JEWISH MUSIC INSTITUTE - Ashkenazi Music, Klezmer Events




Klezmer and Yiddish Events August 2008 KlezFest and Ot Azoy! Summer Schools 2008 KlezFest: 10 - 15 August Special guest stars, Moshe Berlin (Israel), Steve Weintraub (USA) and Joanne Borts (USA), Directed by Frank London 11 August - Third Annual KlezFest Concert in Richmond 11 August - Ilana Cravitz's new Book Launch / Remembering Michael 12 August - KlezFest The Next Generation 13 August - Klezmer Klimax Concert Featuring top names in Klezmer West London Synagogue 14 August - AndraLaMoussia and Moshe Berlin in Concert Ot Azoy: 17 - 22 August Directed by Khayele Beer August 2007 Jewish Music Summer Schools 2007 KlezFest 12—17 August Jewish Song Summer School 12—17 August Ot Azoy! Yiddish Crash Course 19 – 24 August March 2007 The Violin in Jewish Tradition 'Classical and Klezmer' Sunday 11 March 2007 12.30 – 10pm at the Artsdepot A day devoted to the violin in Jewish tradition. Includes a klezmer workshop for all instruments, a Hopkele – learning Eastern European line and circle dances to live Klezmer music and a pre-concert talk and round table discussion by several eminent violinists. The concert in the evening highlights two aspects of the violin in Jewish life – klezmer and classical. January 2007 A Yiddishe Winterreise Sunday 28 January 2007, 7.30pm Mark Glanville bass baritone, Alexander Knapp piano. Premiere of a specially devised programme of songs from the Yiddish repertoire to replicate the emotional and physical journey through a bleak landscape undertaken by the hero of Schubert's original cycle. The specific context is the Holocaust; the performer, a former badkhn (wedding singer), is first heard a capella, singing a traditional Yiddish wedding song off-stage. He is in flight from his shtetl which has recently been destroyed together with his family. In the course of the cycle he reflects on his life, loves, work and religion there. Central to the performance will be a rendition of 'Der Lindenbaum' one of the best-loved songs of the Schubertian original, translated into Yiddish. The cycle will end with a Kaddish sung in Ashkenazic pronunciation. This concert will emphasise a paradox - the deep affection and respect so many Jews felt and still feel for the culture of the people who were ultimately to turn on them with such devastating consequences, a culture to which they have also made such an important contribution. £15, concessions £12 T: 020 7580 1355 Download the programme Read a review of the event Part of Jewish Music at Central Autumn /Spring Series Presented by JMI and Central Synagogue Starting September 2005 Jewish Song School 2005/06. Thursday Evenings Klezmer Classes 2005/06 Yiddish Classes and Activities in London July 2005 Ot Azoy! This is the way ... to speak, read and write Yiddish Sunday 17–Friday 22 July 2005 The Chen Zimbalista Trio Sunday 17 July, 7.45pm Klezmer Klimax III Wednesday 13 July 2005, 7.45pm KlezFest in the Park 2005 Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 July Jewish Song Summer School Sunday 10–Friday 15 July 2005 KlezFest London 2005 with the Klezmatics Sunday 10–Friday 15 July 2005 June 2005 The Large Shared Repertory of Greek and Klezmer/Yiddish Vernacular Musics. A Talk by Prof. Martin Schwartz Wednesday 22 June 2005, 6.00pm Starting January 2005 Klezmer evening classes and jams Starting January 2005. For professional and amateur musicians, all instruments welcome October 2004 From the Shtetl to The City: She'koyokh Klezmer Ensemble 13 October 2004, 6.15pm. Part of a series of four concerts to accompany the Daniel Libeskind Exhibition and of the International Daniel Pearl Music Day: Harmony for Humanity August 2004 Hot Beats on Rye at Spitz 2004 3 concerts of 'Intercontinental Klezmer' in August with the Jews Brothers, the Strauss Warschauer Duo, Shlomo Bar, and supporting band Nomadica. KlezFest: Klezmer music song and dance and JMI Summer School of Jewish Song Sunday 8—Thursday 12 August 2004 Read a review of the KlezFest 2004 KlezFest in Regents Park Bandstand Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 August 2004 In my Garden: Yiddish Songs and Music of Love and Rejoicing The Strauss Warschauer Duo, Thursday 5 August 2004 at the Spitz Ot Azoy! (This is the way!) ... to speak, read and write Yiddish in a week! Sunday 1—Friday 6 August 2004, SOAS, University of London Read an appreciation of Ot Azoy! 2004 June 2004 Raisins, Almonds...and more! Judith Silver and SHIR 20 June, Jacksons Lane Community Centre A Yiddish Cabaret 13 June 2004, The Spiro Ark May 2004 Yiddish Cabaret 13 June 2004 - Call for Auditions 27 May 2004, The Spiro Ark Celebrating Yiddish Literature: A one day Festival 23 May 2004, The Spiro Ark Klezmatics Concert, Jam and Workshop Sunday 2 and Monday 3 May 2004 Read a review and see images of the Weekend with the Klezmatics in May 2004 April 2004 Stenclmusic 19 April 2004 — 1 May 2004, The Oxford House Arts Centre A Yiddish Third Seder 7 April 2004, The Spiro Ark View images of the Yiddish Third Seder Wigmore Hall Folk Weekend Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 April 2004 Soul of the Fiddle. Conference, Concert, Courses Sunday 28 March—Friday 2 April 2004 December 2003 The King of Lampedusa - a 60th Anniversary Celebration, 14 December 2003 Read the review and see images of the King of Lampedusa Anniversary Celebration October/November 2003 Exploring Yiddish Drama and Literature		Ashkenazi Links Klezmer and Yiddish Events What is Klezmer? Klezmer Classes What is Yiddish? Learn Yiddish The International Forum for Yiddish Culture (IFYC) Publications Other JMI Links Jewish Music Performances Jewish Music Courses


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