Polina will be taking part in Yiddish Summer Weimar Festival Week as a performer and composer presenting her specially commissioned by YSW compositions for Yiddish poems from 1920-1930. In 2019 we recognize the 100th anniversary of the beginnings of the…
A new Joshua Waletzky Song Cycle. Concert. A new, full-length song cycle by NYC composer and filmmaker Joshua Waletzky, using traditional Yiddish genres—anthem, ballad, lullaby, love song, drinking song and nign—with new music and texts that explore the dangerous, challenging…
August 2 Fri 8 p.m. @mon ami Shaydveg (Crossroads) Weimar Crossing the frontier into Yiddish modernism then and now Other Music Academy, Ernst-Kohl-Straße 23, 99423 Weimar, Germany An evening of new songs composed and performed by three of today’s most…
The YSW Yiddish choir workshop offers a unique opportunity to experience a fascinating repertoire in an inspiring atmosphere. For several years now, the course has been focusing on specific aspects of Yiddish singing, including language, musical style, history and cultural…
Yiddish Song School, Jewish Music Institute, London. Learn to sing Yiddish song at Golden Peacock Yiddish Song School in the heart of London at SOAS this Summer 2019. The Golden Peacock The Yiddish Song course led by internationally acclaimed Yiddish…
Yiddish Song Concert: international stars of Yiddish live in concert in London: Come and see three international stars of Yiddish Song live in concert in Central London on Sunday 18th August. The first day of the JMI Summer Schools and Festival…