will take place at the JCC in Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Ave. (at 76th St.) from October 29th through November 12, 2006 ( with English and Russian supertitles). To purchase tickets call TICKET CENTRAL at 212-279-4200 or visit their website at www.ticketcentral.com
or Buy at Box Office:
Ticket Central Box Office
416 W 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036
Open Daily 12-8pm

Sunday, Nov 5
Performance2 at 2pm, 6pm

SP!EL, London, UK, Nov 5

Sunday 5th November 7pm – 11pm
Miriam Margolyes, Ryan Craig, Oona King, Dan Patterson, David Schneider, Max Reinhardt and more

SP!EL @ the Hampstead Theatre and the new Jewish Community Centre for London
Hampstead Theatre, Eton Avenue Swiss Cottage, NW3 3EU

Price: £12
Book on 0207 722 9301 or online at www.hampsteadtheatre.com

This addition of Spiel, our regular chat show on the best in current Jewish culture, zooms in on funny business and the business of funny. Our host for the evening will be Dan Patterson, creator and producer of Who’s Line is it Anyway. His guests include the actress Miriam Margolyes, Oona King, broadcaster and former MP and Ryan Craig winner of the 2005 Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright.

We will be looking at ‘Caroline or Change’ at the National Theatre. Fresh from its sold out Broadway run, Caroline or Change explores the relationship between a young Jewish boy and his black housekeeper during the civil rights struggle. We will also discuss ‘Sixty-Six’, a new film starring Helena Bonham-Carter about a boy whose bar mitzvah clashes with the 1966 world cup final. We’ll look through a Jewish lens at Sasha Baron-Cohen’s latest offering for the silver screen, ‘Borat: Cultural Learnings of America to make Glorious the Nation of Kazakstan’. Plus David Schneider will give us a sneak preview from his new play, ‘Making Stalin Laugh’.

As always, there will be music in the bar from DJ Max Reinhardt.

Produced by YaD Arts for the Jewish Community Centre
www.hampsteadtheatre.com & www.jewishcommunitycentre.org.uk

Author of "Klezmer: Tales of the Wild East" in book signing!, NYC, Nov 5

Monday, November 5, 2006, 8:00 PM: Joann Sfar, author of KLEZMER: BOOK 1: TALES OF THE WILD EAST (published by First Second Books). Internationally acclaimed graphic novelist Joann Sfar (author of THE RABBI'S CAT) will speak about his newest work, the ongoing saga of a wandering band of Jewish klezmer musicians in pre-World War II Eastern Europe. Following band leader Noah Davidovich and a misfit cast of characters, Sfar brings to mind both Isaac Bashevis Singer and Jewish folk tales with his loose, watercolor style and a dark, violent, but ultimately humanistic story of the itinerant klezmer musicians who performed at celebrations, festivals and cabarets. Fresh from a panel discussion at the 92nd Street Y, Sfar will use the more intimate setting of the McNally Robinson teahouse to answer questions and create conversation about the themes of his work. Free and open to the public. Book signing to follow.

November 6, 2006

Mikveh, Collegedale, TN, Nov 6

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Monday, November 6, Mikveh at Southern Adventist University, Collegedale, TN
www.southern.edu

Supergroup Mikveh features the top women in Klezmer, including renowned Yiddish singer Adrienne Cooper, Klezmatics founder Alicia Svigals on fiddle, charismatic trumpeter Susan Watts of the Hoffman klezmer dynasty, ethnic accordion wizard Lauren Brody and jazz bass phenomenon Nicki Parrott. Together, they rock out with sizzling dance music and riveting Yiddish/English songs, both ancestral and brand new.

November 8, 2006

Folksbiene: Di Yam Gazlonim (Pirates of Penzance), NYC, Oct 29 - Nov 12

A fully-staged, off-Broadway FOLKSBIENE THEATRE production of Al Grand's YIDDISH "PIRATES OF PENZANCE" a.k.a. DI YAM GAZLONIM will take place at the JCC in Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Ave. (at 76th St.) from October 29th through November 12, 2006 ( with English and Russian supertitles). To purchase tickets call TICKET CENTRAL at 212-279-4200 or visit their website at www.ticketcentral.com
or Buy at Box Office:
Ticket Central Box Office
416 W 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036
Open Daily 12-8pm

Wed, Nov 8
Performances at 2pm, 8pm

Deep Minor, NYC, Nov 8

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Featuring: Brandon Seabrook, Reuben Radding, Aaron Alexander, and Alex Kontorovich

Makor, November 8th , 2006: 9:30 PM Concert

(35 West 67th Street).

Tickets are $12. Call 212.415.5500 or visit www.makor.org for more information and online ticket purchase.

About Deep Minor:
Dive into the rambunctious rhythmic grooves and lose yourself in the intimate improvisations of Deep Minor – the latest project of all original compositions from reedman/bandleader Alex Kontorovich. To create this high energy quartet, Kontorovich joins forces with three premiere world jazz musicians: Brandon Seabrook (banjo/guitar/tapes), Reuben Radding (bass), and Aaron Alexander (drums). Mixing funk, Afro-Cuban, klezmer and Balkan influences, Deep Minor is an exciting new group on the New York jazz scene.

About Alex Kontorovich:
Twenty six year-old clarinetist and saxophonist Alex Kontorovich was born in Russia and currently resides in New York City. He has worked alongside musicians such as Frank London, Theodore Bikel, Brad Shepik, Steven Bernstein, David Krakauer, Michael Alpert, Alicia Svigals, and many others. He has performed all over the world at venues such as the Lincoln Center and Birdland in New York; the Royal National Theatre in London; the National Arts Centre in Ottawa; Planet Music in Vienna; the Hackesches Hoftheatre in Berlin; the Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow; and the Beer Festival in Tel Aviv.

Numerous ensembles have requested his talents onstage and in the recording studio, including the National Arts Centre Orchestra; Jamie Begian's Big Band; ska superstar King Django; Serbian brass legend Boban Markovic; DJ SoCalled; and a slew of klezmer and world music groups such as the Klezmatics, Frank London's Klezmer Brass All-Stars, the Klez Dispensers, and Aaron Alexander's Midrash Mish Mosh. Alex is on the faculty of the KlezKamp, KlezKanada, Yiddish Summer Weimar, the Klezmer Heritage Cruise and International Klezmer Festival Furth, and produced a recording of the late legendary Moldavian clarinetist German Goldenshteyn. He is also pursuing a Ph.D. in mathematics at Columbia University.

"... a gem of an alto [sax] solo from up-and-coming horn player Alex Kontorovich." Review of Frank London's Klezmer Brass All-Stars "Carnival Conspiracy", Elliott Simon, All About Jazz NY.

November 9, 2006

Folksbiene: Di Yam Gazlonim (Pirates of Penzance), NYC, Oct 29 - Nov 12

A fully-staged, off-Broadway FOLKSBIENE THEATRE production of Al Grand's YIDDISH "PIRATES OF PENZANCE" a.k.a. DI YAM GAZLONIM will take place at the JCC in Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Ave. (at 76th St.) from October 29th through November 12, 2006 ( with English and Russian supertitles). To purchase tickets call TICKET CENTRAL at 212-279-4200 or visit their website at www.ticketcentral.com
or Buy at Box Office:
Ticket Central Box Office
416 W 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036
Open Daily 12-8pm

Thu, Nov 9
Performances at 2pm, 8pm

Massel-Tov, Straubing, Germany, 9 Nov

band liveMassel-Tov
09.11.06
94315 Straubing
Christuskirche
Pestalozzistr. 2
20.00
T. 09421 – 911910

November 10, 2006

JMF: on Miriam Gideon, NYC, Nov 10

THE JEWISH MUSIC FORUM 2006-2007
MUSIC, MEDIA AND MEMORY IN JEWISH LIFE

November 10, 2006 10:30AM-12:30PM
Composing Herself: Finding Miriam Gideon in Her 1958 Opera Fortunato
Lecture Performance and Panel Discussion
Stephanie Jensen-Moulton, CUNY Graduate Center
Panel discussion: Prof. Ellie Hisama, Columbia University, Prof. Bruce Saylor, CUNY Graduate Center, and Cantor Charles Osborne.

All seminars take place at 10:30 a.m. at the Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street, NYC

Event is free and open to the public.
www.jewishmusicforum.org

November 11, 2006

Kolevi Ensemble, Lakewood, OH, Nov 11

INSIDE World Music presents:
Balkan Voices: THE KOLEVI ENSEMBLE
Traditional Instrumental and Vocal Music from Bulgaria

** Saturday, November 11th, 2006 8 PM **
** Concert and Dance Party **

** Bulgarian Singing and Instrumental Workshops Saturday, November 11, 3:00 PM **
** Bulgarian Dance Workshop Friday, November 10,7:30 PM **

Beck Center for the Arts
17801 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, OH 44107

Call 216-521-2540 for tickets.
Advance tickets are $17 for adults and $12 for students (tickets are $20 at the door). To order tickets, call the Beck Center at 216-521-2540.

INSIDE World Music and the Beck Center for the Arts continue their 2006-2007 season of World Music events with the KOLEVI ENSEMBLE from Bulgaria live in a concert and dance party in the Beck Center痴 Armory Recital Hall on Saturday, November 11th. A Bulgarian national treasure transported to the U.S, the Kolevi Ensemble is led by Bulgarian virtuoso gadulka (folk fiddle) player Nikolai Kolev, and features the stunning singing of Donka Koleva and her daughter Maria. The smoky-warm sound of Valeri Georgiev痴 kaval (folk flute) and Stoyan Kostov痴 glittering tambura (lute) playing round out the group. Hypnotic and powerful, their music is a unique blend of east and west -- dizzying meters and tempos, surprising harmonies, and songs alive with the pain and joy of life in Bulgaria. [More about the artists and their instruments below.] A dance party with live music by the Kolevi Ensemble and Bulgarian-style refreshments follows the concert.

*** WORKSHOPS IN BULGARIAN SINGING, MUSIC AND DANCE ***:
Learn to sing and play like a Bulgarian! Donka Koleva will conduct a workshop in Bulgarian singing on Saturday November 11 at 3:00 PM. Instrumental workshops in playing Bulgarian tambura, kaval and gadulka will also be offered. All members of the Kolevi are experienced teachers. Advanced registration is required.

Learn Bulgarian dances! Larry Weiner, of this country痴 foremost experts in traditional Balkan dance will conduct a workshop in Bulgarian dance the night before the concert, on Friday, November 10 at 7:30 PM in the Beck Center Armory Recital Hall. Bulgarian music is famous for its complex rhythms such as 5/16, 7/16 and 11/16; learn how to move to them!

The cost of the workshops is $15. To register for the workshops call the Beck Center at (216) 521-2540.

The Beck Center for the Arts is located just 10 minutes west of downtown Cleveland at 17801 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, OH 44107. Convenient onsite parking.

INSIDE World Music is presented with the support of the Plain Dealer

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THE KOLEVI ENSEMBLE: More about the artists

DONKA and NIKOLAI KOLEV, are graduates of the Shiroka Luka Music School as well as former members of the Bulgarian State Folk Ensemble "Sliven". In 1992 Nikolai Kolev founded the prize-winning ensemble "Balkanski Glasove". A collector and arranger of original songs from Bulgarian villages, Nikolai has accompanied many famous Bulgarian singers. Since coming to the United States, the Kolevi ensemble has been enthusiastically received in workshops and concerts on the east and west coasts of the U.S. as they have presented the rich musical heritage of the homeland in the Rose Valley of central Bulgaria. The group received a flood of invitations to national festivals throughout the world following their first place award winning performance at the Bulgarian national folk festival in Varna. Singer Donka Koleva, is a native of the village of Tuzla in Stara Zagora in Bulgarian Thrace. She graduated from the musical folklore school in Shiroka Luka and performed for 3 years with the Sliven Folk Dance and Music Ensemble. She was the director of the Folk Song Chorus of Sopot, and has participated in many singing competitions throughout Europe. In 1994, Donka started recording with the National Radio and Television in Bulgaria. In 1997, her recording of "Javore" was song of the year. As a teacher, she is sought-after for her careful technique, gorgeous voice and iron fist. At just 22 years of age MARIA KOLEVA is a fine singer in her own right. She returned to Bulgaria in 2005 to record her own CD of Thracian folk songs which has been received enthusiastically by fans of Balkan music in the United States and Europe.

Kaval player VALERI GEORGIEV is from the Bulgarian Danube town of Ruse. He studied kaval (Bulgarian flute) in Kotel and graduated from the Plovdiv Conservatory with a degree in folk-ensemble conducting. He performed in the Plovdiv-based ensemble Puldin, then later directed the folk-theatrical group Najden Kirov and performed with Orkestur 滴oro� in Ruse. Valeri was the composer for the theater piece 敵eracite� and has arranged many folk songs and instumental melodies. He has accompanied many famous singers, including Kalinka Vulcheva, Yanka Rupkina, Vesela and Lyuben Bojkovi and Kremena Stancheva.

STOYAN KOSTOV has been playing Bulgarian tambura for 35 years. He graduated from the folk music school in Kotel and the Plovdiv Academy of Music and Dance. He performed with the Ensemble 典rakiya� in Plovdiv. Stoyan played tambura with the Harmanliska Troika and guitar with the Ograzhden ensemble in Sandanski, where he also directed the 哲. Vaptsarov� Folk Ensemble.

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ABOUT THE INSTRUMENTS:
The GADULKA is a traditional Bulgarian fiddle with 3 melody strings that are bowed and 10 to 12 sympathetic strings underneath the main strings. The sympathetic strings are not fingered but vibrate on harmonics, giving a rich texture and shimmering quality to the sound. The gadulka is probably the most popular and also most ancient folk instrument in Bulgaria today. Although loud and resonant, its distinctive Slavic voice is warm and soothing.

The KAVAL, a rim-blown wooden flute, is the most commonly used wind instrument in Bulgaria. It has a reputation as a soft and tender instrument and is often referred to in Bulgarian as meden kaval (塗oneyed kaval�). Kaval players are able to sound two octaves simultaneously which the lower register a smoky, warm, almost growl-like quality. The instrument has seven holes at the front and one at the back and four extra little holes near the lower end. These small holes are very important for the intensity of the sound and the timbre. These extra holes are called dushnitsi or dyavolski dupli ("devil's holes"). A legends says the devil stole a sleeping shepherd痴 kaval. Intending to destroy the instrument the devil drilled four little holes in it. Instead of destroying it, the kaval sounded even better. The shepherd played the kaval and defeated the devil. In any case, the flexibility and wide range of timbres available on the instrument have made it a favorite instrument in folk-inspired jazz and fusion groups as well as traditional ensembles.

The Bulgarian TAMBURA is a fretted, long-necked lute with four courses of wire strings, tuned to E, B, G and D. Similar to other stringed instruments found in the Balkans and Eastern Europe such as the Croatian and Serbian tamburica and the Greek bouzouki, it has its own distinctive sound and intricate technique. The Bulgarian tambura is used both for accompaniment and as a solo melody instrument.

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About the Dance Teacher:
Larry Weiner is one of this country痴 foremost experts in traditional dance, music and customs of the Balkan Peninsula. He has made numerous field trips to the former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Italy, Hungary and Greece to record and film folk music and dance as living social traditions. Both a superb teacher and excellent dancer, he has a knack of making seemingly complex dances and rhythms accessible and fun for dancers at all experience levels. As he says, "It's not how you do the dance, but how you feel when you do the dance that counts." A dance teacher dance since 1964, he frequently teaches at metro-DC-area music and dance festivals, has conducted folk culture programs for the US State Department, and has presented seminars at the North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance痴 annual conference. Larry has taught at dance camps throughout the United States including both East and West Coast Balkan Music camps, KlezKamp, Stockton Folk Dance Camp, and the Mendocino Folklore Camp. Larry also plays the tapan (the traditional big drum found in the Balkans) in several metro DC area bands, and has served as co-director with Margaret Loomis for the Old World Music and Dance Camps.

Folksbiene: Di Yam Gazlonim (Pirates of Penzance), NYC, Oct 29 - Nov 12

A fully-staged, off-Broadway FOLKSBIENE THEATRE production of Al Grand's YIDDISH "PIRATES OF PENZANCE" a.k.a. DI YAM GAZLONIM will take place at the JCC in Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Ave. (at 76th St.) from October 29th through November 12, 2006 ( with English and Russian supertitles). To purchase tickets call TICKET CENTRAL at 212-279-4200 or visit their website at www.ticketcentral.com
or Buy at Box Office:
Ticket Central Box Office
416 W 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036
Open Daily 12-8pm

Sat., Nov 11
Performance at 8pm

Massel-Tov, Bamberg, Germany, 11 Nov

band liveMassel-Tov
11.11.06
96049 Bamberg
Jazzclub
Obere Sandstr. 18
20.00h
T. 0951-53740 oder 55225
www.jazzclub-bamberg.de

November 12, 2006

The Art of Synagogue Music, NYC, Nov 12-14

logoReclaiming American Judaism's Lost Legacy:
The Art of Synagogue Music

Click here for information and to register.

American Society for Jewish Music
Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street
NY, NY 10011
Phone: 212-294-8328

Judith Cohen & Tamar Cohen Adams, Toronto, CA, Nov 12

For anyone who will be in Toronto this weekend, please join us for a concert/lecture/demonstration/participatory dance session, featuring Judith Cohen and Tamar Cohen Adams, Sunday Nov. 12. Topics covered will range from Sephardic to flamenco and even some international folk dance with music courtesy of Judith and Tamar. This event is co-sponsored by the Performing Arts Educators of Canada and the Ontario Folk Dance Association and is free to all participants. For further information please visit www.ofda.ca.

Turning Pointe Academy of Dance,
105 Vanderhoof in Toronto
(South of Eglinton between Don Mills and Bayview, off Laird Drive)
1:00-2:30 pm

Folksbiene: Di Yam Gazlonim (Pirates of Penzance), NYC, Oct 29 - Nov 12

A fully-staged, off-Broadway FOLKSBIENE THEATRE production of Al Grand's YIDDISH "PIRATES OF PENZANCE" a.k.a. DI YAM GAZLONIM will take place at the JCC in Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Ave. (at 76th St.) from October 29th through November 12, 2006 ( with English and Russian supertitles). To purchase tickets call TICKET CENTRAL at 212-279-4200 or visit their website at www.ticketcentral.com
or Buy at Box Office:
Ticket Central Box Office
416 W 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036
Open Daily 12-8pm

Sunday, Nov 12
Performance2 at 2pm, 6pm

Shirim, Wellesley, MA, Nov 12

Shirim has a concert coming up Nov. 12, 3:00 at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 79 Denton Rd., Wellesley, MA as a part of the St. Andrew's Performing Arts Series.. Tickets are $20, $10 for seniors, $5 for students. Call (781) 235-7310 or go to www.sapas.org for more information. We have some new pieces we are playing, the concert keeps evolving. We are doing a suite of Jewish-influenced music by Artie Shaw which rocks.

Klezmer Jam, Brookline, MA, Nov 12

Klezmer Jam is November 12
Workmen's Circle building, 1762 Beacon St., Brookline
7:00 - 9:00pm
Come enjoy the wonderful legacy of Klezmer music in an informal and friendly atmosphere. We play from music, available at the jam. We have a variety of instruments, and welcome players at all levels. Keyboardists should bring electric keyboards if possible.

"Just for a Day" w/The Leevees & Guster, Los Angeles, CA, Nov 12

event posterJUST FOR A DAY
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12th
1,000+ COLLEGE STUDENTS TO VOLUNTEER THROUGHOUT LOS ANGELES CULMINATING IN EXCLUSIVE GUSTER CONCERT

More than 1,000 college students will hit the streets and beaches of Los Angeles on Sunday, November 12th, when Hillel launches JUST FOR A DAY, a free, one-day social justice and community service event. The event will culminate in an exclusive concert produced by JDub Records at the Henry Fonda Theater featuring Guster (Reprise) with special guests The LeeVees (Reprise/JDub Records).

www.justforaday.org

November 13, 2006

The Art of Synagogue Music, NYC, Nov 12-14

logoReclaiming American Judaism's Lost Legacy:
The Art of Synagogue Music

Click here for information and to register.

American Society for Jewish Music
Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street
NY, NY 10011
Phone: 212-294-8328

Beta Esketa Ethiopian dancers, New Britain, Connecticut, Nov 13-14

BETA Eskesta Dance Troupe and Dance School

Eskesta Shoulder Dancing of Ethiopian Jewry, Tradition and Innovation

The Beta Eskesta dancers will be performing in the Hartford, CT area on
November 13-14. To learn more about these wonderful dancers, please go to
www.beta-eskesta.com . There will be two
performances on November 13. The first will be held at Manchester Community College at
2:00 pm. The second performance will be held at Trinity College in Hartford
at 7:30 pm. The November 14 performance will be held at Central Connecticut
State University in New Britain at a time to still be determined. All
performances are FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

Massel-Tov, Ismaning, Germany, 13 Nov

band liveMassel-Tov
13.11.06
85737 Ismaning
Jan's Bistro – Jazz am Montag
Kirchplatz 4
20.00
T. 089 - 965425

November 14, 2006

The Art of Synagogue Music, NYC, Nov 12-14

logoReclaiming American Judaism's Lost Legacy:
The Art of Synagogue Music

Click here for information and to register.

American Society for Jewish Music
Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street
NY, NY 10011
Phone: 212-294-8328

Beta Esketa Ethiopian dancers, Connecticut, Nov 13-14

BETA Eskesta Dance Troupe and Dance School

Eskesta Shoulder Dancing of Ethiopian Jewry, Tradition and Innovation

The Beta Eskesta dancers will be performing in the Hartford, CT area on
November 13-14. To learn more about these wonderful dancers, please go to
www.beta-eskesta.com . There will be two
performances on November 13. The first will be held at Manchester Community College at
2:00 pm. The second performance will be held at Trinity College in Hartford
at 7:30 pm. The November 14 performance will be held at Central Connecticut
State University, Davidson Hall, in New Britain at 7pm. All
performances are FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

November 16, 2006

Massel-Tov, Steinebach, Germany, 16 Nov

band liveMassel-Tov
16.11.06
82237 Steinebach
Raabe's Wirtshausbrettl
Weßlingerstr. 1
20.30h, T. 08152-6446

November 17, 2006

Judith Cohen in Afghan Children's benefit, Toronto, Canada, Nov 17

Tonight is "Happy birthday Mullah Nasruddin", a benefit for Afghan children's literacy (nnd including Afghan nibbles, I'm told.) I'll be singing and also telling Djohá stories in Judeo-Spanish; Georges Sawa and his gorup will be playing, members of the Toronto Storytelling School will be telling Nasruddin stories, the Bierdos are on the programme (no idea), and there is a short "happy birthday Mullah Nasruddin" film. It's at the Yoga Sanctuary in Toronto, downtown, 2 College Street, above the Starbucks at College & Yonge, 8 pm-11 pm. Oh, I'll also be calling the audience in from the Milling Around part of the evening by playing three-holed pipe and tabor.

To communicate the stories of the Sephardic ballads I've chosen - trickster themes to reflect the Djohá / Nasruddin theme of the evening , I will be using my new ,"POWERofPOINTing" presentation, which features my utter, abysmal lack of drawing ability mediated by the high tech of newsprint paper and cheap magic markers.
Judith Cohen

Massel-Tov, Diessen a. Ammerse, Germany, 17 Nov

band liveMassel-Tov
17.11.06
82911 Diessen a. Ammersee
Kunst im Kirchsteig
Am Kirchsteig 30
20.00
08807-928162
www.kunstimkirchsteig.de

TUBAPALOOZA Part Sept (7), Brooklyn, NY, Nov 17

Here's the lineup for TUBAPALOOZA.

Ron Caswell's Tubapalooza Part Sept (7)
Friday, November 17th 2006
@ Zebulon
258 Wythe Ave (betwixed Metropolitan Ave & N. 3rd)
Brooklyn, NY 11211
718.218.6934
zebuloncafeconcert.com

November 18, 2006

20. Juedische Kulturtage Muenchen, Bavaria, Germany, Nov 18 - 29

festival logo20. Juedische Kulturtage Muenchen
November 18.-29.

Gesellschaft zur Foerderung juedischer Kultur und Tradition Muenchen
0049 + 89 22 12 53
www.juedischekulturmuenchen.de

Alicia Svigals' Klezmer Fiddle Express w/Magda Fishman, White Plains, NY, Nov 18

svigals singing Alicia Svigal's Klezmer Fiddle Express with guest vocalist Magda Fishman
November 18
at Memorial United Methodist Church
250 Bryant Ave.
White Plains
in Asbury Hall (downstairs).
Directions at www.memorialmethodist.org.

Violinist Alicia Svigals, considered by many to be the world's leading klezmer fiddler, founded Jewish roots band the Klezmatics and her current group, the all-female Mikveh. As a musician and composer, she's worked with Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, the Ben Folds Five, playwrights Tony Kushner (Angels in America) and Eve Ensler (the Vagina Monologues), poet Allen Ginsburg, violinist Itzhak Perlman, the Kronos Quartet, Jewish spiritual singer/songwriter Debbie Friedman, cantor Avraham Fried and many others. She has appeared on David Letterman, MTV, Good Morning America, PBS' Great Performances, and NPR's Prairie Home Companion, Weekend Edition and New Sounds. Her solo album Fidl is the world's first klezmer violin CD. She loves to play weddings and bat/bar mitzvahs and can be reached at her website: www.aliciasvigals.com. "...violin playing with depth and urgency..." L.A. Times

Yiddishe Cup, Ann Arbor, MI, Nov 18

band photoYiddishe Cup Nov. 18 7 p.m. Beth Israel Cong. Ann Arbor, Mich. synagogue anniversary.

Klezmania, N. Fitzroy, Australia, Nov 18

band photoKlezmania
The Boite Music Café
Saturday, November 18 8:00pm
One of our favourite venues. Intimate. Yummy snacks and drinks... This Music Cafe is run by a terrific team of people totally committed to the folk music from all cultures. They present artists dedicated to their music and attract crowds just as dedicated to listening. It's always a pleasure to perform to such crowds.

1 Mark St.
North Fitzroy 3068
No bookings taken
Arrive early to avoid disappointment

Melways Reference: page 30, C12
Price: $15 full, $10 concession, $5 children under 16

November 19, 2006

20. Juedische Kulturtage Muenchen, Bavaria, Germany, Nov 18 - 29

festival logo20. Juedische Kulturtage Muenchen
November 18.-29.

Gesellschaft zur Foerderung juedischer Kultur und Tradition Muenchen
0049 + 89 22 12 53
www.juedischekulturmuenchen.de

Klezphonics, Great Barrington, MA, Nov 19

Klezphonics Concert
Sunday November 19th
3 pm Barrington Public Library

Don't miss this special homecoming concert for the Klezphonics,
the Klezmer band that started in Barrington 7 years ago.
This will be the Klezphonics first public concert in Barrington.
This is a free concert. Barrington residents Bob Tiefeld, Gerry
Glaser, and Marc Adler join Amy Olson and Christina Crowder to
bring their program of "infectious, lively, and rollicking music"
to town.

Ensemble DRAj, Bielefeld-Bethel, Germany, Nov 19

band publicity photoEnsemble DRAj
Am 19. November 2006 treten wir um 20.00 h in der Zionskirche in Bielefeld-Bethel auf.

Radio Gagarin, London, UK, Nov 19

Sunday 19th November 6pm – 1am
Radio Gagarin: Experiments in Sunday Socialism
Notting Hill Arts Club, 21 Notting Hill Gate, London W12
6pm – 1a.m. £5.

After a run of successive roadblocks, Radio Gagarin is back with the latest in a series of regular Gypsy Balkan Russian Klezmer mash-ups at the NHAC.

The Commissar continues to pledge exclusive new music from your hosts the Gagarin Allstars, plus special guests, performance from Friends of Gagarin, Marxist-Leninist alienation from art/animation/video installations for the Proletariat from state artists Adrian Philpott & Cathy Gale; frozen vodka & rakiya galore and resident DKs (Dancefloor Komissars) Max Reinhardt & Misha Maltsev sweating it out in the Gypsy Diskoteka til’ the road of excess has led us to the place of wisdom. Early evening come to feed your soul with autumnal home-cookin in the Kitschen and take a rest from your fight for Revolutionary Determinism for a few moments in the Kinodrom with new and classic shorts from Eastern Europe.

Co-Produced by Adrian Philpott/ Oi Va Voi / Taskovski Films / YaD Arts / Ziggurat.
www.yadarts.com

November 20, 2006

20. Juedische Kulturtage Muenchen, Bavaria, Germany, Nov 18 - 29

festival logo20. Juedische Kulturtage Muenchen
November 18.-29.

Gesellschaft zur Foerderung juedischer Kultur und Tradition Muenchen
0049 + 89 22 12 53
www.juedischekulturmuenchen.de

Gala Benefit for the Congress for Jewish Culture, NYC, Nov 20

Gala Benefit for the Congress for Jewish Culture honoring Mina Bern, Shifra Lerer and David Rogow

Lucille Lortel Theatre
121 Christopher Street
(Bleecker/Hudson)
New York, New York 10014

Mon., Nov. 20, 2006
7 PM, $36
Tickets: TicketCentral.com (212) 279-4200

Appearing in the program will be MIKE BURSTYN, ELEANOR REISSA, HY WOLFE, ZALMEN MLOTEK, MICHAEL BARAN and SHANE BAKER. See video and film clips of the actors' work, hear about their achievements on the Yiddish stage, and enjoy a one of a kind artistic program, all in Yiddish!

Fidlkapelye in "Green Violin", Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Nov 20-22

Di Fidl Kapelye in Theaterstuk "Green Violin" 20-21-22 november

Hallo allemaal,

Deze maand neemt klezmerorkest Di Fidl Kapelye deel aan de musical Green Violin, over de kunstenaar Chagall. Dit internationale project is te aanschouwen op ma 20, di 21 en woe 22 november in Cristofori te Amsterdam om 20u.

Reserveren voor Green Violin via het Joods Historisch Museum www.jhm.nl, via www.joodsmuziekfestival.nl of via het AUB tel 0900-0191

Locatie: Cristofori, Prinsengracht 581-583, Amsterdam / Kosten: ? 20; vrienden van het JHM ? 15 (op vertoon van vriendenpas).

Giora Feidman, Paris, France, 20 Nov

band liveMassel-Tov Trio
10.12.06
86875 Waal
"Deutsches Haus"—Musikalisch-Literarische Gaststätte
Ritter-v.-Herkomer-Str. 31
20.00h
T. 08246-1040

November 21, 2006

20. Juedische Kulturtage Muenchen, Bavaria, Germany, Nov 18 - 29

festival logo20. Juedische Kulturtage Muenchen
November 18.-29.

Gesellschaft zur Foerderung juedischer Kultur und Tradition Muenchen
0049 + 89 22 12 53
www.juedischekulturmuenchen.de

Greg Wall and the Yiddish Swingtet, Morristown, NJ, Nov 21

Tuesday, November 21, 7:30 pm
Bickford Theater, Morris Museum, Morristown
$22 JCC Members/Students/Seniors; $25 General Public

New Jersey Jewish Music Festival Presents
Greg Wall and the Yiddish Swingtet
featuring:

Susan Watts - trumpet & vocals
Joanne Borts - vocals
Art Bailey - piano
Brian Glassman - bass
Aaron Alexander - drums
Greg Wall - clarinet, saxophones


Back in the 1930s, one of the most popular radio programs was Yiddish
Melodies in Swing on New York's WHN. Yiddish Melodies in Swing lasted
nearly two decades, outliving swing, the golden age of radio, and the
popularity of Yiddish culture itself. The program's orchestra, led by
Sam Medoff, and featuring Dave Tarras, The Barry Sisters, and Jan
Bart, among others, was a pioneer in the mingling of old and new
sounds. In Return of the Yiddish Swingtette, today's top performers,
including Aaron Alexander, Art Bailey, Joanne Borts, Greg Wall and
others, recreate the swinging sounds of the historic radio show.

Metropolitan Klezmer, NYC, Nov 21

band photoMetropolitan Klezmer
Tuesday, November 21
Nuyorican Poets Cafe
"Women Take the Bandstand" series
Metropolitan Klezmer two sets with special guests Reut Regev, trombone; Christina Crowder, accordion
236 East 3rd Street (btw Avenues B&C), NYC
Info: 212-505-8183 or www.nuyorican.org

Fidlkapelye in "Green Violin", Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Nov 20-22

Di Fidl Kapelye in Theaterstuk "Green Violin" 20-21-22 november

Hallo allemaal,

Deze maand neemt klezmerorkest Di Fidl Kapelye deel aan de musical Green Violin, over de kunstenaar Chagall. Dit internationale project is te aanschouwen op ma 20, di 21 en woe 22 november in Cristofori te Amsterdam om 20u.

Reserveren voor Green Violin via het Joods Historisch Museum www.jhm.nl, via www.joodsmuziekfestival.nl of via het AUB tel 0900-0191

Locatie: Cristofori, Prinsengracht 581-583, Amsterdam / Kosten: ? 20; vrienden van het JHM ? 15 (op vertoon van vriendenpas).

Strauss-Warschauer Duo, Berlin, Germany, Nov 21

We'll be performing in Berlin this coming Tuesday evening, November 21, and in Karlsruhe this Thursday evening, November 23. Information (in German) below. See you there!

The Strauss/Warschauer Duo in Berlin:

Dienstag, 21. November 2006, 21 Uhr

Ort: Maschinenhaus in der Kulturbauerei, Knaackstr. 97
Eintritt: VVK: 12,- Euro (zzgl. VVG) // AK: 15,- Euro
Karten unter: 030 – 44 31 51 51
Beginn: 21 Uhr

The Strauss/Warschauer Duo

Eben klagt und weint sie noch - und im nächsten Moment hüpft sie fröhlich davon und rennt, getrieben von purer Lebensfreude, immer schneller, die Violine von Deborah Strauss, gefolgt von der federleichtfüssigen Gitarre Jeff Warschauers. Die Musiker aus Brooklyn sind - konzertant und pädagogisch - Koryphäen in Sachen Klezmer und Yiddish Music. Sie waren Mitglieder der Klezmer Conservatory Band und haben mit Itzhak Perlman musiziert. Manche Lieder dieser wunderbaren, leisen CD singt Jeff Warschauer, der auch begnadeter Mandolinist ist, alleine - mit hellem traurig-frohen Tenor. Wenn Deborah Strauss singt, dann ist es filigran, behutsam, hört bei Duettpassagen genau auf ihren Partner hörend. Aber kaum sind Tränen und Schwermut von den Saiten gewischt, tanzen die Instrumente - wie beiläufig aus dem Handgelenk geschüttelt, hochvirtuos.

Das Strauss/Warschauer Duo
Deborah Strauss, Violine, Akkordeon, Gesang
Jeff Warschauer, Gitarre, Mandoline, Gesang

Deborah Strauss und Jeff Warschauer sind zwei der erstaunlichsten und populärsten Künstler und Lehrer der internationalen Musikszene des Klezmer. Sie waren beide Mitglieder des Conservatorybandes Klezmer und konzertierten u. a. mit dem berühmten Geiger Itzhak Perlman. テœberwältigende Erfolge feierte das Duo u. a. beim Philadelphia Folk Festival, dem internationalen Yiddish Festival Amsterdam, dem Jüdischen Kulturfestival in Krakau, dem Festival Ashkenaz in Toronto und dem Theater Folksbiene Yiddish in New York. Sie leiten Workshops und Kurse in Nordamerika und Europa.
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November 22, 2006

20. Juedische Kulturtage Muenchen, Bavaria, Germany, Nov 18 - 29

festival logo20. Juedische Kulturtage Muenchen
November 18.-29.

Gesellschaft zur Foerderung juedischer Kultur und Tradition Muenchen
0049 + 89 22 12 53
www.juedischekulturmuenchen.de

Fidlkapelye in "Green Violin", Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Nov 20-22

Di Fidl Kapelye in Theaterstuk "Green Violin" 20-21-22 november

Hallo allemaal,

Deze maand neemt klezmerorkest Di Fidl Kapelye deel aan de musical Green Violin, over de kunstenaar Chagall. Dit internationale project is te aanschouwen op ma 20, di 21 en woe 22 november in Cristofori te Amsterdam om 20u.

Reserveren voor Green Violin via het Joods Historisch Museum www.jhm.nl, via www.joodsmuziekfestival.nl of via het AUB tel 0900-0191

Locatie: Cristofori, Prinsengracht 581-583, Amsterdam / Kosten: ? 20; vrienden van het JHM ? 15 (op vertoon van vriendenpas).

November 23, 2006

20. Juedische Kulturtage Muenchen, Bavaria, Germany, Nov 18 - 29

festival logo20. Juedische Kulturtage Muenchen
November 18.-29.

Gesellschaft zur Foerderung juedischer Kultur und Tradition Muenchen
0049 + 89 22 12 53
www.juedischekulturmuenchen.de

Theresa Tova, Amsterdam Jazz Fest, the Netherlands, Nov 23

Theresa TovaTheresa Tova headlines the Amsterdam International Jewish
music festival Cristofori, Prinsengracht 581-583.

November 23rd Tova with Canadian Jazz piano great Mark Eisenman and Dutch violinist Monique Lansdorp perform Tova's one woman version of her award winning musical STILL THE NIGHT. A story of courage and heroism as only women could tell.

November 26th Tova closes the festival with a concert featuring Tova's critically acclaimed new CD YOU ASK ME WHY TOVA SINGS BEYLE, an homage to NY poet and NEA award winning composer Beyle Schaechter Gottesman

YOU ASK ME WHY is on CFBX TOP TEN JAZZ ALBUMS
www.joodsmuziekfestival.nl

Strauss-Warschauer Duo, Karlsruhe, Germany, Nov 23

Strauss-Warschauer Duo
23. November 20.00 Uhr im Gartensaal
1933 lebten 3.358 Juden in Karlsruhe. Über tausend fanden zwischen 1933 und 1945 den Tod. Auf Initiative des Stadtarchivs Karlsruhe und von diesem betreut, nähern sich Bürgerinnen und Bürger der Stadt dem Lebenslauf eines der ermordeten Menschen, indem sie Spuren seines Lebens suchen und schliesslich seine Biographie verfassen. Jede fertig gestellte Biographie wird mit dem Namen der Verfasserin und des Verfassers in ein Gedenkbuch eingefügt. Durch diese Biographien erfährt man nicht nur etwas über den Leidensweg der Opfer, sondern auch vieles über das Leben in Karlsruhe zu der damaligen Zeit. Wir werden einige dieser Lebensläufe aus den unterschiedlichsten Bevölkerungsschichten auswählen und deren Verfasser (von Schülern bis zu Rentnern) einladen, Auszüge aus diesen kurzen biographischen Skizzen selbst vorzutragen. Diese sind oft sehr persönlich und enthalten viele interessante Aspekte: z. B. über das Familienleben, oder von den materiellen Schwierigkeiten, sich als allein stehende Frau mit einem Kind durchschlagen zu müssen, vom Dasein eines Kleinunternehmers und vieles andere mehr bis hin zur traurigen und tragischen Zeit der Verfolgung.

Eingebettet werden diese Texte in einen Konzertabend mit Klezmer, für den wir das phänomenale Strauss Warschauer Duo aus New York angefragt haben. Kommentar der New York Times: "Terrific!"

Das Strauss/Warschauer Duo
Deborah Strauss, Violine, Akkordeon, Gesang
Jeff Warschauer, Gitarre, Mandoline, Gesang

Deborah Strauss und Jeff Warschauer sind zwei der erstaunlichsten und populärsten Künstler und Lehrer der internationalen Musikszene des Klezmer. Sie waren beide Mitglieder des Conservatorybandes Klezmer und konzertierten u. a. mit dem berühmten Geiger Itzhak Perlman. Überwältigende Erfolge feierte das Duo u. a. beim Philadelphia Folk Festival, dem internationalen Yiddish Festival Amsterdam, dem Jüdischen Kulturfestival in Krakau, dem Festival Ashkenaz in Toronto und dem Theater Folksbiene Yiddish in New York. Sie leiten Workshops und Kurse in Nordamerika und Europa.

November 24, 2006

20. Juedische Kulturtage Muenchen, Bavaria, Germany, Nov 18 - 29

festival logo20. Juedische Kulturtage Muenchen
November 18.-29.

Gesellschaft zur Foerderung juedischer Kultur und Tradition Muenchen
0049 + 89 22 12 53
www.juedischekulturmuenchen.de

Fidlkapelye, Voorburg, the Netherlands, Nov 24

photo of Di Fidl-Kapelye, AmsterdamDi Fidl Kapelye
24 november een concert met nieuw werk in Theater De Tobbe in Voorburg.

November 25, 2006

20. Juedische Kulturtage Muenchen, Bavaria, Germany, Nov 18 - 29

festival logo20. Juedische Kulturtage Muenchen
November 18.-29.

Gesellschaft zur Foerderung juedischer Kultur und Tradition Muenchen
0049 + 89 22 12 53
www.juedischekulturmuenchen.de

Fishel Bresler & Shelley Katsh, Providence, RI, Nov 25

Fishel and Shelley. Photo: Irving SchildFishel Bresler & Shelley Katsh
Klezmer & Hassidic Music
Saturdays, 8 - 10 PM, Oct. 28th , Nov. 25th & Dec. 30th

At the historic Brooklyn Coffee & Tea House
209 Douglas Avenue,
Providence RI
(Nr "downtown") Across rt95 from the Marriot Hotel, just past the 95S entrance
Admission $12 Limited Seating (& no extras standing)
Call early for tickets (401)273-9814
For more specific directions go to www.brooklyncoffeeteahouse.com or call (401)575-2284 mornings

November 26, 2006

20. Juedische Kulturtage Muenchen, Bavaria, Germany, Nov 18 - 29

festival logo20. Juedische Kulturtage Muenchen
November 18.-29.

Gesellschaft zur Foerderung juedischer Kultur und Tradition Muenchen
0049 + 89 22 12 53
www.juedischekulturmuenchen.de

Lucette van den Berg sings Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman, Enschede, the Netherlands, Nov 26

Lucette van den Berg, 'Friling' a program of new songs from well known yiddish composer Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman.

26th november, 2006. Festival of Yiddish music,
Enschede, The Netherlands, 12:15pm.
www.enschedeuitburo.nl

You can find more information about this program on www.lucettevandenberg.nl

Hélène Engel, Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada, Nov 26

Venez entendre Hélène Engel en trio dans
Notes de Voyage
le 26 Novembre 2006 à 15h00

Aux Rendez-vous du Dimanche du:
Centre culturel de Pointe-Claire,
Stewart Hall
176 chemin Bord-du-Lac - Lakeshore
514-630-1220
Réservations : Laissez-passer (gratuits) requis à partir du 12 novembre) au 514-630-1220

Notes de Voyage est un récital de chansons issues des diverses traditions juives ainsi que d’auteurs contemporains. On voyage de l'Espagne de l'âge d'Or aux rivages du Nouveau-Monde, en passant par l'Europe du Levant et celle du Couchant. Ces chansons, en Yiddish, Ladino et Hébreu, mais aussi en Français et en Anglais qui font vibrer une culture vivante à travers le temps et l'espace. De la joie à la tristesse, de l'espérance au désespoir, tout le registre des émotions humaines s'exprime à travers les rythmes et les mélodies que présentent Hélène Engel, Henri Oppenhaim et Marie-Neige Lavigne dans leur trio au style très personnel.

Azad, Paris, France, Nov 26

Azad
Sept Lezards
10 rue des Rosiers, Paris 4e - M° St-Paul
16h30
PAF: 12 € / 10 €
Réserv : 01 48 87 08 97

Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi, San Diego, CA, Nov 26

Yale StromYale Strom & Hot Pstromi at Dizzy's on November 26th, 7pm

Traditional and new klezmer with a side order of improvisation - Yale Strom's first San Diego appearance since he was appointed artist-in-residence at San Diego State University! Joining Yale and his fiddle with be Elizabeth Schwartz, vocalist, who has been hailed as "The Yiddish Edith Piaf", and Jeff Pekarek, the extraordinary bassist with whom Strom has been collaborating for decades.

All Ages Welcome. $15 at the door. No Reservations are taken.
Dizzy's: 344 7th Avenue (between J & K Streets), San Diego, CA

Sisters of Sheynville, Toronto, Canada, Nov 26

Sisters of Sheynville return to the Trane!

Sunday, November 26, 9pm
The Trane Studio
964 Bathurst street (2 blocks North of Bloor)
416-913-8197
Cover $10


Fresh from their first international gig (Buffalo, New York), the Sisters of Sheynville, Toronto's premier all-female swing-klez band, are back to liven up the season with two Toronto dates: November 26, at the Trane, and December 10, at the Rex (details below). The band is currently recording its anxiously awaited debut CD, produced by Beyond The Pale's Eric Stein. The disc will hit the stores in February, 2007.

Since their debut in April, 2005, the "wildly successful" (Lesley Mitchell-Clarke, the Wholenote Magazine)Sisters of Sheynville have amassed an impressive festival and club performance resume. The sextet has appeared at the Toronto Downtown Jazz, Distillery Jazz, Celebrate Toronto, Toronto City Roots, Winterfolk and Downsview Park festivals, the Rex Jazz Bar Hotel, Toronto Performing Arts Centre, Leah Posluns and Al Green Theatres, Lula Lounge, the Free Times Cafe and the Gladstone Hotel. The Sisters have been interviewed on Jazz FM, CIUT and CJTW, and their music has been heard also on CBC's Roots & Wings. The band's infectious sound, centered around 3-part harmonies, ranges from vintage Yiddish swing and klezmer to jazz, improvisation, and original material. The Sisters are Lenka Lichtenberg and Isabel Fryszberg (vocals), Fern Lindzon (piano, vocals), Lorie Wolf (drums), Kinneret Sagee (clarinet), and Rachel Melas (bass).

November 27, 2006

20. Juedische Kulturtage Muenchen, Bavaria, Germany, Nov 18 - 29

festival logo20. Juedische Kulturtage Muenchen
November 18.-29.

Gesellschaft zur Foerderung juedischer Kultur und Tradition Muenchen
0049 + 89 22 12 53
www.juedischekulturmuenchen.de

November 28, 2006

20. Juedische Kulturtage Muenchen, Bavaria, Germany, Nov 18 - 29

festival logo20. Juedische Kulturtage Muenchen
November 18.-29.

Gesellschaft zur Foerderung juedischer Kultur und Tradition Muenchen
0049 + 89 22 12 53
www.juedischekulturmuenchen.de

November 29, 2006

Yankele, Paris, France, Nov 29

Bonjour, Yankele sera en concert pour "la nuit du klezmer" dans le cadre du festival Nigunim de Genève avec les groupes Mentsh et Hotegezugt, le 25 novembre à 20h, à la salle Ernest Ansermet , 66 bvd. Carl-Vogt, 1205 Genève. Pour ceux qui ne seraient pas dans le quartier, nous serons également à la vielle grille le mercredi 29 novembre à 21h au 1, rue du Puits de l'Ermite 75005 Paris. Réservation :01.47.07.22.11

Inter Alia, Boston, MA, Nov 29

I would like to invite everyone to a couple of performances by my
group Inter Alia.

Wednesday, November 29th, 6 p.m. we perform "Voice of the
Pomegranate: A Visual and Musical Exploration of Middle Eastern
Symbolism" in conjunction with the Gallery of Social and Political
Art's exhibit "Songs of the Sand: Visual Perspectives of the Middle
East." The gallery is located at 565 Boylston St., 2nd floor in
Boston. For more information, please go to www.gspaboston.org. This
is a free event.

Here is a bit of background on the group:
Inter Alia is an interdisciplinary improvisational performance
group. Our name is taken from the Latin: "inter" meaning "between"
or "among," "alia" meaning "others," "someone else," or "something
else." Each piece we perform is created in a completely
collaborative manner. We try, as musicians, dancers, visual artists
and performance artists, to open ourselves to the unique
vocabularies of each other's particular traditions, and to challenge
and be challenged by the borders between them. In the process, we
hope to create pieces which are innovative and thought-provoking
while remaining emotionally accessible and at times downright fun.
We are: Yael Bat-Shimon, violinist; Emily Beattie and Andrea
Cheatham, dancers; Joseph Darensbourg, vocalist; Mike Hall,
digital media artist; and Skye Schulte, painter. You can visit our
website at www.interalia.zoomshare.com.

Pharaoh's Daughter, NYC, Nov 29

band publicity photoPharaoh's Daughter CD pre-release party

Playing songs only from the forthcoming record, (we're almost finished...)
Wednesday, November 29th, 7p.m.
JOE's PUB
$12 advance $15 at the door.
(425 Lafayette St. Near Astor Place)

9 piece band-basya-oud, guitar,vocals; , daphna-recorder, ney, vocals; meg-violin, erhu, mathias-percussion, jason-keys, yuval-drums, uri-accordian, shanir-bass, Special guest: Adam Levy (electric guitar, soon to be going back on tour with Norah Jones...) Other guests may appear! Public Theater box office 212-239-6200 or www.telecharge.com

Shura Lipovsky, Groningen, the Nethlands, Nov 29

Wednesday 29 november 2006, Synagoge Groningen
(Folkingestr.60)
19:30 uhr

Concert Lipovsky Trio with Shura Lipovsky (voice), Monique
Lansdorp (violin), Jan Rokyta (cimbalom). Hundrerd Years
celebration of the synagoge. Also celebration of Shura's
new CD: "Tenderness in word & sound" (first issued 13
nov.06 Paris)

www.shuralipovsky.tk
href="http://www.geocities.com/synagogegroningen">www.geocities.com/synagogegroningen
Informatie over al het bovenstaande:
Marcel Wichgers
tel 06 2819 2619
050 301 11 93

Theresa Tova, Hamburg, Germany, Nov 29

THERESA TOVA'S first play with music, STILL THE NIGHT, has been hailed by the critics as a tender, intimate, stunningly rendered and uplifting drama..... " As an actress, I've spent most of my life pretending to be something I'm not. My own parents had to hide who they were, but through STILL THE NIGHT I can sing it loudly and tell the world.... I do not intend STILL THE NIGHT to be a factual account even though it is full of many truths.

Against the onslaught of naysayers and revisionists it is important for the next generation to find its own truth."

Arboleras, NYC, Nov 29

ArbolerasMemories of Spain

Arboleras

92nd Street Y
Thu, Nov 29, 2006, 8:00pm, Lexington Avenue
Kaufmann Concert Hall
Code: T-TC5JW12-01
Price: $30.00 All Sections / For tickets

Arboleras
Eliseo Parra García, vocals, oud, saz,
percussion
José Manuel Fraile Gil, vocals, percussion
Carmen Terrón Rodas, vocals
Francisco Ortega, violin
Susana Weich-Shahak, kanun, percussion

The ensemble Arboleras from Spain, which has long been devoted to Spanish folklore, offers a fresh take on traditional Ladino songs, exploring their Iberian and Middle Eastern roots and revealing their modern-day resonance.

Walter Zev FeldmanWalter Zev Feldman, known both for his scholarly contributions to Jewish Music history and for his performances and teaching of Jewish music and dance, is artistic director of "Music and Dance of Jewish Traditions: Songs of Love & Longing," a new series at NYC's 92nd St. Y this fall/winter.

Sway Machinery, Brooklyn, NY, Nov 29

The Sway Machinery
at Black Betty
Wed., Nov 29, starts 10:30. 2 sets
366 Metropolitan Ave (Corner of Havemeyer Street)
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 11211

www.blackbetty.net


Directions: G at Metropolitan Ave; L at Lorimer Ave. J, M, Z at Marcy Ave
(718) 599-0243

You can arrive early!

Black Betty is an excellent North African and Mediterranean
restaurant.

After dinner we'll take care of you!

Jeremiah Lockwood: guitar, vocal
Stuart Bogie: tenor sax
Colin Stetson: bass sax
Jordan McLean: trumpet
Tomer Tzur: drums

November 30, 2006

Rashanim & Talat, Brooklyn, NY, Nov 30

Rashanim publicity photoRashanim & Talat
Tzadik Records CD Release Show @ Zebulon
Thursday, November 30 at 9pm
FREE!

Zebulon
258 Wythe Avenue
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
718.218.6934
www.zebuloncafeconcert.com

Rashanim/Shalosh CD coverRashanim's new CD: 'Shalosh'
Tzadik CD 8112

Talat/Growl CD coverTalat's new CD: 'The Growl'
Tzadik CD 8113

Rashanim:
"[L]ike you've invited Dick Dale to do the music at your bar mitzvah."
NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday with Liane Hansen

"Rashanim is one of the hottest young bands in the New Jewish Renaissance…"
John Zorn

Rashanim is a trio of guitar, bass and drums/percussion combining the power of rock with the spontaneity of improvisation, deep Middle Eastern grooves, and mystical Jewish melodies. The 'Jewish power trio' is led by Jon Madof on guitar and includes Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz (Yo-Yo Ma, Anthony Braxton) on bass and Mathias Künzli (Lauryn Hill) on drums and percussion. The band gets its name from the noisemakers used during the raucous Jewish holiday of Purim. 'Shalosh' is Rashanim's third CD on Tzadik Records.

Personnel:
Jon Madof: Guitars
Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz: Electric Bass, Upright Bass, Oud, Gimbri
Mathias Künzli: Drums, Percussion

Talat:
Talat is a dynamic new ensemble based in New York that plays original music crossing the borders of Jazz, Middle Eastern Groove and Klezmer. Featuring a quintet of some of the most talented players out of the new generation, this is a brilliant debut CD that will delight fans of Masada, Rashanim, Satlah and the Hasidic New Wave. Loping melodies, catchy hooks and improvisational fireworks from a new generation bringing Jewish music to exciting new places. 'The Growl' is Talat's first CD on Tzadik Records.

Personnel:
Alon Nechushtan: Keyboards
Marc Mommaas: Saxophones
Matt Pavolka: Bass
Jordan Perlson: Drums
Matt Shulman: Trumpet

Reva LeSheva + Josh Lauffer, Brooklyn, NYC, Nov 30

Reva LeSheva plus Special Guest Josh Lauffer

Thursday November 30th
8:30pm
$18
More info and Advance tickets at www.jewishmusiccafe.com

The Jewish Music Cafe
401 9th street (between 6th & 7th Ave.)
Park Slope Brooklyn.
F train to 7th Avenue. Parking available.
(718)3696585