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Pharaoh's Daughter
MARCH 31st 9:30p.m NYC
MO PITKINS/House of Satisfaction $12
Avenue A between 2nd and 3rd Street,
SONG OF SONG SONGS!!!!
Straight from a new program performed Jan. 2007 at 92nd St. Y
On the theme of ｲlove and longingｲ including wedding invitations, song of
songs, albert camus.
With Ben Nathan tap dancing. Arrangements by Uri Sharlin,
Nikitov
Mrt. 31
Folkcafé De Lantaern
Zevenaar, NL
21.00
The Dutch-American Yiddish music quartet is in the middle
of their "Fun Shtetl Tsu Shtetl" all-synagogue tour of Holland.
The response has been overwhelming and the shows are selling out
across the country. Nikitov has been touring in support of their
latest recording "Vanderlust" on Chamsa records both in the US and
Europe. The group concludes the tour at De Waag in Haarlem where
centuries of troubadors performed to prove their skill and talent
and, in more recent history, folk singers like Joan Baez and Simon
and Garfunkel have come to pay homage to the great singers of the
past.
Grammy winners The Klezmatics
Sat, March 31
Temple Emanuel
West Hartford, CT
Time: 8:30 pm
www.emanuelsynagogue.org
Saturday, March 31, 2007 at 8 p.m
Occidental College Presents
Mystical Music of the Middle East with
The Yuval Ron Ensemble featuring
Singer Najwa Gibran
dancer Maya Karasso
Special Guest: Virtuoso Violinist, George Hamad
Reception to Follow
Location: Herrick Chapel, Occidental College, 1600 Campus Road, Los Angeles, CA 90041 Admission: $10 general admission $5 students/seniors free to the Occidental College community with I.D.
Directions: www.oxy.edu/x2160.xml
For more information: Tel: 323 259-2590
UVA Klezmer Ensemble
Thursday, March 31, 7:30pm
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, VA
The recently formed UVA Klezmer Ensemble will perform under the direction of our new Director of Music Performance, Joel Rubin. The ensemble, made up of UVA students, faculty and other members of the Charlottesville community, is dedicated to exploring klezmer and other Jewish
musical traditions.
Performance at the Mid-Atlantic chapter meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology at the College of William and Mary on Saturday, March 31st (concert 7:30-10 pm):
Experience a rousing night of Yiddish culture and help kick off the 50th birthday celebration of Cong. Beth El with:
Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi
featuring very special guests Mark Dressed and Greg Wall
Saturday, March 31st at 8pm
Congregation Beth El
La Jolla
Tel: 858 452-1734
www.congregationbethel.org
This will be a klezmer concert unlike any you have ever attended, with internationally renowned, world class artists performing classic and new Jewish music: Elizabeth Schwartz (vocals) has been hailed as the "Edith Piaf" of klezmer for her timbre and intepretation. Duncan Moore (percussion) is one of California's most sought after drummers. Fred Benedetti is San Diego's favorite classical/world beat guitarist. UCSD's very own Mark Dresser is one of the leading jazz bass improvisors in the world. And joining us from NYC will be Greg Wall on reeds (clarinet, sax). Greg has played with Greg Wall & Latter Day Prophets and the Klezmer Conservatory Band and is known for his khasidic/jazz style. Leading this ensemble is Yale Strom (violin), the world's leading artist-ethnographer of klezmer music and culture and San Diego State University's artist-in-residence.
29, 30 et 31 mars 2007 –
BabelMed Music,
Docks des Suds Marseille
Participation confirmée, date et horaire à préciser
Contact Presse :
Sarah Lepêtre
La Mesón
52, rue Consolat
13001 Marseille
Tél : +33 (0)6 62 88 40 23
www.lameson.com
The Yiddish "Pirates of Penzance" Returns!
Di Yam Gazlonim is back at the JCC for a return engagement
The National Yiddish Theatre—Folksbiene is thrilled to bring Di Yam Gazlonim ("The Pirates of Penzance" in Yiddish) back to the JCC in Manhattan for a celebrated return engagement beginning Sunday, March 18th.
Performed in Yiddish with English and Russian supertitles
Mar 31, 8pm
Call 212-279-4200 or visit www.ticketcentral.com to order tickets. All tickets $40.
JCC in Manhattan - 334 Amsterdam Avenue @ 76th Street
Folksbiene website: www.folksbiene.org
Don't miss this chance to see the show that The New York Times called "brisk, bright and funny" and "a joyful treat."
Book and Lyrics by Al Grand
Directed by Allen Lewis Rickman
Musical Direction by Zalmen Mlotek
This limited engagement begins Sunday, March 18 for two weeks only.
29, 30 et 31 mars 2007 –
BabelMed Music,
Docks des Suds Marseille
Participation confirmée, date et horaire à préciser
Contact Presse :
Sarah Lepêtre
La Mesón
52, rue Consolat
13001 Marseille
Tél : +33 (0)6 62 88 40 23
www.lameson.com
Talat
March 29th, 9:30pm
Makor
35 W 67 St., Manhattan
212-601-1000
www.makor.org
TALAT, a dynamic new ensemble that plays original music crossing the borders of Jazz, Middle Eastern groove, Rock 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."—John Zorn
"TALAT Quintet brings something unxepected to every track, playing blues, funk, Rock and even mellower tunes has compelling chemistry in abundance. This kind of fluidity cannot be accomplished unless solid relationships are both ecnouraged and formed between musicians."—All About Jazz
TALAT is a quintet jazz which gathers some of the best musicians of rising generation New Yorkean. This mixture of jazz and klezmer will impassion the amateurs of Masada, Rashanim and Satlah. Alon Nechushtan, keyboards; Marc Mommaas, saxophones; Matt Pavolka, double bass; Jordan Perlson, battery; Matt Shulman, trumpet SAFF.—Orchestra Magazine, FRANCE
Cornell University Klezmer Ensemble
with Special Guests, Dr. Joel Rubin and Rabbi Eli Silberstein.
Thursday, March 29, 8PM
Cornell University
Anabel Taylor Hall, One World Room
Free and open to the public
Please join us for an evening of Yiddish music and song. The
concert features master clarinetist and Klezmer revivalist Dr. Joel Rubin,
trombonist Ryan Zawel, song leader Rabbi Eli Silberstein, and the Cornell
University Klezmer Ensemble, composed of students, faculty, and community
members. The program consists of sing-along Nigunim (Hasidic
melodies), Yiddish folksongs, and klezmer instrumentals.
Naftule's Dream
March 29, 8:00pm
Rutman's Violin Shop
11 Westland Ave., Boston (next to Symphony Hall)
Tix: by donation
617-522-2900
Naftule's Dream, whose seminal recordings in the early 1990's helped create the Radical Jewish Culture movement and jumpstart John Zorn's Tzadik label, will be performing March 29, 2007, 8:00pm at Rutman's Violin Shop (11 Westland Ave., Boston, MA 02115). Admission is by donation, phone 617-522-2900 for info.
Naftule's Dream has been performing at major jazz festivals and venues in Europe, Canada and other major music centers in the U.S for over a decade., including the Berlin Jazz Festival, Ashkenaz in Toronto, and the Chicago World Music Festival, but have been largely overlooked in Boston, receiving "Boston's most under-appreciated band" appellation in a recent Boston Phoenix overview of the Boston music scene.
When John Zorn started his "Radical Jewish Culture" label, Tzadik, one of the first bands he signed was Naftule's Dream, who's three Tzadik CDs set the standard for what new Jewish music could be. Incorporating klezmer, new jazz and rock, the band has explored the most visceral and sophisticated edges of the music, through their composition and improvisations. Because of their eclectic approach and influences, critics have compared them to Zorn's "Naked City," Frank Zappa, Ivo Papasov and King Crimson.
The band has strong Jewish ties, originally starting as a side project of members of Shirim Klezmer Orchestra, which has been performing in the Boston area and internationally for over twenty years. Naftule's Dream is Glenn Dickson, clarinet; Gary Bohan, trumpet; Michael McLaughlin, accordion; Eric Rosenthal, drums; James Gray, tuba.
29, 30 et 31 mars 2007 –
BabelMed Music,
Docks des Suds Marseille
Participation confirmée, date et horaire à préciser
Contact Presse :
Sarah Lepêtre
La Mesón
52, rue Consolat
13001 Marseille
Tél : +33 (0)6 62 88 40 23
www.lameson.com
The Valley Klezmer Band has ongoing rehearsal on Thursday nights from 7:30–9pm at the Lander-Grinspoon Academy in Northampton, MA, and occasionally in Amherst!!! Bring your instrument and play!!! Join the VKB and play klezmer and Israeli party music! Learn klezmer dance-forms such as khosidls, freylekhs and horas. You'll also learn the basics of making band arrangements.
The VKB is a performing ensemble open to the community. You should have at least intermediate competency on your instrument, and be able to read music or learn quickly by ear. Sheet music and CDs will be provided. The fee is $50 - $100, sliding scale, for around 10 sessions.
Scholarships are available.
Please email Amy Rose (preferred) or call 413-253-3831.
The VKO is directed by Amy Rose, flutist, pianist and accordionist. In 1987, Amy founded Klezamir, one of New England's premier klezmer bands. Klezamir recorded four CDs and has performed at hundreds of concerts and parties around New England. Amy also teaches piano and flute. Please email Amy Rose (preferred) or call 413-253-3831. The VKO is supported by a grant from the Harold Grinspoon Foundation
The Yiddish "Pirates of Penzance" Returns!
Di Yam Gazlonim is back at the JCC for a return engagement
The National Yiddish Theatre—Folksbiene is thrilled to bring Di Yam Gazlonim ("The Pirates of Penzance" in Yiddish) back to the JCC in Manhattan for a celebrated return engagement beginning Sunday, March 18th.
Performed in Yiddish with English and Russian supertitles
Mar 29, 2pm & 8pm
Call 212-279-4200 or visit www.ticketcentral.com to order tickets. All tickets $40.
JCC in Manhattan - 334 Amsterdam Avenue @ 76th Street
Folksbiene website: www.folksbiene.org
Don't miss this chance to see the show that The New York Times called "brisk, bright and funny" and "a joyful treat."
Book and Lyrics by Al Grand
Directed by Allen Lewis Rickman
Musical Direction by Zalmen Mlotek
This limited engagement begins Sunday, March 18 for two weeks only.
Michael Dorf's 7th Annual Downtown Seder
2007 Performers: Neil Sedaka, Jill Sobule, Tovah Feldshuh, Leah Siegel, Pharaoh’s Daughter, Iris Bahr, Dan Zanes, The Trachtenburg Family, Daniel Libeskind, Elisa Albert, Pearl Gluck, Frank London, Golem, Good for the Jews, Yuri Lane, Nick Kroll, Metropolitan Klezmer, Debbie Friedman, The LeeVees, Jay Michaelson, Jamie Saft, Rob Kutner (Daily Show), Y-Love & DJ Handle
The Downtown Seder
Wednesday, March 28, 2007 - 7pm at the Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Place in Battery Park Seating limited to 400 people
Tickets are $250 for VIP seating or $150 for general seating
Tickets available online here or call 212-608-0555
www.oyhoo.com
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Asefa
March 28, 2007
8:00p @ Makor
W. 67 street (btw CPW and Amsterdam)
Sharing the bill will be Eastern Blok, another great Middle-Eastern inspired ensemble. Bring out your bellydancing shoes!
Rob Schwimmer--Solo Piano Concert
Rob Schwimmer will be performing solo piano selections from his new CD "BEYOND THE SKY"
The Fazioli Salon @ Klavierhaus
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007 8:00 PM $15
211 W. 58th St. (near 7th Ave)
New York, NY
(212) 245-4535
"Rob Schwimmer's legendary keyboard talents are often appreciated in his hometown, New York, NY. But the rest of the world rarely gets a glimpse of his astonishing artistry--until now. Beyond The Sky will give you a nice dose of Rob's amazing pianistic skills, his incredible improv abilities, his compositional brilliance, and his Theremin chops. This is exquisitely beautiful music, worthy of deep listening."-- Ernie Rideout, Keyboard February 2007
Piano virtuoso Rob Schwimmer is an original and intrepid artist who on this album meaningfully negotiates the composer's formalism of classical music and the improvisers freedom of jazz, blurring distinctions between both disciplines. While Rob has worked with some of the top artists of our time his own music has been elusively hard to come by. Schwimmers is a music of inclusion, both wry and ruminative, romantic and avant garde, minimalist yet expansive. The depth and breadth of Schwimmers musical and imagistic vocabulary reveal an understanding of the entire keyboard tradition both in his compositions as well as his use of improvisation. That it sounds like a personal vision and not a cross-cultural collision is testament to his rhythmic instincts and harmonic curiosity, his touch and articulation, the manner in which he is able to summon up in the course of a single passage, let alone an entire piece, a vision of the pianos wide-ranging stylistic and structural expanse.
for more info visit: robschwimmer.com
KlezCalifornia warmly invites you to the following program at the Jewish Community Library, which we are co-sponsoring.
BJE Jewish Community Library | Main Location
1835 Ellis Street, San Francisco, CA
on the campus of the Jewish Community High School of the Bay
415.567.3327
Wednesday, March 28, 7:30pm. “Freylekh! The Joyous Dances of the Ashkenazi Jews,” This participatory lecture/demonstration features dance leader Bruce Bierman accompanied by Julie Egger on klezmer fiddle.
The Yiddish "Pirates of Penzance" Returns!
Di Yam Gazlonim is back at the JCC for a return engagement
The National Yiddish Theatre—Folksbiene is thrilled to bring Di Yam Gazlonim ("The Pirates of Penzance" in Yiddish) back to the JCC in Manhattan for a celebrated return engagement beginning Sunday, March 18th.
Performed in Yiddish with English and Russian supertitles
Mar 28, 2pm & 8pm
Call 212-279-4200 or visit www.ticketcentral.com to order tickets. All tickets $40.
JCC in Manhattan - 334 Amsterdam Avenue @ 76th Street
Folksbiene website: www.folksbiene.org
Don't miss this chance to see the show that The New York Times called "brisk, bright and funny" and "a joyful treat."
Book and Lyrics by Al Grand
Directed by Allen Lewis Rickman
Musical Direction by Zalmen Mlotek
This limited engagement begins Sunday, March 18 for two weeks only.
Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at 8pm
The Shannon Center presents a Lecture & Demonstration
Music and Divine Trance in Hasidic-Jewish and Sufi musical traditions with
The Yuval Ron Ensemble
Location: The Shannon Center, Whittier College 6760 Painter Avenue, Whittier, CA, 90608 For more information: 562-907-4203 or www.shannoncenter.org
Soundbrush invites you to celebrate its newest release
FRANK LONDON'S " A NIGHT IN THE OLD MARKETPLACE"
Featuring
Ron Caswell, tuba, bass
Brandon Seabrook guitar, banjo, mandolin
Art Bailey keyboards, accordion
Aaron Alexander, drums
And vocalists... La Tanya Hall, Manu Narayan (star of Broadway's Bombay Dreams), Craig Wedren (from Shudder to Think), The Klezmatic's Lorin Sklamberg and many others featured on the recording,
“A Night In The Old Marketplace”
www.soundbrush.com
CD Release Party:
Monday, March 26th 8pm
Barrow Street Theatre
27 Barrow St., NY 10014
(corner of 7th Ave. South)
www.barrowstreettheatre.com/specialEvents.asp#marketplace
Ticket Price $20
Telecharge Website or by phone inside the NY metro area at (212) 239-6200 and outside the NY metro area at 1 (800) 432-7250.
Soundbrush Records presents A NIGHT IN THE OLD MARKETPLACE by Jewish music giant Frank London with lyrics by acclaimed playwright Glen Berger. Created for Alexandra Aron's theatrical adaptation of the legendary 1907 Yiddish play by I.L. Peretz, this extraordinary score mixes Jewish, jazz, classical, rock and world beats with a dose of Kurt Weill and Tom Waits. This collection of 21songs is performed by an array of stars including Manu Narayan (lead of Broadway's Bombay Dreams), the Klezmatics' Lorin Sklamberg, pop legends They Might be Giants, Celtic singer Susan McKeown, and Craig Wedren, leader of the cult rock group Shudder to Think.
The Night in the Old Marketplace band features the hottest, most versatile and exciting players on the new Jewish music scene: Aaron Alexander (drums), Ron Caswell (tuba), Art Bailey (accordion/piano) and Brandon Seabrook (guitar). London helped transform Jewish music through his work with The Klezmatics, the Hasidic New Wave, and his Klezmer Brass Allstars. Now he takes klezmer and Yiddish theater music solidly into the 21st century with this boldly original project.
Illustrated CD booklet includes lyrics.
Frank London BIO
In addition to the aftermentioned bands he has founded, London has composed the musical Green Violin (winner, Barrymore Award 2003), the Jewish folk-opera A Night in the Old Marketplace (winner, Frederick Loewe award), the song-cycle An Alphabet in the Sky, Tony Kushner's A Dybbuk, John Sayles' The Brother from Another Planet, Pilobolus Dance Theater's Davenen, Pearl Gluck's Divan (Winner, Best Soundtrack, Monaco Film Festival),and Great Small Works' Memoirs of Glikl of Hameln.
The Klezmatics releaseded their settings of Woody Guthrie poems on two CDS, the Grammy - nominated "Wonder Wheel" and "Happy Joyous Hanukah" to ecstatic press and sold out theaters this winter. His latest recordings include Frank London's Klezmer Brass Allstars' "Carnival Conspiracy" which won a German Critics' Award and was listed in Rolling Stone's Top CDs of 2007, his soundtrack to Pearl Gluck's film "Divan", his solo recordings of cantorial music, "Hazonos", Hasidic New Wave's Belly of Abraham, and solo CDs Invocations and Scientist at Work. Featured on over 200 recordings, he has performed and recorded with Allen Toussaint, John Zorn, LL Cool J, Mel Tormé, Itzhak Perlman, Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy, LaMonte Young, They Might Be Giants, David Byrne, Gal Costa, Mark Ribot and Jane Siberry and on HBO's Sex and the City.
Mr. London's film scores include music for The Shvitz, John Sayles' the Brother from Another Planet and Hombres Armados, Yvonne Rainer's MURDER and murder, A Brother's Kiss, The Debt, and many others. In addition to Pilobolus Dance Theater, he has composed dance scores for Yoshiko Chuma, Min Tanaka, Tamar Rogoff, Elisa Monte and more. Musicologist Joel Ruben called him the person most responsible for pushing the Klezmer revival in the world beat and fusion with rock and jazz, and Harvey Pekar said "London is a passionate intelligent soloist, one of the best jazz trumpeters to emerge since 1980"
ABOUT THE MUSICIANS:
The Night in the Old Marketplace band features the hottest, most versatile and exciting players on the new Jewish music scene. Drummer Aaron Alexander released his thrash punk Jewish Jazz recording Midrash Mish Mosh on Tzadik records, and is London's bandmate in the Hasidic New Wave and the Klezmer Brass Allstars. Ron Caswell is tuba player for everyone in New York City, playing at Lincoln Center and in Balkan (Romashka), rock (The Knobs), klezmer (Kleztrophbix) and other groups. Art Bailey and Brandon Seabrook are both alumni of the Klezmer Conservatory Band (as is London). Bailey leads his Orkestra Popilar and is a salsa and jazz virtuoso. Seabrook is the hottest guitarist on the scene, toured and recorded with Paul Brody's Sadawi and the Klezmer Conservatory Band, influenced by John Bonham, Morton Feldman, Bjork and The Minutemen.
This year’s Festival will be held from March 8-25 and feature concerts throughout the Bay Area. Performers include Aires de Sefarad; Michael Alpert; Peter Apfelbaum; Avi Avital; Steven Bernstein; Dan Cantrell; Kitka; Klezmer Buenos Aires; Pharaoh's Daughter and more!
Today: Community Music Day: Poetry Slam Finals, interactive workshops, children’s concert, Instrument Petting Zoo, and performances throughout the day showcasing high quality local artists. Guaranteed to bring out your inner musician.
For more information: www.jewishmusicfestival.org
DANSES YIDDISH: 3ème stage AMJ
Samedi 24 mars 2007 de 13h à 18h00 et Dimanche 25 mars 2007 de 11h à 17h00
Centre Musical du Grand Lancy (Genève)
63, Av. des Communes Réunies
(trams 13, 15 et 17, arrêt "Palettes")
Venez découvrir et pratiquer quelques unes des danses traditionnelles juives d'Europe de l'Est: Hora lente, freylekh, bulgar, sher, patsh tants, terkish, khosidl, etc.
Animation: Steven WEINTRAUB (USA)
Musique 'live' avec l'ensemble klezmer MENTSH (Paris)
Le samedi est dévolu aux 'débutants'. Le dimanche est prévu pour les 'avancés' et ceux qui souhaiteront approfondir ce qu'ils auront appris la veille !
Le dimanche se conclura à 17h30 par une démonstration publique (entrée libre).
Coût par journée (samedi ou dimanche): 50 Frs /personne & 70 Frs /couple, membres AMJ, AVS, chômeurs, étudiants, etc.: 40 & 60 Frs).
Pour les deux jours: 80 Frs /personne ou 100 Frs /couple membres AMJ, AVS, chômeurs, étudiants, etc.: 70 & 90 Frs).
Chaussures légères à semelle claire / robe ou jupe recommandée pour les dames. Nombre de participants limité ! inscrivez-vous rapidement !
Fiche d'inscription à renvoyer à Michel Borzykowski, 12 ch. Franconis, CH-1290 Versoix, fax: +4122 776 14 94
E-mail Michel Borzykowski
tel: +41 22 755 41 23
Organisation: les Amis de la Musique Juive www.amj.ch
The Yiddish "Pirates of Penzance" Returns!
Di Yam Gazlonim is back at the JCC for a return engagement
The National Yiddish Theatre—Folksbiene is thrilled to bring Di Yam Gazlonim ("The Pirates of Penzance" in Yiddish) back to the JCC in Manhattan for a celebrated return engagement beginning Sunday, March 18th.
Performed in Yiddish with English and Russian supertitles
Mar 25, 2pm & 6pm
Call 212-279-4200 or visit www.ticketcentral.com to order tickets. All tickets $40.
JCC in Manhattan - 334 Amsterdam Avenue @ 76th Street
Folksbiene website: www.folksbiene.org
Don't miss this chance to see the show that The New York Times called "brisk, bright and funny" and "a joyful treat."
Book and Lyrics by Al Grand
Directed by Allen Lewis Rickman
Musical Direction by Zalmen Mlotek
This limited engagement begins Sunday, March 18 for two weeks only.
Alicia Jo Rabins (amazing fiddler from Golem) and Pete Rushefsky will be playing some klezmer string duets this Sunday at Mo' Pitkins for their new Borscht Belt Brunch. Music from 12:30 'til 2:30.
Mo Pitkins House of Satisfaction, 34 Avenue A, East Village, NYC
mopitkins.com
Pharaoh's Daughter
SUNDAY, MARCH 25th, Queens
SOLOMON SCHECHTER FUNDRAISER/SOUIREE, 12p.m.
Yankele
Le samedi 24 mars 2007 dès 20h30
à l'église du Haut Pays, place de la vieille église
94250 Villeneuve Le roi
UVA Klezmer Ensemble
Thursday, March 24, 8pm
214 Community Arts Center
214 Rugby Road
Charlottesville, VA
(434) 924-3984
The recently formed UVA Klezmer Ensemble will be performing its second concert under the direction of our new Director of Music Performance, Joel Rubin. The ensemble, made up of UVA students, faculty and other members of the Charlottesville community, is dedicated to exploring klezmer and other Jewish
musical traditions.
This is a benefit for 214 Community Arts Center.
214arts.org/2007/03/03/joel-rubin-and-the-uva-klezmer-ensemble/
Fishel Bresler & Shelley Katsh
Klezmer & Hassidic Music
Saturday, 8:30 - 10:30 PM, Mar 24
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 $9 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
World premiere of Michael Alec Rose's klezmer concerto "Arguing with God,"
written for and performed by Brave Old World and the Nashville Chamber
Orchestra. The highlight of Nashville's first-ever Jewish American Music Festival.
Saturday, March 24, 8 pm at Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville. For
other events in the festival, see: www.nco.org/season/jewishfestival.htm.
Klezmer East will perform on Saturday, March 24 at 7 p.m. at the University Theatre at Florida Atlantic University, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, Florida. Tickets are $15.
Information 561-297-3820.
www.fau.edu/music
The Yiddish "Pirates of Penzance" Returns!
Di Yam Gazlonim is back at the JCC for a return engagement
The National Yiddish Theatre—Folksbiene is thrilled to bring Di Yam Gazlonim ("The Pirates of Penzance" in Yiddish) back to the JCC in Manhattan for a celebrated return engagement beginning Sunday, March 18th.
Performed in Yiddish with English and Russian supertitles
Mar 24, 8pm
Call 212-279-4200 or visit www.ticketcentral.com to order tickets. All tickets $40.
JCC in Manhattan - 334 Amsterdam Avenue @ 76th Street
Folksbiene website: www.folksbiene.org
Don't miss this chance to see the show that The New York Times called "brisk, bright and funny" and "a joyful treat."
Book and Lyrics by Al Grand
Directed by Allen Lewis Rickman
Musical Direction by Zalmen Mlotek
This limited engagement begins Sunday, March 18 for two weeks only.
DANSES YIDDISH: 3ème stage AMJ
Samedi 24 mars 2007 de 13h à 18h00 et Dimanche 25 mars 2007 de 11h à 17h00
Centre Musical du Grand Lancy (Genève)
63, Av. des Communes Réunies
(trams 13, 15 et 17, arrêt "Palettes")
Venez découvrir et pratiquer quelques unes des danses traditionnelles juives d'Europe de l'Est: Hora lente, freylekh, bulgar, sher, patsh tants, terkish, khosidl, etc.
Animation: Steven WEINTRAUB (USA)
Musique 'live' avec l'ensemble klezmer MENTSH (Paris)
Le samedi est dévolu aux 'débutants'. Le dimanche est prévu pour les 'avancés' et ceux qui souhaiteront approfondir ce qu'ils auront appris la veille !
Le dimanche se conclura à 17h30 par une démonstration publique (entrée libre).
Coût par journée (samedi ou dimanche): 50 Frs /personne & 70 Frs /couple, membres AMJ, AVS, chômeurs, étudiants, etc.: 40 & 60 Frs).
Pour les deux jours: 80 Frs /personne ou 100 Frs /couple membres AMJ, AVS, chômeurs, étudiants, etc.: 70 & 90 Frs).
Chaussures légères à semelle claire / robe ou jupe recommandée pour les dames. Nombre de participants limité ! inscrivez-vous rapidement !
Fiche d'inscription à renvoyer à Michel Borzykowski, 12 ch. Franconis, CH-1290 Versoix, fax: +4122 776 14 94
E-mail Michel Borzykowski
tel: +41 22 755 41 23
Organisation: les Amis de la Musique Juive www.amj.ch
Friday March 23th at 8:30pm
VBS Celebration of The Children of Esther Presents:
The Yuval Ron Ensemble performing
A Concert of Bedouin and Israeli Folk Music featuring
Singer Tehila Lauder
dancers: Melanie Kareem and Tamra-henna
Special Guest: Virtuoso Violinist, George Hamad
Location: Valley Beth Shalom, 15739 Ventura Blvd. Encino, CA 91436
Tickets on line
For more information: 818-788-6000 www.vbs.org
>Massel-Tov Trio
23.03.07, 20:00 Uhr
Westtorhalle e.V., Professor Becker Weg 12, 82418 Riedhausen,
T. 08841-4335, www.westtor.de, mail@westtor.de
Klezmer Shabbes Service composed by Adrianne Greenbaum.
Friday, March 23, 8 p.m.
Society Hill Synagogue,
418 Spruce Street, Philadelphia
Music drawn from the klezmer tradition, interwoven with the Synagogue's Fourth Friday nigun oriented services. Adrianne, playing flute (and more) will be accompanied by Dan Blacksberg, trombone, Aaron Blacksberg, keyboard and Bob Blacksberg, clarinet. All are welcome without charge.
tel: (215) 922-6590
www.societyhillsynagogue.org
Rav Shmuel
Thursday Mar 22, 2007 at 8:00 PM
Sidewalk Cafe
94 Ave. A at 6th St.
Manhattan (E. Village), NY 10009
Cost: No Cover, 2 Drink Min.
This is the earliest show I've played at Sidewalk in quite a while - and it will start on time!
I'm informed via a full page ad in TONY from author Douglas Copeland (Generation X) that this Thursday the 22nd is also some sort of "Water Day" where you pay $1 for a glass of NY tap water at resteraunts all over the city and this money then goes to support a cause. Unfortunately I have forgotten what that cause is and I threw out last weeks issue of TONY... I tried googling "1 dollar tap water Douglas Copeland" but was not successful at getting any more info. So instead come out and spend only a few dollars more for a couple of drinks while I croon sweet but sarcastic love songs at you from the stage...
UVA Klezmer Ensemble
Thursday, March 22, 8pm
Old Cabell Hall
Free
(434) 924-3984
The recently formed UVA Klezmer Ensemble will be giving its premiere performance under the direction of our new Director of Music Performance, Joel Rubin. The ensemble, made up of UVA students, faculty and other members of the Charlottesville community, is dedicated to exploring klezmer and other Jewish
musical traditions.
The performance will feature two guest artists, violinist David Chernyavsky and pianist James Loeffler. Chernyavsky is known to the UVA community for his brilliant performances and master classes as part of the recent Joel Rubin Ensemble residency. Currently Assistant Concertmaster of Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center, Chernyavsky is a former member of the renowned St. Petersburg String Quartet.
Loeffler has been the Berkowitz Assistant Professor of Jewish History at the University of Virginia since fall 2006. He has performed as pianist in numerous klezmer bands. He is also a co-founder and current academic vice-chair of the Jewish Music Forum, a New York-based academic organization that seeks to promote interdisciplinary dialogue and scholarly exchange in the field of Jewish musical studies, and serves as Research Director of Pro Musica Hebraica, a new Washington-area organization working to develop an ongoing Jewish music concert series at the Kennedy Center.
The performance will focus on the klezmer traditions of New York and Philadelphia between the two world wars, as well as late 19th century Russia. Klezmer, originally the ritual and celebratory instrumental music of the Yiddish-speaking Jews of Eastern Europe, was brought to North America by immigrants around the turn of the last century. Since the 1970s, a dynamic revival of this tradition has been taking place in America and beyond. Klezmer's recent popularity has brought it far from its roots in medieval minstrelsy and Jewish ritual and into the sphere of mainstream culture.
www.virginia.edu/music/pressrelease/06-07/klezmer032207.html
THE FLUGGERBULGARS
play klezmer, rumanian and moravian traditional songs
featuring:
David Shulman- clarinet
Jiri Slavik- violin
Fred Thomas- bass
Francesc Marco- piano
@ LEONARDS
42 Northampton Rd
London EC1
8pm
£2 entrance fee
Clips of the band can be heard on www.myspace.com/thefluggerbulgars
Come ready to dance and have a joyfull time
Concert - EDOM - Thursday, March 22, 8 pm
Edom brings its innovative fusion of avant-garde jazz and Israeli Jewish music to the Museum for a one-night only concert in conjunction with the Dateline Israel exhibition. Edom is led by Israeli-born, composer/guitarist Eyal Maoz, and features Brian Marsella on organ, Shanir Blumenkranz on bass, and Yuval Lion on drums. The group's self-titled debut album was released in 2005 by John Zorn's Tzadik Label as part of its Radical Jewish Culture series and has performed at the 2006 Montreal Jazz Festival.
Tickets: $15 general public; $12 students/over 65; $10 Jewish Museum members
The Jewish Museum
Tel: 212-423-3298
www.thejewishmuseum.org
Ensemble DRAj
Am 22. März schließlich sendet der WDR unser Konzert vom 10. Februar, welches im Jazzclub domicil in Dortmund stattfand. Außer den Live-Beiträgen haben wir im Vorfeld auch noch einige andere Titel eingespielt, die bisher nicht in dieser Besetzung zu hören waren (zumindest nicht für Hörer in NRW). Und auch hier der Link für weitere Informationen:
www.wdr.de/radio/wdr3/sendung.phtml?sendung=WDR+3+Konzert&termineid=361764&objektart=Sendung
Thursday 22nd March
SOCALLED SEDER: Socalled, Sophie Solomon, Bukky Leo, Max Reinhardt, Boujemaa Bouboul
The Grand Hall, The Cobden Club, 170 Kensal Road, London W10 5BN (nearest tube: Westbourne Grove)
8pm. £8
Book online at www.jcclondon.org.uk or email YadArts to reserve your ticket. Door Policy at the Cobden Club requires your names in advance.
The Valley Klezmer Band has ongoing rehearsal on Thursday nights from 7:30–9pm at the Lander-Grinspoon Academy in Northampton, MA, and occasionally in Amherst!!! Bring your instrument and play!!! Join the VKB and play klezmer and Israeli party music! Learn klezmer dance-forms such as khosidls, freylekhs and horas. You'll also learn the basics of making band arrangements.
The VKB is a performing ensemble open to the community. You should have at least intermediate competency on your instrument, and be able to read music or learn quickly by ear. Sheet music and CDs will be provided. The fee is $50 - $100, sliding scale, for around 10 sessions.
Scholarships are available.
Please email Amy Rose (preferred) or call 413-253-3831.
The VKO is directed by Amy Rose, flutist, pianist and accordionist. In 1987, Amy founded Klezamir, one of New England's premier klezmer bands. Klezamir recorded four CDs and has performed at hundreds of concerts and parties around New England. Amy also teaches piano and flute. Please email Amy Rose (preferred) or call 413-253-3831. The VKO is supported by a grant from the Harold Grinspoon Foundation
This year’s Festival will be held from March 8-25 and feature concerts throughout the Bay Area. Performers include Aires de Sefarad; Michael Alpert; Peter Apfelbaum; Avi Avital; Steven Bernstein; Dan Cantrell; Kitka; Klezmer Buenos Aires; Pharaoh's Daughter and more!
This afternoon (2pm): Avi Avital is an Israeli mandolin master who recently won first prize in the international competition for plucked strings “Città di Voghera” (Italy); and has played solo with the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Milano and others.
and tonight: Aires de Sefarad: Born in Argentina, trained in Israel and the US, the now Berkeley-based composer Jorge Liderman brings a highly original twist to Sephardic music with Duo46, two maverick players of violin and guitar in this work commissioned in part by the Guggenheim Foundation. The double bill includes Avi Avital, an Israeli mandolin master who recently won first prize of the international competition for plucked strings “Città di Voghera” (Italy); and has played solo with the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Milano and others.
For more information: www.jewishmusicfestival.org
Thursday 22nd March
SOCALLED SEDER: Socalled, Sophie Solomon, Bukky Leo, Max Reinhardt, Boujemaa Bouboul
The Grand Hall, The Cobden Club, 170 Kensal Road, London W10 5BN (nearest tube: Westbourne Grove)
Doors Open: 8pm Tickets: £8
Book online at www.jcclondon.org.uk or email us to reserve your ticket. Door Policy at the Cobden Club requires your names in advance.
The Slave Trade was made illegal in Britain in 1707. To mark these 200 years of equality in the UK the JCC invites you to a blistering Passover affair of live funk and hiphop, visual artistry and performance you will never forget:
Featuring:
SO CALLED: conducting a symphony of hip hop beats and old Jewish record samples
SOPHIE SOLOMON: Europe’s most charismatic fiddler.
BUKKY LEO: Fela Kuti and Tony Allen’s afro-pioneering horns player.
MAX REINHARDT - legendary Austrian theatre wizard cum world music DJ
PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS: Gnawan multi-instrumentalist BOUJEMAA BOUBOUL, WILL FARQUARSON on bass and digital imagician MIKI SHAW
Produced by YaD Arts for the Jewish Community Centre
www.yadarts.com
Pharaoh's Daughter
Thursday, MARCH 22nd, Pier 60 NYC
Benefit for Seeds of Peace
(amazing youth camp organization bringing Israeli, Palestinian and
Egyptian teenagers together)
www.seedsofpeace.org/peacemarketinvitation07
>Massel-Tov Trio
22.03.07, 19:00 Uhr Vernissage der Ausstellung
Gegen das Vergessen- Kunst und Geschichte
Deutsche Gesellschaft für christliche Kunst e.V., Wittelsbacherplatz 2
Eingang Finkenstraße, 80333 München, T. 089-282548
www.dgfck.de
The Yiddish "Pirates of Penzance" Returns!
Di Yam Gazlonim is back at the JCC for a return engagement
The National Yiddish Theatre—Folksbiene is thrilled to bring Di Yam Gazlonim ("The Pirates of Penzance" in Yiddish) back to the JCC in Manhattan for a celebrated return engagement beginning Sunday, March 18th.
Performed in Yiddish with English and Russian supertitles
Mar 22, 2pm & 8pm
Call 212-279-4200 or visit www.ticketcentral.com to order tickets. All tickets $40.
JCC in Manhattan - 334 Amsterdam Avenue @ 76th Street
Folksbiene website: www.folksbiene.org
Don't miss this chance to see the show that The New York Times called "brisk, bright and funny" and "a joyful treat."
Book and Lyrics by Al Grand
Directed by Allen Lewis Rickman
Musical Direction by Zalmen Mlotek
This limited engagement begins Sunday, March 18 for two weeks only.
Asefa w/Rocking Chair and JoyEngin
March 21
Southpaw
125 5th avenue, Brooklyn, 11217.
$7.50 adv./$10 d.o.s
8 pm doors/9 pm show
>> buy tickets
For those of you who missed us at Southpaw a couple weeks ago, we are playing there tomorrow night!
www.spsounds.com
YAACOV ELKOBI''
LE 20 MARS 2007 20H30 A L' ESPACE RACHI
LE 21 MARS 2007 20H45 A NOGENT LE PERREUX
M Gérard UZAN,
Président de la Commission administrative
du Centre Communautaire HEKHAL DAVID présente,
UNE GRANDE SOIREE JUDEO ADANLOUSE ..
Le Mercredi 21 mars 2007 à 20 H 45 heures
Avec la participation des Artistes,
’’YAACOV ELKOBI''PAYTAN &''GABRIEL ELFASSI''TENOR
Accompagnés par l’orchestre de ‘’Michel SUISSA’’
Contact, Maurice Mamane : 06.63.49.80.87
173 AV DU GENERAL DE GAULLE 94170 LE PERREUX
PAF/ Tel:01.48.72.88.65
Grammy winners The Klezmatics
Wed, March 21
20 Years Live! A Retrospective Celebration
Handelsbeurs
Gent, Belgium
Time: 8 pm
www.handelsbeurs.be/
This year’s Festival will be held from March 8-25 and feature concerts throughout the Bay Area. Performers include Aires de Sefarad; Michael Alpert; Peter Apfelbaum; Avi Avital; Steven Bernstein; Dan Cantrell; Kitka; Klezmer Buenos Aires; Pharaoh's Daughter and more!
Tonight: Noa—Known in Israel by her given name Achinoam Nini, Noa is Israel’s leading international concert and recording artist. Born in Tel- Aviv in 1969, Noa lived in New York City from age 2 until her return to Israel alone at the age of 17. Her family is originally from Yemen. After serving the mandatory two years in the Israeli Army in a military entertainment unit, Noa studied music at the Rimon School where she met her long-time partner and collaborator Gil Dor.
and: Poetry Slam on the theme of Diaspora—The three finalists will have the opportunity to showcase at Community Music Day for additional monetary prizes.…
For more information: www.jewishmusicfestival.org
Debut concert of Jake Shulman-Ment's Magyar Khasene
Wednesday, March 21, 7pm
Eldridge Street Synagogue
12 Eldridge St. Manhattan
$12 adults; $8 students/seniors
www.eldridgestreet.org
Jake Shulman-Ment - violin
Pete Rushefsky - cymbalom
Laszlo Hajdu-Nemeth - kontra
Raul Rothblatt - bass
David Licht - percussion
Violinist Jake Shulman-Ment leads an old Hungarian-style band in a debut performance of music drawn from his own travels and research in Hungary and Transylvania, as well as from various source recordings. With its mix of universal East European Jewish melodies, localized Hungarian tunes and styles, and Gypsy influences, the Hungarian-Jewish folk repertoire resembles klezmer, but often departs from the style which has been popularized in recent years.
Includes reading by author Joshua Cohen from his debut novel, Cadenza for the Schneiderman Violin Concerto, a post-modern rumination on 20th-century culture, music and politics as told from the perspective of a brilliant but obscure Hungarian composer.
Also, check out this article out in the Jewish Week about the concert: www.thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=13780
The Yiddish "Pirates of Penzance" Returns!
Di Yam Gazlonim is back at the JCC for a return engagement
The National Yiddish Theatre—Folksbiene is thrilled to bring Di Yam Gazlonim ("The Pirates of Penzance" in Yiddish) back to the JCC in Manhattan for a celebrated return engagement beginning Sunday, March 18th.
Performed in Yiddish with English and Russian supertitles
Mar 21, 2pm & 8pm
Call 212-279-4200 or visit www.ticketcentral.com to order tickets. All tickets $40.
JCC in Manhattan - 334 Amsterdam Avenue @ 76th Street
Folksbiene website: www.folksbiene.org
Don't miss this chance to see the show that The New York Times called "brisk, bright and funny" and "a joyful treat."
Book and Lyrics by Al Grand
Directed by Allen Lewis Rickman
Musical Direction by Zalmen Mlotek
This limited engagement begins Sunday, March 18 for two weeks only.
Later Prophets - A Klezmer Benefit Concert
NYC based band that fuses Jazz and Klezmer music performs at Gann Academy in Waltham
Wednesday, March 21st at 7:30 pm
333 Forest Street
Waltham, MA 02452
Students $5
Adults $10
The proceeds of the concert will support the Meitrarim-Lod Music Center in the Israeli development town of Lod. Meitrarim-Lod Music Center uses music to foster greater tolerance of religious and non-religious families while being committed to musical excellence and developing self-esteem and group cooperation through ensemble work.
For more info call 781-642-6800 ext. 215.
The KlezmerShack reviewed Later Prophets at Ashkenaz 2006.
YAACOV ELKOBI''
LE 20 MARS 2007 20H30 A L' ESPACE RACHI
LE 21 MARS 2007 20H45 A NOGENT LE PERREUX
M Gérard UZAN,
Président de la Commission administrative
du Centre Communautaire HEKHAL DAVID présente,
UNE GRANDE SOIREE JUDEO ADANLOUSE ..
Le Mercredi 21 mars 2007 à 20 H 45 heures
Avec la participation des Artistes,
’’YAACOV ELKOBI''PAYTAN &''GABRIEL ELFASSI''TENOR
Accompagnés par l’orchestre de ‘’Michel SUISSA’’
Contact, Maurice Mamane : 06.63.49.80.87
173 AV DU GENERAL DE GAULLE 94170 LE PERREUX
PAF/ Tel:01.48.72.88.65
Concert plateau
KABBALAH (Marseille)/SOCALLED (Canada)
LE MARDI 20 MARS
à l’ESPACE JULIEN à MARSEILLE
Contact Presse :
Sarah Lepêtre
La Mesón
52, rue Consolat
13001 Marseille
Tél : +33 (0)6 62 88 40 23
www.lameson.com
Kabbalah propose un spectacle qui s’articule autour des nouvelles musiques juives (new jewish music) et s’inspire de la tradition klezmer tout en intégrant des influences actuelles : rock , afro-américaine, orientale
Depuis sa formation en 2004 à Marseille, les cinq membres de Kabbalah ont constitué un répertoire original qui sait mettre en valeur les orientations musicales et culturelles de chaque musicien (les échos des chants traditionnels hassidiques répondent aux spoken word et les climats obsessionnels évoquent la transe et le mysticisme) et leurs talents respectifs : une palette sonore d’une grande richesse musicale où la virtuosité est convoquée à chaque instant ; l’extraordinaire profusion d’instruments (saxophones, violon, contrebasse, xylophone, mandoluth, percussions ), de langues (anglais, yiddish, russe) chantées, parlées permet l’expression d’un style coloré propre à Kabbalah.
STEPHANE GALESKI – Chant, Guitare, Mandole, ULI WOLTERS - Spoken word, Saxophones et Percussions, ANNA STARTSEVA – Violon, Alto, chant, GERARD GATTO - Batterie, Percussions, Churs, PATRICK FERNE - Contrebasse, Churs
www.kabbalah-music.net
NOUVEL ALBUM « SHLOMO »
Socalled. Hip hop yiddish. L’expression a de quoi intriguer. Elle sonne pourtant comme une évidence à l’écoute de Socalled. Agitateur patenté, MC allumé sous ses faux airs d’intello fluet, Josh Dolgin souffle un courant d’air frais sur la musique juive.
Hip hop yiddish. Avec sa manière comme innée de plaquer un chant traditionnel hassidique sur un breakbeatold school, Socalled emporte le morceau. David Krakauer, autre grand rénovateur de la tradition, le repère immédiatement lorsqu’il sort son premier opus. Krakauer collabore aujourd’hui régulièrement avec Socalled (ils ont enflammé les Trans Musicales de Rennes), un album somptueux, l’an dernier, « Bubbemeises » en est la preuve. Envie de partage, son nouvel Album « Ghettoblaster » en est le témoignage éclatant. Enregistré dans une dizaine de studios, il fait intervenir une quarantaine de musiciens. Le chanteur yiddish theodore Bikel, le groupe klezmer Beyond the Pale, le rappeur québécois Sans Pression, son ami Gonzales, le pianiste lounge Irving Fields, 90 ans au compteur, l’inventeur du mélange latino-klezmer avec ses « Bagels and Bongos » dans les années 60.
Socalled – MPC, accordeon, voix et piano, Katie MOORE – Voix, Susan WATTS HOFFMAN – Trompette, Fred LIEBERT – Basse
www.socalledmusic.com
NOUVEL ALBUM « GHETTOBLASTER »
Grammy winners The Klezmatics
Tues, March 20
20 Years Live! A Retrospective Celebration
Passionskirche
Berlin, Germany
Purchase Tickets Here
http://passionskirche.net/index2.html
Our annual celebration of Yiddish culture will take place March 20-23 all over Campus…Join us for all or a few of the following events:
Tuesday, March 20th, 5pm: READINGS by student and professional writers @ Hillel
7pm: Klezmer CONCERT @ Hillel featuring Adrianne Greenbaum
Wednesday, March 21st 6pm: Reception at “GALLERIES DOWNTOWN” (218 E Washington St.)
Includes our ORIGINAL student’s band and light REFRESHMENTS
Thursday, March 22nd, 4pm: Films @ IMU, 347 Minnesota room
Friday, March 23nd, 6:30pm: Yiddish style CULTURAL Shabbos services and Dinner@ Hillel
The University of Iowa Hillel
Aliber Hillel Jewish Student Center
122 East Market Street
Iowa City, IA 52245
319.338.0778
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The Workmen's Circle Klezmer Ensemble will be holding a free open house next
Tuesday, March 20, at 7 PM.
Led by famed klezmer musician Jeff Warschauer
Free Open house: Tuesday, March 20 from 7-9 PM
Six paid sessions, Tuesdays at 7 PM: March 27, April 17 and 24; May 1, 8 and
15.
Please note that because of Passover, there will not be sessions on April 1 or 8.
Single session $30. Discount for Workmen's Circle members and/or attending
all five sessions.
Sessions will take place at the Workmen's Circle, 45 East 33 Street,
Manhattan (between Park and Madison).
For more information, please contact Elana Alfred at 212 889-6800.
Rebecca Joy Fletcher and Stephen Mo Hanan in
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