The Sound & Light Cinematic Duo. Silent film w/ live music online
2021-06-02 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | Online
JMI Online: The Sound & Light Cinematic Duo – Five Brides

Wednesday 2nd June 2021 | 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm UK time
Performing as Jewish musicians would have done in the early days of cinema, Merlin and Polina Shepherd will play Jewish music to accompany this silent film. Their playing acts as the perfect foil for these amazing historic documents. With their deep training, musical experience and by using tradition musical pieces and stylistically accurate new compositions, these films are magically brought back to life almost a century after their first screenings.

More information here: https://www.jmi.org.uk/event/5brides/

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Wandering Stars Song Project in Erfurt, Germany
2021-08-13 18:00 - 19:30 UTC
Aug 13, ’21 07:00 PM @Zughafen, Erfurt – BOOK HERE
YSW Wandering Stars Song Project
A celebration of traditional and New Yiddish Song
Admission: €20.00 / €10.00
“Inspired by songs collected 100 years ago in Ukraine and Belarus that until recently slumbered in an archive of the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine, the Song Project is a celebration of the beauty and variety of Yiddish song and singing styles. Folk songs, liturgical songs, songs of celebration and wordless melodies of devotion and ecstasy share the stage in this international, co-creation project. Featuring some of today’s most charismatic and influential creators and performers of traditional and New Yiddish Song.
Line-up:
Patrick Farrell (USA/D) – piano, accordion
Craig Judelman (USA/D) – violin
Sveta Kundish (D) – voice
Sasha Lurje (D) – voice
Polina Shepherd (GB) – voice, piano
Lorin Sklamberg (USA) – voice, accordion, piano”
Location: Zughafen, Zum Güterbahnhof 20, 99085 Erfurt
Contact: info@yiddishsummer.eu, +49(0)15776463340

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Singing Stencl - Concert live stream
2021-09-24 19:00 - 20:30 UTC
24 September – in person and online via live streaming.
Yiddish song concert – 7pm GMT

Watch here on Youtube
or on Facebook here

Renowned singer, composer and choir leader Polina Shepherd will bring to life two beautiful poems by the late poet Abraham Nehum Stencl. This concert will be tribute to Stencl, and to the Yiddish musical and poetic traditions.

This project is a collaboration between SOAS Music Department and their library, which recently acquired some materials by poet Abraham Nehum Stencl (1897-1983), who lived in London in his later years and who was a Yiddish culture hero. This concert will be tribute to Stencl, and to the Yiddish musical and poetic traditions.
I was asked to compose two songs for his poems. This will be their premiere.

There will be some traditional klezmer music and my vocal cycle Di Khasene. The band is Merlin Shepherd on clarinet, Anna Lowenstein on fiddle, Simon Diamond on double bass and Polina Shepherd on voice and piano.

Booking (voluntary contribution) and links to watch are here.

Alternatively, follow the event page on Facebook to sign up and learn more!

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The Workers Circle Khanike Party online
2021-12-05 18:00 - 19:30 UTC
5 December. Online More info and booking here
The Workers Circle Khanike Party 1 pm New York / 6 pm London
Our group, Yiddish Songs for Love and Harmony, part of The Workers Circle Autumn schools, will take part in this online celebration of Khanuka.

Join The Workers Circle on Zoom for our Yiddish Khanike Party, with Khanike candles and warm greetings from our wonderful teachers and students from all over the world!

Sing Khanike lider with us together with: KinderKlub Yiddish, Polina Shepherd and her online group, Deborah Strauss and Jeff Warschauer, Psoy Korolenko, Judy Bressler, Cindy Paley, Paula Teitelbaum, Tânia Grinberg and surprise guests. Enjoy skits from Daniel Galay, Matthew ‘Motl’ Didner and Mikhl Yashinsky.

All participants will be entered in our Annual Khanike Raffle for a chance to win free registration to any of our Winter 2022 semester Yiddish classes! To secure your spot in the raffle, please register by Saturday, December 4 9PM EST.

This event is free, but we welcome an $18 suggested donation that will go to strengthening our world-renown Yiddish program.

#chanukah #Hanukkah #chanukkah

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Winter in Yiddishland Online - The Workers Circle
2022-02-06 | Online
WINTER IN YIDDISHLAND ONLINE, held entirely on Zoom, will offer a variety of programming on February 6, 2022.

Our program includes Yiddish classes for all levels and ages, lectures by Yiddish scholars (in English and Yiddish), Klezmer, Yiddish song and Yidishe nigunim workshops, concerts featuring Klezmer stars, Yiddish singalongs, children’s program and the opportunity to meet with ardent Yiddishists from around the world. We hope you will join us and become a part of our international Yiddishland mishpokhe!
The program starts at 10 AM EDT and ends at 6:00 PM EDT.
Registration for Winter in Yiddishland Online is $25 per individual program.
Polina Shepherd will be leading a workshop at 12:00 – 1:15 pm EDT

A Snow-Covered Singing Journey with Polina Shepherd: In Vinter Farnakhtn
Join Polina Shepherd for a singing journey through Russian fields towards a Jewish home in a shtetl. In Vinter Farnakhtn by Dovid Hofshteyn is about a path surrounded by deep snows and memories. Let’s walk this path with two very different melodies and see how the colours change from melody to melody.

Join us for the concert: 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT

The Workers Circle Annual Lorraine (Libby) Buch Yiddish Concert
Lorraine (Libby) Buch z”l was a longtime member of the Workers Circle, passed away in May 2019. Libby left the Workers Circle a generous legacy donation in her will that reflects her commitment to lifelong learning and celebrates her love of Yiddish, music, and Jewish culture. The legacy Libby left for the Workers Circle will be memorialized with an annual Yiddish Music concert named for her. The inaugural Lorraine Buch concert will be held at our first Winter in Yiddishland program and features performances from Polina Shepherd (UK), Svetlana Kundish (Germany), Tania Grinberg (Brazil), Yasmin Garfunkel (Argentina), Daniel Kahn (Germany), Deborah Strauss and Jeff Warschauer, Michael Winograd, Jake Shulman-Ment, Nicole Borger (Brazil), Teressa Tova (Canada), Mikhl Yashinsky, Cindy Paley, Zhenya Lopatnik, Psoi Korolenko, Lloika Czaskis (France), Motl Didner & Leyzer Burko, Timur Fishel (Estonia) , Annie Cohen, Sheva Zucker, Miri Koral, Daniel Galai (Israel), Gustavo Emos (Brazil), and more.

We are also thrilled to offer free community events; KinderKlub Yiddish: Winter Edition, The Workers Circle Annual Lorraine (Libby) Buch Yiddish Concert, and Yiddish Sing-Along with Cindy Paley. Advance registration for free events is required.
If you have any questions, please email Kolya Borodulin at nborodulin@circle.org or Baruch Blum at bblum@circle.org.
Read more here

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Oli Spleen "Still Life" Album Launch. Brighton UK
2022-03-04 20:00 - 23:00 UTC | The Hope and Ruin, 11-12 Queens Road, Brighton & Hove, East Sussex, BN1 3WA, United Kingdom
Oli Spleen’s “Still Life” album launch! Featuring… SPLEEN (the band) Link to event here.
at The Hope and Ruin, 11-12 Queens Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 3WA
Mishkin Fitzgerald
Nick Hudson
Merlin and Polina Shepherd
Tristram Arnold
Stuart Warwick

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Russian Choirs Sing for Peace - concert in Brighton
2022-03-12 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | BHASVIC, 205 Dyke Road, Hove, BN3 6EG, United Kingdom
RUSSIAN CHOIRS SING FOR PEACE
ENTRANCE FREE but registration is necessary: Register HERE

BHASVIC, 205 Dyke Road, Hove, BN3 6EG
Doors 2pm, concert 2.30om.
The choirs bring together music lovers from many backgrounds and promote culture, unity and building bridges through singing. Come and hear classical pieces, Orthodox liturgy music, Art Songs, folk songs and
a special addition – a Ukrainian folk song.

IN THIS EVENT OUR COMMUNITY CHOIRS WILL SING FOR PEACE.

Organised in collaboration with the Sussex Russian Centre Kalinka

There is parking on-site but places may be limited.
We recommend that this event is suitable for young spectators over 7 years old.

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London - Klezfest Faculty concert
2022-04-06 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | SOAS, University of London, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London, WC1H 0XG, United Kingdom
April 6. London, UK
Klezfest Faculty concert
Hear some of the UK’s most significant players on the “Klezmer revival” scene. I am likely to be performing here too. Part of JMI’s Klezfest 2022 – Learn Klezmer, Play Klezmer. Venue: SOAS University of London. More information and booking here
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Liberation Seder online
2022-04-18 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Online
BSST, JVL, IJV and JJP welcome you to our Liberation Seder

Our Seder will be held on the fourth night of Passover this year. For some of us this service continues a lifetime’s experience of family and community Seders; for others it will be a first chance to share in a Jewish tradition and learn how it can be an inclusive and outward-looking celebration.
Seders express the hope for a better future and freedom from oppression for all.
Our Seder will again be led by Rabbi Janet Darley.
We are delighted to announce that

Maxine Peake and
Peter Beinart

will be giving readings this year. There will be contributions from Palestinians and Israelis and we will be announcing the names of more contributors shortly.
We are delighted to announce that we will be joined by:

Haggai Matar – executive director of +972 Magazine
Danya Cohen – B’Tselem International Relations Officer
Andrew Feinstein – Former South African MP
Rawand Arqawi – director of the Fragments theatre in Jenin
Professor Stephan Feuchtwang

Musical contributions from:

The Brighton and Hove Yiddish Choir
Rachel Weston
Daniel Kahn

We have prepared a Liberation Haggadah, the readings we use for a Seder. This will include details of the food we eat at the Seder table and how to prepare these special dishes. We hope you will prepare some of them so you can be fully involved; none are difficult.
An important aim of our Seder is to raise money for the work of the British Shalom-Salaam Trust and we hope you will make a donation
Chag Pesach Sameach
חג פסח שמח
Happy Passover

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Russian Easter concert for Peace with the London Russian Choir- London
2022-04-24 14:00 - 15:30 UTC
Come and celebrate the Orthodox Easter with the London Russian Choir.
Book here

LONDON: Heath Street Baptist Church
Door time: 2:00pm, start time: 2:15pm

The London Russian Choir presents a Programme for Peace on the Orthodox Easter Sunday.
The choirs bring together music lovers from many backgrounds and promote culture, unity and building bridges through singing. Come and hear classical pieces, Orthodox liturgy music, Art Songs, folk songs and a special addition – Ukrainian folk songs.
WE ARE COMING TOGETHER ON THIS DAY TO SING FOR PEACE.

At the concert, we will be collecting donations to Sunflower Relief – https://www.sunflowerrelief.org/, who provide assistance to people trying to reach the border to getting medical supplies and food out to the millions of stranded citizens who remain in the war zone. Profits from choir CD sales will also go to the Sunflower Relief.

Пасхальное воскресенье с Русским Хором Лондона – концерт ЗА МИР.
В программе – огромное разнообразие стилей русской хоровой музыки: народные лирические, песни; романсы, классические произведения Чайковского, Рахманинова, Глинки и других композиторов, немного церковной музыки и несколько сольных номеров.
В этот раз мы включили в программу несколько УКРАИНСКИХ песен и ПОСВЯЩАЕМ КОНЦЕРТ ПРИЗЫВУ ЗА МИР.
Сборе средств в поддержку гуманитарной помощи в зоне войны будет проходить на концерте в фонд Sunflower Relief https://www.sunflowerrelief.org/.

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Brighton Festival concert, Brighton UK
2022-05-08 17:30 - 19:00 UTC
Brighton Festival, Sunday 8 May, Riwaq on Hove seafront

Read more on Best Foot Music Brighton Festival page
All events are FREE, and during daytime hours (12.00 – 7.00) ALL WELCOME.

The festival is a major cultural event, highly regarded both locally and internationally. This year’s themes are Rediscover, Reimagine and Rebuild – the themes that are just right for us!

VENUE: The Brighton Festival Riwaq will be a temporary Festival venue on Hove seafront. Riwaq is an Arabic word for colonnade. Architecturally a Riwaq is a semi-open space. Read about the venue here.

BRIGHTON FESTIVAL PARTNER BestFoot Music brings together a unique programme of international and local acts by musicians & communities who have moved to the UK from around the World.

OUR SET – 17.30 – 19.00 Sunday 8 May.

Sklamberg & The Shepherds
The Brighton & Hove Yiddish Choir
The Brighton & Hove and the London Russian choirs
a joint set of all the above!

We will present a few songs from our programme and CD 150 Voices, recorded with support from Best Foot Music:
Russian and Yiddish folk and art songs and newly composed originals sung by five choirs in the UK and USA and a duo of two international cultural activists: Siberian-born singer, composer and choir leader Polina Shepherd and the lead singer of the Grammy Award-winning Klezmatics Lorin Sklamberg.

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Xameleon Theatre night of poetry & music in aid of DEC Ukrainian Appeal
2022-05-20 19:30 - 21:00 UTC
Fundraising Concert for Ukraine. London based Xameleon Theatre presents a night of poetry and music in aid of DEC Ukrainian Appeal

UK based artists and musicians originally from Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Latvia and Lithuania come together in a fundraising concert to help raise funds for DEC Ukrainian Appeal.
The evening will include an extract from Xameleon Theatre’s poetry performance “Insomnia” based on Marina Tsvetaeva’s work, music performances by Iryna Muha, Polina Shepherd, Iryna Seleznyova, Alexey Shedko and Irina Kara , poetry readings by actors Oleg Sidorchik, Maria Blatstein and Dmitry Turchaninov.
The event is made with the support of POSK, Polish Social and Cultural Assosiation in London.
20th May 7:30 pm @POSK, 238-246 King St, London, W6 0RF
Please note: Poetry will be performed in original languages and accompanied with the libretto.
All ticket sales will be donated to DEC
Артисты и музыканты из Украины, России, Беларуси, Латвии и Литвы выступят на благотворительном концерте в поддержку DEC Ukrainian Appeal.
В программу войдут отрывок из поэтического спектакля “Бессоница” по произведениям М.И.Цветаевой (Xameleon Theatre), музыкальные выступления Ирины Мухи, Полины Шеперд, Ирины Селезневой, Алексея Шедько и Ирины Кары, а также выступления актеров Олега Сидорчика, Марии Блатштейн и Дмитрия Турчанинова.
Театр благодарит Польский Культурный Центр POSK за помощь в проведении мероприятия.
20 мая в 19:30 @POSK, 238-246 King St, London, W6 0RF
NB: Стихи прозвучат на оригинальных украинском и русском языках, также будет предоставлено либретто на английском языке.

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The Brandenburg Choral Festival Russian concert, London
2022-06-03 19:00 - 21:00 UTC
Brandenburg Choral Festival of London presents the Russian Choirs of London and Brighton & Hove
RUSSIAN CHOIRS SING FOR PEACE

St Gabriel’s Pimlico
The choirs bring together music lovers from many backgrounds and promote culture, unity and building bridges through singing.
Come and experience deep basses in Orthodox Liturgical Pieces by Rachmaninov and Tchesnokov, gorgeous harmonies in classical scores by Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov, and even a modern composition by an Icelandic composer. Hear Art Songs (Romances) from the 18th-19th centuries, traditional lyrical and dance songs and a special addition – Ukrainian songs which the choirs learnt in solidarity with Ukraine. The programme will also include solo and ensemble performances.
WE ARE COMING TOGETHER ON THIS DAY TO SING FOR PEACE.
At the concert, we will be collecting donations to Sunflower Relief – https://www.sunflowerrelief.org/, who provide assistance to people trying to reach the border to getting medical supplies and food out to the millions of stranded citizens who remain in the war zone. Profits from choir CD sales will also go to the Sunflower Relief.
More about the choirs:
https://londonrussianchoir.wordpress.com/
https://russianchoir.wordpress.com/
Fees:
Premium: Includes a reserved seat, a drink and a programme. Public – £25. Choir friends and family – £17
Standard: Public £20. Choir friends and family – £12
Child: Public £5. (Anyone in full-time education)
To get the discount, choir friends and family should use a discount code PEACE when checking out on the ticket page.
BOOK HERE

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Concert in Wolmirstedt, SA, Germany
2022-06-10 17:00 - 18:30 UTC | Soziokulturelles Zentrum Schranke e.V. Schloßdomäne 2, 39326 Wolmirstedt, Schranke e.V. Schloßdomäne 2, Wolmirstedt, 39326, Germany
I will be teaching a workshop to a local Jewish community choir and we’ll give a presentation at the end of our week together.
5pm.
Venue: 39326 Wolmirstedt Schößdomäne, 2

Der Festsaal

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AVIV-Sommerfest - Halle, Germany
2022-06-12 16:00 - 22:30 UTC | f2 Galerie, Fährstraße 2, Halle, 06114, Germany
Event link
AVIV-Sommerfest in der f2 Galerie
Kunst, Musik, Tanz und Literatur jüdischer Künstler: innen aus Sachsen-Anhalt

Durch eine großzügige Förderung von Neustart Kultur findet parallel zu den Jüdischen Kulturtagen ein weiteres Projekt des Leopold Zunz e.V. statt: AVIV – Frühling für jüdische Künstler:innen und Kunst in Sachsen-Anhalt.
Von Februar bis Juni 2022 werden Musiker:innen, Literat:innen, bildende Künstler:innen und Tänzer:innen neue Projekte schaffen und diese bei diversen Events präsentieren. Am 12. Juni freuen wir uns auf ein Sommerfest in der f2 Galerie in Halle, bei der sich die Künstler:innen verschiedener Genres mit ihrem Publikum treffen werden. Vom Nachmittag bis in den Abend hinein werden Musik, Kunst, Literatur und vieles mehr geboten. Eine einmalige Gelegenheit, die junge Szene jüdischer Kulturschaffender kennenzulernen: seien Sie dabei!
Mit (u.a.): Luba Meyer, Evgenia Tscherkes, Lia Gets-Berman, Juri Zemski & Alexander Goldenberg, Polina Shepherd, Kolorit chorNaama Arbel, Kolorit, Zohar Lioz Aviv, Alica Khaet, Valeria Sivtsova, Valeria Liebermann, Shani Nahum, Keren Rothenberg, Lidia Beleninova und Michal Fuchs
Zu dem Termin gelten die aktuellen Pandemie-Bestimmungen.
Der Eintritt ist frei. Ihre Spende ist willkommen.

EINTRITT – Kostenlos

VERANSTALTER – Leopold Zunz e.V.

VERANSTALTUNGSORT f2_eventgalerie
Fährstraße 2
06114
Halle (Saale)

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Solo concert in Dessau, Germany
2022-06-14 17:00 - 19:00 UTC
Community hall, Ev. Stadtgemeinde an der Mulde Kirche St. Georg,
Georgenstraße 15, 06842
Dessau-Rosslau
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Leipzig concert with Giuseppe Sciarratta
2022-06-15 20:00 - 21:30 UTC
Klezmer with Friends series
Giuseppe Sciarratta & Polina Shepherd
This video was recorded at one of our previous concerts and I am delighted to be coming back and performing with Giuseppe again. More info here. Venue: Budde-Haus, 8pm.
Nach zwei Jahren Pause gibt sie sich wieder die Ehre im Budde-Haus: die begeisternde, vielseitige wie vielgefragte Sängerin und Pianistin Polina Shepherd. Sie ist in Sibirien geboren und lebt heute in Großbritannien. Sie ist weltweit solo wie mit verschiedenen Klezmer-Ensembles unterwegs, produzierte zahlreiche CDs, leitet und unterrichtet Chöre. Ihr Gesang ist tief in der osteuropäischen Volksmusiktradition verwurzelt. In ihrer Heimat Tatarstan kam sie in engen Kontakt mit Verzierungen und Timbre des islamischen Gesangs, was ihr zu einer unverwechselbaren Vokalstilistik verhalf.
Kooperationsveranstaltung mit Klezmer with friends e. V.
Wegen begrenzter Platzkapazitäten empfehlen wir Kartenreservierungen unter Telefon 0341 90960037 oder ticket@budde-haus.de
Eintritt:
Normalpreis: 15,00 Euro
Ermäßigter Preis: 10,00 Euro (für Schüler*innen, Studierende, Leipzig-Pass-Inhaber*innen und Schwerbeschädigte)
Solidaritätspreis: Freiwilliger Eintritt, der über dem Normalpreis liegt, um Mindereinnahmen durch coronabedingt begrenzte Veranstaltungsausfälle etwas aufzufangen. Vielen Dank!
Der Klarinettist Giuseppe Sciarratta ist in Sizilien geboren. Er lebt seit 2011 in Deutschland und beschäftigt sich seit vielen Jahren mit den historischen und performativen Aspekten von Klezmer. Er nimmt regelmäßig am Yiddish Summer Festival in Weimar teil und ist seit 2017 künstlerischer Leiter der Veranstaltungsreihe „Klezmer with friends“ im Budde-Haus.
Bitte beachten: Keine Kartenzahlung möglich.
Einlass: ab 19.00 Uhr (freie Platzwahl)
Reservierte Karten bitte bis spätestens 30 min vor Veranstaltungsbeginn an der Abendkasse abholen.
Veranstaltungsort: Die Veranstaltung findet im Saal des Budde-Hauses (Erdgeschoss) statt.
Gastronomie: Die Budde-Bar ist geöffnet.
Förderer: Die Veranstaltung wird unterstützt von Stadt Leipzig, Kulturamt.
Auf Grund der aktuellen Sächsischen Coronaschutzverordnung vom 3.4.2022 bestehen keine Einschränkung mehr für Kulturveranstaltungen. Wir empfehlen jedoch nach wie vor das Tragen einer FFP2-Maske. Bitte beachten Sie weiterhin die üblichen Hygieneregeln (z. B. Symptomfreiheit).

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Concert. Magdeburg, Germany
2022-06-16 19:00 - 22:00 UTC
AVIV! – Ein Abend mit jüdischer Musik aus Sachsen-Anhalt
Event link

Durch eine großzügige Förderung von Neustart Kultur findet parallel zu den Jüdischen Kulturtagen ein weiteres Projekt des Leopold Zunz e.V. statt: AVIV – Frühling für jüdische Künstler:innen und Kunst in Sachsen-Anhalt.
Von Februar bis Juni 2022 werden Musiker:innen, Literat:innen, bildende Künstler: innen und Tänzer: innen neue künstlerische Projekte schaffen und diese bei verschiedenen Events präsentieren. In Magdeburg kommen die an dem Projekt beteiligten Musiker:innen und Ensembles im Turmpark Alt-Salbke zusammen und geben ein Festivalkonzert mit mitreißender jüdischer Musik. Mehrere Generationen lassen das Publikum an diesem Abend lebhafte Tanzmelodien und melancholische Träumereien des osteuropäischen Klezmers, jiddische Lieder, Spirituals, klassische Volkslieder und moderne Songs erleben.
Mit: Luba Meyer & Rozhinkes, Evghenia Cerkes, Juri Zemski & Alexander Goldenberg, Kolorit & Polina Shepherd, Ensemble Shoshana und Zohar Lioz Aviv
Zu dem Termin gelten die aktuellen Pandemie-Bestimmungen.
Ermäßigung für Schüler:innen, Auszubildende, Studierende, Arbeitssuchende und Schwerbehinderte

EINTRITT
Regulär: 9€
Ermäßigt: 6€

Kartenvorverkauf:
Reservierung

VERANSTALTER
Leopold Zunz e.V.

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H2O Turmpark e.V.
Alt Salbke 110c
39122
Magdeburg

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Boston, USA. A Besere Velt Yiddish Chorus with Lorin Sklamberg & Polina Shepherd
2022-06-18 20:00 - 21:30 UTC
More information and booking here.

You’re invited to join us, LIVE, on Saturday, June 18th at 8 pm (ET), for Singing for Peace & Freedom, A Besere Velt’s first in-person concert since 2019. Come listen to us live, or join online by tuning into a livestream, and enjoy the rousing music of our Yiddish chorus, A Besere Velt, with guest artists Polina Shepherd and Lorin Sklamberg, in a joyful, stirring concert to move us towards the dream of peace, freedom, and a better world for all.

A Besere Velt is emerging after three years of care and caution to weave new and classic Yiddish songs with visions of peace and liberation. Polina Shepherd and Lorin Sklamberg will bring us beautiful guest performances, solo and in collaboration with A Besere Velt. The concert will be live streamed on YouTube so all can join us from anywhere in the world.

Accessibility: Eliot Church is handicap accessible, and seats will be reserved in front for people with mobility, sight, or hearing needs. Music will be in Yiddish, English, and Ladino, with English supertitles for all lyrics and spoken text.

In-Person Tickets

By purchasing an in-person ticket, you attest that you are fully vaccinated & will wear a mask. All in-person tickets are general admission and come with the livestream link.

Supporter: $54
Standard: $36
Limited Income: $18

Livestream-Only Tickets: $12

Your ticket and financial support will help Boston Workers Circle continue to provide vibrant and accessible community and social justice programming.

Please consider donating generously if you are financially able, or supporting us by joining our host committee. Enjoy the music of our wonderful Yiddish chorus and guests while supporting Boston Workers Circle!

If you are unable to make a contribution now but would like to attend, please reach out to info@circleboston.org and we will try to match you with a sponsor for your ticket.

Buy tickets here

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Brighton Refugee Week event, UK
2022-06-25 13:00 - 17:00 UTC
Jubilee Library, Brighton
All are welcome at this FREE event. Come and share music and food and celebrate inclusivity & diversity in our city.
Music includes Bashir Al Gamar, Jamal & Alaa, Polina Shepherd and The Brighton & Hove Yiddish Choir with guest singers and Kurdish/Alevi musician Suna Alan and band.
There will be a finger food buffet, with food from Syria, Sudan and Ethiopia.
See the main event page here and more information here

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Stencl Exhibition Launch - workshop and recital. London
2022-06-29 15:30 - 19:00 UTC | SOAS, University of London, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London, WC1H 0XG, United Kingdom
Stencl Exhibition Launch at SOAS – workshop and recital, open to public.
Rediscovering Stencl: Wednesday 29 June, 3.30pm – 7pm
Calling all Yiddish speakers and scholars! SOAS Library Cordially invites you to the launch of our exhibition on the Yiddish language poet Abraham Nahum Stencl, with a music workshop, live music and refreshments.

Public opening and recital – 5-6pm, including a talk from a scholar on Stencl and SOAS librarians about the launch of the Stencl exhibition plus Polina Shepherd’s performance. Venue: Lower ground floor The Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre.
In 1983, the manuscripts of the late poet Abraham Nahum Stencl were donated to SOAS. We have now digitised the collection, to make his work available to scholars and lovers of Yiddish poetry across the globe. SOAS commissioned Polina Shepherd to turn two of the poems in our collection into songs. Her stunning compositions brought Stencl’s poems Di Veler and Halbe Levone to life. In this concert, filmed in the BGLT (Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre) in Bloomsbury, London, we will hear traditional Yiddish repertoire and new material performed by Polina Shepherd and band, including a premiere of the two Stencl songs.
Watch the concert (2021) here
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Caravan Orchestra and Choir in Haifa
2022-07-24 - 2022-07-30 | Department of Music of the University of Haifa, Israel
Caravan Orchestra and Choir is back in 2022.
The project will rehearse and perform in Haifa, Israel, on 24 July to 1 August and in Weimar, Germany, on 2-11 August (dates tbc).

The Caravan Orchestra and Choir is an exchange project between Yiddish Summer Weimar (Germany) and the Department of Music of אוניברסיטת חיפה – University of Haifa (Israel), in cooperation with the International Office University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar (Germany).

Every year, Caravan invites 28 – 30 young musicians from Israel and Germany to apply for a 2-3 week residency in Haifa and Weimar, with an intensive rehearsal period and concerts in both countries, as well as fun social activities, workshops and excursions.

Together with the artistic directors, participants explore both European Jewish and Arab music. While having clear differences in the repertoire and style, Ashkenazic Jewish (Yiddish) and Arab music share some forms, tonal material and, most importantly, a performance philosophy with similar approach to improvisation, ornamentation, modality and many other concepts that we discover again each time!

The Caravan Orchestra and Choir 2022 will be led by Polina Shepherd, Meral Cihan, Wassim Odeh and Christian Dawid.

If you are an instrumentalist or a singer and you would like to apply to join the Caravan project, please click here for current information about the application process. If you want to know where you can hear and see the band, please go to https://caravanorchestra.eu. If you are a presenter and would like to book the orchestra and the choir, please contact project manager Andreas Schmitges at the Other Music Academy e.V.: andreas.schmitges@othermusicacademy.eu or by phone/WhatsApp: +49 177 6017686

More about Caravan Orchestra & Choir here: https://caravanorchestra.eu/about/ – updates are appearing as we speak!

See some Caravan videos from 2021:

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Concert Livestream Watch Party - Boston chorus, Lorin Sklamberg & Polina Shepherd
2022-07-25 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Online
A Besere Velt Yiddish Chorus: Singing for Peace & Freedom Livestream Watch Party.
YOUTUBE LINK
A viewing party for the mixed, edited, subtitled recording of a concert from Saturday, June 18, 2022, featuring guest artists Polina Shepherd and Lorin Sklamberg. A Besere Velt is the Yiddish Community Chorus of the Boston Workers Circle. Captions are available for all spoken text and song lyrics (in English/Yiddish/Russian). Toggle on by choosing CC, or off to view English subtitles only. For the best viewing of captions, we recommend going to Settings → Subtitles/CC → Options → Background Opacity →100%.

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Caravan Orchestra & Choir concert. Haifa, Israel.
2022-07-31 18:00 - 20:00 UTC
Caravan Orchestra and Choir will present their first collaboration concert in 2022 in Haifa. 6pm – 8pm at The Arts School at Haifa University.

The Caravan Orchestra and Choir is an exchange project between Yiddish Summer Weimar (Germany) and the Department of Music of אוניברסיטת חיפה – University of Haifa (Israel), in cooperation with the International Office University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar (Germany). The project will rehearse and perform in Haifa, Israel, on 24 July to 1 August and in Weimar, Germany, on 2-11 August (dates tbc).

Together with the artistic directors, participants explore both European Jewish and Arab music. While having clear differences in the repertoire and style, Ashkenazic Jewish (Yiddish) and Arab music share some forms, tonal material and, most importantly, a performance philosophy with similar approach to improvisation, ornamentation, modality and many other concepts that we discover again each time!

The Caravan Orchestra and Choir 2022 will be led by Polina Shepherd, Meral Cihan, Wassim Odeh and Christian Dawid.

More about Caravan Orchestra & Choir here: https://caravanorchestra.eu/about/ – updates are appearing as we speak!

See some Caravan videos from 2021:

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Caravan Orchestra & Choir concert in Leipzig
2022-08-11 17:00 - 19:00 UTC
Caravan Orchestra & Choir
New Routes
August 11, Do 05:00 p.m. @Marktplatz Leipzig

Free entry.
The Caravan Orchestra & Choir, the Shimon Peres Prize-Winning cooperative project of Yiddish Summer Weimar, Haifa University and the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar, returns in 2022 with a new team of coaches and a new program. What remains the same is the incredible energy and inspiration generated by young musicians from Israel and Europe diving deep into their own and each other’s musical traditions and re-emerging with musical hybrids that have never before existed.
Line-up:
Meral Cihan (D) – artistic co-director
Christian Dawid (D) – artistic co-director
Wassim Odeh (IL) – artistic co-director
Polina Shepherd (RUS/GB) artistic co-director
Members of the Caravan Orchestra and the Caravan Choir

Together with the artistic directors, participants explore both European Jewish and Arab music. While having clear differences in the repertoire and style, Ashkenazic Jewish (Yiddish) and Arab music share some forms, tonal material and, most importantly, a performance philosophy with similar approach to improvisation, ornamentation, modality and many other concepts that we discover again each time!

The Caravan Orchestra and Choir 2022 will be led by Polina Shepherd, Meral Cihan, Wassim Odeh and Christian Dawid. More about Caravan Orchestra & Choir here: https://caravanorchestra.eu/about/ – updates are appearing as we speak!

Freier Eintritt.
Das Caravan Orchestra & Choir, das mit dem Shimon-Peres-Preis ausgezeichnete Kooperationsprojekt des Yiddish Summer Weimar, der Universität Haifa und der Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar, kehrt 2022 mit einem neuen Team von künstlerischen Leiter*innen und einem neuen Programm zurück! Was gleich bleibt, ist die unglaubliche Energie und Inspiration, die von jungen Musiker*innen aus Israel und Europa ausgeht, die tief in ihre eigenen und die gegenseitigen Musiktraditionen eintauchen und musikalische Mischformen hervorbringen, die es so noch nie gegeben hat.
Besetzung:
Meral Cihan (D) – künstlerische Co-Leitung
Christian Dawid (D) – künstlerische Co-Leitung
Wassim Odeh (IL) – künstlerische Co-Leitung
Polina Shepherd (RUS/GB) – künstlerische Gesamtleitung
Mitglieder des Caravan Orchestra und des Caravan Choir
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Caravan Orchestra and Choir concert in Erfurt, Germany
2022-08-12 20:00 - 22:00 UTC
@Zughafen (Erfurt) – BOOK HERE
The Caravan Orchestra & Choir, the Shimon Peres Prize-Winning cooperative project of Yiddish Summer Weimar, Haifa University and the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar, returns in 2022 with a new team of coaches and a new program. What remains the same is the incredible energy and inspiration generated by young musicians from Israel and Europe diving deep into their own and each other’s musical traditions and re-emerging with musical hybrids that have never before existed.
Line-up:
Meral Cihan (D) – artistic co-director
Christian Dawid (D) – artistic co-director
Wassim Odeh (IL) – artistic co-director
Polina Shepherd (RUS/GB) artistic co-director
Members of the Caravan Orchestra and the Caravan Choir
Location: Zughafen, Zum Güterbahnhof 20, 99085 Erfurt
Contact: info@yiddishsummer.eu, +49(0)15776463340

Caravan Orchestra and Choir is an exchange project between Yiddish Summer Weimar (Germany) and the Department of Music of אוניברסיטת חיפה – University of Haifa (Israel), in cooperation with the International Office University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar (Germany). The project will rehearse and perform in Haifa, Israel, on 24 July to 1 August and in Weimar, Germany, on 2-11 August (dates tbc).

Together with the artistic directors, participants explore both European Jewish and Arab music. While having clear differences in the repertoire and style, Ashkenazic Jewish (Yiddish) and Arab music share some forms, tonal material and, most importantly, a performance philosophy with similar approach to improvisation, ornamentation, modality and many other concepts that we discover again each time!

Das Caravan Orchestra & Choir, das mit dem Shimon-Peres-Preis ausgezeichnete Kooperationsprojekt des Yiddish Summer Weimar, der Universität Haifa und der Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar, kehrt 2022 mit einem neuen Team von künstlerischen Leiter*innen und einem neuen Programm zurück! Was gleich bleibt, ist die unglaubliche Energie und Inspiration, die von jungen Musiker*innen aus Israel und Europa ausgeht, die tief in ihre eigenen und die gegenseitigen Musiktraditionen eintauchen und musikalische Mischformen hervorbringen, die es so noch nie gegeben hat.
Besetzung:
Meral Cihan (D) – künstlerische Co-Leitung
Christian Dawid (D) – künstlerische Co-Leitung
Wassim Odeh (IL) – künstlerische Co-Leitung
Polina Shepherd (RUS/GB) – künstlerische Gesamtleitung
Mitglieder des Caravan Orchestra und des Caravan Choir
Ort: Zughafen, Zum Güterbahnhof 20, 99085 Erfurt
Kontakt: info@yiddishsummer.eu, +49(0)15776463340

See some Caravan videos from 2021:

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Interview
2022-08-23 17:00 - 18:00 UTC
Interview with an artist – event with Polina Shepherd as part of Yiddish in Berlin.

The 3rd Summer Program for Yiddish Language and Literature in Berlin will be held at the Institute for East European Studies at the Free University of Berlin from August 8th to 26th, 2022.
For three weeks, the Institute for East European Studies hosts students from all around the world, offering a rich program of language courses and cultural activities.
For the first time, a hybrid program in which students in the same class can choose to learn either face-to-face or at a distance.
The pedagogical team under the direction of Yitskhok Niborski will offer an intensive program of Yiddish courses, workshops (songs, theater, conversation, cooking), visits, lectures, film screenings…
In addition to four levels of language and literature classes ranging from beginner to advanced, we will be instating a three-week pedagogical training seminar for emerging Yiddish teachers.
Scholarships will be granted to allow young students from all over the world to come and improve their skills and exchange with other Yiddish speakers.
Events will take place at Osteuropa-Institut (Freie Universität Berlin). Garystraße 55, 14195 Berlin
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Soviet Yiddish Writers event by Five Leaves Publications, London.
2022-08-31 18:00 - 19:30 UTC | SOAS, University of London, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London, WC1H 0XG, United Kingdom
Soviet Yiddish writers event by the Five Leaves Publications and the Jewish Music Institute, London.
BOOK HERE, Special discount code for my followers: 5leaves will give you a half price ticket of £5.
Location SOAS. Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG, exact room TBA.
On August 12th 1952, thirteen members of the Soviet Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee יידישער אנטי פאשיסטישער קאמיטעט were murdered on the orders of Stalin. Join us to commemorate their 70th יארצייט
S. Lozovskii, J. Juzefovich, Prof. B. Shimeliovich, I. Fefer, L. Kvitko, P. Markish, D. Bergelson, D. Hofstein, B. Zuskin, L. Talmi, I. Vatenberg, E. Teumin, and Ch. Vatenberg-Ostrovska
6.30-9.30 (doors 6.00)
Speakers: Gennady Estraikh, Professor, New York University and Helen Beer, Lecturer Emerita, University College London
Music: Polina Shepherd
Followed by Song Searcher (83 minutes) a film about Moyshe Beregovsky, who recorded and studied the traditional music of Ukrainian Jewry in the 192s, 30s and 40s and who was imprisoned in a Stalinist labour camp in 1950.
For further information email bookshop@fiveleaves.co.uk

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Solo concert: Yiddish songs. South-West London/ Ilford, UK
2022-09-18 18:00 - 19:15 UTC
SWESRS: Social and Community Group –
Our Yiddish Heritage in Music with Polina Shepherd

Function Hall, South West Essex and Settlement Reform Synagogue
Oaks Lane, Newbury Park, Ilford, Essex, IG2 7PL
Polina Shepherd, born in Siberia, is now an internationally renowned singer bringing the songs of the Steppes and the Shtetl up to date with passion and haunting soul. Her singing cuts a sound deeply rooted in east European Jewish and Russian folk. She is also well-known as an educator and conductor, leading choral workshops both in the UK and abroad. It is a great privilege to welcome Polina to SWESRS! Polina will be both talking about and performing the rich heritage of Yiddish music in all its variety. Refreshments will be available after the concert
Tickets: £10 in advance and £12 at the door (Under 18s Free). On-line access at www.ticketsource.co.uk/swesrs
Contact Robert for further information at rmyoung1942@yahoo.co.uk or 0208 5302514

EVENT WEB PAGE and info here

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Online concert for the Kharkiv Jewish Community
2022-09-25 16:00 - 17:30 UTC | Online
Друзі, запрошуємо вас 25.09.2022 (неділя) о 18:00 на Концертну програма до свята Рош hа-Шана з композиторкою, співачкою, виконавицею єврейської музики та пісень Поліною Шеперд (м. Брайтон, Велика Британія).
Приєднуйтесь в Zoom: http://bit.do/zoom-7776132001
Ідентифікатор конференції: 777 613 2001 Код доступу: 777

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