The festival of new yiddish music brings the best in klezmer and new yiddish music to the stage at the yiddish book center. The festival of new yiddish music includes performances by top names who are redefining klezmer, as well as talks, workshops, and a modern folk oratorio by klezmatics member frank london, based on yiddish writer i. The ninth annual yidstock takes place at the yiddish book center from july 912, 2020. Yidstock concert nigunim trio, yiddish book center at. Yidstock 2017 will bring the best in klezmer and new yiddish music to the stage at the yiddish book center. Summer yiddish course and fellowship program jewish ledger. Yidstock 2017 is sponsored by wamc northeast public radio and. The festival of new yiddish music will feature a performance of a night in the old marketplace, a multimedia folk oratorio by frank london, a founding member of the klezmatics. The festival of new yiddish music, films, and events. The festival of new yiddish music yidstock brings together a diverse range of musicians who weave elements from traditional jewish. If you have purchased tickets, we will be in contact with. The yiddish book center in amherst, massachusetts, hosts its spring. Noami leaf halpern, jewish dancer and centenarian, was interviewed by christa whitney on january 27th, 2017, in woodstock, new york.
Yidstock 2018, seth rogovoy, david krakauer, anthony russell, yiddish book center podcast, the shmooze, lisa newman on this episode, we talk with seth rogovoy, yidstock artistic director, about the lineup for yidstock 2018, which will include performances by david krakauer, anthony russell, the heather klein duo, socalled, and sarah aroeste. Brown paper tickets the fairtrade ticketing company. The festival of new yiddish music brings the best in klezmer and new yiddish music to the stage at the yiddish book center in amherst, massachusetts. Alicia svigals, the greatest living exponent of klezmer violin, bookends our region with performances at ps21 in chatham on saturday, july 15, at 8pm, and at the yiddish book center in amherst on sunday, july 16, at 3pm, as part of the yidstock festival of new yiddish. Yidstock 17 to feature frank london, eleanor reissa. Click here to purchase tickets to individual events. A night in the old marketplace, which he wrote and. Yidstock concert ezekiels wheels klezmer band presented.
Its always wonderful to hear them talk about their creative work and process. The yiddish book center national yiddish book center, located on the campus of hampshire college in amherst, massachusetts, united states, is a cultural institution dedicated to the preservation of books in the yiddish language, as well as the culture and history those books. June 14 18\, 2017 so many book bargains\, so l ittle time annual used book sale a fundraiser to benefit the lawrence family jcc put down your nook and pick up a real book. Yidstock 2017 is sponsored by wamc northeast public radio and the marinus and minna b. The four day festival takes place at the yiddish book center in amherst july 16. Yidstock 17 features concerts, talks and workshops. Yidstock 2017 is sponsored by wamc northeast public.
The decade of discovery is a new initiative of the yiddish book center designed to foster a deeper understanding of yiddish and modern jewish culture. Yidstock concert hankus netsky and eden macadamsomer. Yidstock 17 at the yiddish book center massachusetts jewish. This summer, july 16, the yiddish book center in amherst, mass. Now in its sixth year, yidstock brings together a diverse range of musicians who weave elements from traditional jewish music, jazz, americana, and other styles to take klezmer in exciting, unexpected directions, underscoring the dynamic, everevolving nature of the genre. Jewish presence in eastern europe, 20042012 will be in the yiddish book center s brechner gallery through october 15, 2017. Yidstock 2020 will bring the best in klezmer and new yiddish music to the stage at the yiddish book center in amherst, massachusetts. The festival of new yiddish music has been cancelled due to the covid19 emergency. Seth rogovoy, also includes concerts by nigunim trio twothirds of. The worlds first yiddish museum, the yiddish book center is home to permanent and visiting exhibits. If you have purchased tickets, we will be in contact with you directly about the cancellation via email. Yidstock 2017 takes place july to 16 at the yiddish book center in amherst, massachusetts.
Yiddish book center the berkshires official website. Students also take a field trip to new york and take part in events at the yiddish book center, including the annual yidstock. This legendary jewish hotel was the ultimate holiday destination for more than forty years, and its history provides a rare and fascinating glimpse into jewish life in britain. The festival of new yiddish music celebrates the best of klezmer and new yiddish music with a wideranging lineup of concerts that demonstrate the diversity and. The yiddish book center in amherst, massachusetts, is now accepting applicants for two renowned programs for college students and recent graduates. Yidstock 2017 concert hankus netsky and eden macadamsomer duo yiddish book center friday july 14 clock icon 2. Fourday festival includes concerts, talks and workshops. The sixth annual yidstock takes placerain or shineat the yiddish book center in amherst, massachusetts, july 16, 2017. The jewish world yidstock 17 to feature frank londons. Nigunim and zmiros are songs of devotion and praise, spiritual hassidicjewish chants whose purpose is to induce a state of piety and ecstasy in both performer and listener. The burning child creates a psychic mapping of vienna through an exploration of its architectural interiors, set against the backdrop of austrias troubled past. Yidstock concert andy statman trio, presented by yiddish. Four days, seven concerts on this episode, we talk with seth rogovoy, yidstock artistic director, about the lineup for yidstock 2018, which will include performances by david krakauer, anthony russell, the heather klein duo, socalled, and sarah aroesteand those are just a few of the performers who will take to the stage.
Were also sharing a collection of oral history interviews with some of the musicians of yidstock. The festival of new yiddish music opens on thursday, july 16, 2015, at the yiddish book center with an already soldout concert by the grammy awardwinning klezmatics, and runs through sunday, july 19, when members of all the ensembles featured throughout the festival will form a unique, onetime only superstar outfit, the yidstock. The yidstock 2019 festival taking place at the yiddish book center from thursday, july 11, through sunday, july 14, 2019 will once again feature a global cast of the greatest talents of yiddish and klezmer music, with performances by berlins yiddish. Yidstock 17 features top klezmer artists yiddish book. Yidstock 17 at the yiddish book center massachusetts. The nigunim trio lorin sklamberg and frank london, cofounders of the continue reading. Yidstock features global lineup the rogovoy report. Andy statman, alicia svigals make yidstock debuts this. Dont miss out on what promises to be a great festival of music and related events. Yidstock concert nigunim trio jewish federation of the. The fourday takes place at the yiddish book center in amherst, massachusetts, july 16, 2017. This 45minute tour takes the visitor through the yiddish book center s museum exhibits and allows them to.
Beginning with the center s 40th anniversary in 2020, and continuing for each of the next ten years, the center will select an annual theme. A multiinstrumentalist, composer, and ethnomusicologist, hankus is a pioneer of the klezmer revival and founder and. Yiddish book center amherst, ma brown paper tickets. Klezmer fiddler alicia svigals performs at ps21 and yidstock. I look forward to welcoming you to what promises to be a great four days of concerts and events. The fourday festivaljuly to 16 at the yiddish book center in amherst,will also include.
The yiddish book center s founder and president offers an update on the latest at the center. The festival of new yiddish music concert passes sold out. The festival of new yiddish music will include concerts by legendary and upandcoming bands, a folk oratorio by a founder of the klezmatics, plus talks, workshops, and other special events. The yiddish book center is a nonprofit organization working to. Along with concerts by new and legendary bands, the roster of events will include a folk oratorio by a founder of the klezmatics, workshops, talks on topics including yiddish theater and hassidic music, plus a dramatic. Yiddishkeit klezmer ensemble the yiddishkeit klezmer ensemble, based in the pioneer valley and led by multiinstrumentalist brian bender, performs traditional and original freylekhs, bulgars, horas. National yiddish book center inc guidestar profile. Hankus netsky and eden macadamsomer, cochairs of the new england conservatorys contemporary improvisation department, present an afternoon of yiddish and hassidic song and klezmer dance tunes.
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