Polina Shepherd

Festival of Light concert in Lewes, UK
2022-12-16 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Westgate Chapel, 92A High Street, Lewes, BN7 1XH, United Kingdom
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Friday, 16 December
Westgate Chapel, Lewes 92A High Street, BN7 1XH
Doors: 7.15pm,
Concert: 7.30 – 9-30pm.
Bar available during the interval
Tickets: £10 plus booking fee
Festival of Light with the Brighton and Hove Russian Choir and Pam and de Femmes (TBC)
The theme for the evening is Light, Celebration and Unity. We have a fantastic programme to keep you warm for the rest of winter. Celebrate the beauty of world cultures and the joy of sharing music – join us in spreading the light!

The Brighton and Hove Russian Choir
BHRC promotes culture, unity and building bridges through singing. This evening, the choir will present Christmas songs, Art Songs, classical pieces by Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky, Ukrainian lyrical songs, ritual calendar music for pagan holidays and other folklore. The programme will also include solo performances by choir members.
The coming weekend is also the Jewish Festival of Light – Chanuka. Polina Shepherd will sing a few songs in Yiddish.
Pam and de Femmes are a Lewes-based band that started in 2019 as a female foursome doing calypso interludes for an evening of poets with Caribbean roots. Later they were joined by a rhythm section of bass and cajon. They then extended their repertoire to include Spanish, Hungarian and Polish songs and now they are a six or seven-piece band singing in languages from all around the world. They have performed songs in Czech, Swedish, German, Italian, and American English among others and are constantly expanding their repertoire.
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KCWC pre-Christmas party with The London Russian Choir
2022-12-08 18:00 - 20:30 UTC
KCWC – Kensington Chelsea Women’s Club is an organisation of international women who want to enjoy everything London has to offer. KWCW opens their door to guests for their pre-Christmas Party will take place in a lovely Georgian townhouse in the heart of Mayfair.
The University Women’s Club is a cosy and very welcoming venue for a pre-Christmas cocktail party where we will have exclusive use of the wood-panelled Library and elegant Drawing Room.
KCWC looks forward to welcoming you with wine, canapés and nibbles. The London Russian Choir will enliven the evening and create a special ambience and there will also be a raffle with three wonderful prizes for the lucky winners.
Guest price (includes everything mentioned above) – £49.
VENUE: 2 Audley Sq, London, W1K 1DB, England
BOOKING FORM here BOOKING FORM KCWC 8 December 2022
Alternatively, please contact via email: events@kcwc.org.uk or phone –
Mobile 07899 344348

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Sing with Me 137. ONLINE. A Russian and a Yiddish song
2022-11-30 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | Online
6 -7 pm UK / New York 1-2 pm / Honolulu, Hawaii 7-8 am / São Paulo, Brazil 2-3pm / Berlin, Germany 7-8pm / Dubai, UAE 9-10pm…
JOIN HERE
Sing with Me Sessions Online are open to everyone.
– New songs in every session.
– Learn about cultural context and style.
– No knowledge of Yiddish, Russian or other languages is needed.
– Song sheets are shown on the screen during sessions.
– Session videos are posted on Youtube.
– Payments are appreciated but you can also join free of charge.
– A Zoom link for each session, printable song sheet with music, lyrics, translation and transliteration appear on Sing with Me web page minimum two hours before the session.
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The Workers Circle class. ONLINE Powerful Yiddish Song-5
2022-11-16 13:30 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
The Workers Circle class. ONLINE
Powerful Yiddish Song with Polina Shepherd
Wednesdays 1:30 – 3:00 PM New York Time: Oct. 19, 26 Nov. 2, 9, 16
Course Goals: Come to learn and share Yiddish songs that give us strength and power. We will look deeper into traditional and newly composed songs, as well as songs borrowed from neighbouring cultures that have now become part of the rich Yiddish song canon.
Participants are invited to bring their own songs to the course, as well as learn some material offered by the teacher
All singers are welcome, although you will need to be able to follow written music and/or be open to learning by ear.
More information and booking: https://www.circle.org/2022yiddish#music
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The Workers Circle class. ONLINE Powerful Yiddish Song-4
2022-11-09 13:30 - 15:00 (America/New_York)

The Workers Circle class. ONLINE Powerful Yiddish Song-3
2022-11-02 13:30 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
The Workers Circle class. ONLINE
Powerful Yiddish Song with Polina Shepherd
Wednesdays 1:30 – 3:00 PM New York time. Oct. 19, 26 Nov. 2, 9, 16
Course Goals: Come to learn and share Yiddish songs that give us strength and power. We will look deeper into traditional and newly composed songs, as well as songs borrowed from neighbouring cultures that have now become part of the rich Yiddish song canon.
Participants are invited to bring their own songs to the course, as well as learn some material offered by the teacher
All singers are welcome, although you will need to be able to follow written music and/or be open to learning by ear.
More information and booking: https://www.circle.org/2022yiddish#music
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The Workers Circle class. ONLINE Powerful Yiddish Song-2
2022-10-26 13:30 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Online
The Workers Circle class. ONLINE. BOOK HERE
Powerful Yiddish Song with Polina Shepherd
Wednesdays 1:30 – 3:00 PM New York time. Oct. 19, 26 Nov. 2, 9, 16
Course Goals: Come to learn and share Yiddish songs that give us strength and power. We will look deeper into traditional and newly composed songs, as well as songs borrowed from neighbouring cultures that have now become part of the rich Yiddish song canon.
Participants are invited to bring their own songs to the course, as well as learn some material offered by the teacher
All singers are welcome, although you will need to be able to follow written music and/or be open to learning by ear.
More information and booking: https://www.circle.org/2022yiddish#music
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The Workers Circle class ONLINE. Powerful Yiddish Song
2022-10-19 13:30 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
The Workers Circle class – ONLINE – BOOK HERE
Powerful Yiddish Song with Polina Shepherd
Wednesdays 1:30 – 3:00 PM New York time. Oct. 19, 26 Nov. 2, 9, 16
Course Goals: Come to learn and share Yiddish songs that give us strength and power. We will look deeper into traditional and newly composed songs, as well as songs borrowed from neighbouring cultures that have now become part of the rich Yiddish song canon.
Participants are invited to bring their own songs to the course, as well as learn some material offered by the teacher
All singers are welcome, although you will need to be able to follow written music and/or be open to learning by ear.
More information and booking: https://www.circle.org/2022yiddish#music

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Merlin & Polina Shepherd Duo concert at Shute Festival, Devon. UK
2022-10-08 19:00 - 21:00 UTC
October 8. Shute, Devon. UK
Merlin & Polina Shepherd Duo concert
Shute Festival brings the duo to Devon. There will possibly be a workshop on the day too. Watch this space for more.

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The Workers Circle Yiddish Open House ONLINE
2022-10-02 13:00 - 17:00 UTC
The Workers Circle Fall 2022 Yiddish Semester Open House
Sunday, October 2, 1:00 – 3:00 PM ET
Join us for a virtual kumzits to introduce you to our #Yiddish language, Yiddish song and klezmer workshop instructors. They will acquaint you with the classes they teach in separate Zoom breakout rooms from 1 to 2 PM. After meeting with the instructors you will have a chance to meet with other students from our Yiddish classes for the informal schmooze in breakout rooms for Beginners, Advanced Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced.
Polina Shepherd will introduce her Powerful Yiddish Song – ONLINE. The Workers Circle course with one of the songs she’ll teach as part of it.
Free, but registration is required. Please go here to register: https://www.circle.org/events/yiddish-open-house-2022
Event link here

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The Third Seder
2022-09-27 | Online
The Third Seder is a long standing Yiddish cultural tradition. For the first time, the MMJCCM will host a “third” seder, convened by our rabbi in residence Rabbi Avram Mlotek, featuring the leading stars of the Klezmer and Yiddish stage.
This is a pre-recorded performance and registrants will receive a Vimeo link to watch the entire recording of this performance by 2pm on Sunday.
Starring, in alphabetical order:
Bob Abelson
Michael Alpert
Alan Bern
Nicole Borger
Joanne Borts
Josh Dolgin
Sarah Gordon
Adrianne Greenbaum
Elmore James
Craig Judelman
Daniel Kahn
Yeva Lapsker
Leon Lapsker Kahn
Yanky Lemmer
Marilyn Lerner
Shura Lipovsky
Frank London
Sasha Lurje
Avram Mlotek
Ravi Mlotek
Sarah Mlotek
Zalmen Mlotek
Eleanor Reissa
Merlin Shepherd
Polina Shepherd
Ilya Shneyveys
Dinah Slepovitch
Zisl Slepovitch
Lorin Sklamberg
Steven Skybell
Eric Stein
Theresa Tova
Susan Lankin-Watts
Tatiana Wechsler
Steven Weintraub
Michael Winograd.
Lead sponsoring by The National Yiddish Theatre-Folksbiene
Presented in partnership with Base MNHTN, KlezKanada, The Forward, Forvertz, Kadimah – Jewish Cultural Centre , Yiddish Book Center, Sholem Aleichem College, Jewish Labour Bund Melbourne, Penina Zylberman Yiddish Cultural and Educational Foundation, Kleztival, Ashkenaz Festival, Yiddish Summer Weimar, Shalom Foundation and I. B. Singer Yiddish Festival in Warsaw, YUNG YiDiSH Tel Aviv, YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, Museum of Jewish History – Living Memorial to the Holocaust, The Workers Circle, Vaybertaytsh, Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre, Jewish Music Institute – Instituto da Música Judaica -Brasi
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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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Sing with Me 136 ONLINE, a Yiddish song and a Russian song
2022-09-19 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | Online
6-8pm UK time, 6 -7 pm UK / New York 1-2 pm / Honolulu, Hawaii 7-8 am / São Paulo, Brazil 2-3pm / Berlin, Germany 7-8pm / Dubai, UAE 9-10pm…
Please check Sing with Me web page for the Zoom meeting and songs information, song sheets and audio files closer to the session. I’ll post it all here at least two hours before we start.
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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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Brighton & Hove Russian Choir concert in Shoreham, UK
2022-09-17 18:00 - 20:30 UTC
BOOK HERE
St Nicolas’ Church
CONCERT FOR OUR PRINCESS – Songs for Peace by the Brighton & Hove Russian Choir
The anniversary of the death of Lydia Yavorska, Princess Bariatinsky, who is buried in St Nicolas’ churchyard in Old Shoreham, falls in September. Please join us at this ‘centenary-plus-one’ concert on 17th September 2022 (Covid unfortunately prevented commemoration of the centenary), to which we will be welcoming a special VIP guest…
The Brighton & Hove Russian Choir will present a varied concert to mark the occasion. Come and experience traditional lyrical and dance songs, Art Songs (Romances) from the 18th-19th centuries, beautiful harmonies in classical pieces by Tchaikovsky and others, and Orthodox liturgical pieces by Rachmaninov and Tchesnokov. There will also be Ukrainian songs that the choir has learnt in solidarity with Ukraine, as well as some solo performances.
Refreshments will be available during the interval.
Doors open at 6pm, concert starts at 6.30pm.
Advance tickets through this website cost £9 (+ 10% booking fee).
Remaining tickets (if any) will be sold on the door at £10.
The Choir will be singing for Peace. At the end of the concert there will be a collection for the Red Cross DEC appeal, supporting humanitarian aid for those who need it most, in Ukraine or its bordering countries.
Venue: St Nicolas’ Church
St Nicolas’ Lane
Shoreham-by-Sea
West Sussex
BN43 5NH

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Yiddish Choir Workshop - Brighton & Hove
2022-09-12 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue, 6 Lansdowne Road, Hove, BN3 1FF
OPEN TO ALL, no language experience is needed!
Come and learn Yiddish songs, open the heart and energise the body, experience a choir sound weaving together all of our voices into an instrument of great beauty and power.

Yiddish, the 1000-year-old language of the Jews of Eastern Europe, is flourishing, as people young and old, Jewish and non-Jewish, explore its rich cultural heritage. Yiddish songs are hugely varied. Some are spiritual and liturgical, others come from the Yiddish theatre and cinema, or describe the diverse lives of Jewish people across Eastern and Central Europe and all the countries they have emigrated to – their history, hopes, memories, politics, celebrations and resistance to oppression. Come and explore all these traditions and builds on them, adding four-part arrangements of folk songs, contemporary compositions and some improvisation, while respecting and learning about the history, style and cultural contexts in which the music originated and developed.
We are aiming to build an ongoing group in Brighton & Hove, let’s see what happens at the start!
All singers are welcome, no knowledge of Yiddish is required, although you will need to be able to follow written music and/or be open to learning by ear.
Fees: £5 students/concessions, £8 general, £12 supporter. Book here
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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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Sing with Me online - 135
2022-08-29 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | Online
29 August – online via zoom
Sing with Me 135
6-8pm UK time, 6 -7 pm UK / New York 1-2 pm / Honolulu, Hawaii 7-8 am / São Paulo, Brazil 2-3pm / Berlin, Germany 7-8pm / Dubai, UAE 9-10pm…
Our session on 18 July was very inspiring: 30 people from 7 countries and a great discussion on Sakhi, Sakhi / Ikh Gloyb, a famous song in Hebrew which we sung in Yiddish. See the video of this session on Sing with Me Youtube playlist. I feel inspired to announce another session for a Yiddish and possibly a Russian song.
Open to all. Learn 2 songs in a one hour session, no knowledge of the languages is needed. Follow Sing with Me web page for updates and a zoom link.

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Yiddish in Berlin. Choir workshop in person and ONLINE
2022-08-25 14:00 - 15:30 UTC
23 and 25 August
Berlin. Germany
Paris Yiddish Center – Medem Library’s 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. More here.
YIDDISH CHOIR workshop with Polina Shepherd
Two choir workshops on 23/7 and 25/7 (from 14:00 to 15:30).

workshops

Advanced Grammar, with Eliezer Niborski
Conversation for Beginners, with Malena Chinski
Conversation for Intermediate and Advanced Students, with Sharon Bar-Kochva, Malena Chinski, Natalia Krynicka, Karolina Szymaniak and Sheva Zucker
Cooking, with Annick Prime-Margules
Nigunim, with Alan Bern
Poetry, with Sharon Bar-Kochva
Reading Manuscripts, with Akvilė Grigoravičiūtė
Research Methods, with Reyze Turner
Song, with Malena Chinski, Svetlana Kundish and Polina Shepherd
Theater, with Tal Hever-Chybowski
Theater decorations, with Annick Prime-Margules

http://www.yiddishberlin.com/afternoom/
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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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Yiddish in Berin. Choir workshop. Berlin and ONLINE
2022-08-23 14:00 - 15:30 UTC

Yiddish Summer Weimar choir
2022-08-17 - 2022-08-20
Yiddish Summer Weimar Yiddish Choir workshop. More info and booking here
10 a.m. – 1 p.m. & 3 – 6 p.m.
with Polina Shepherd
Back again with one of the most popular workshops in Yiddish Summer Weimar, the masterful choir director, singer, pianist and composer Polina Shepherd is ready to show you what Yiddish sound, phrasing and expression means in a choir setting. Starting with powerful nigunim that warm up the voice, open the heart and energize the body, the Yiddish Choir weaves together all of our voices into an instrument of great beauty and power. Repertoire will also include songs related to this year’s special topic, “Greco-Turkish-Yiddish Connections.” No knowledge of Yiddish is necessary, just a love of singing together and a passion to learn!
Workshop fee: 285 € Standard / 225 € Reduced / 385 € Sponsor / 125 € under 18 >> registration
For information about the Standard, Reduced and Supporter fees >> read about

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 context.
REGISTER HERE

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Yiddish Summer Weimar Open Air in Weimar, Germany
2022-08-13 20:00 - 22:00 UTC
Celebrating musical diversity together
Admission: €20.00 / €10.00
BOOK HERE

Yiddish Summer Weimar invites you to its first ever evening-length, open-air mini-festival. Featuring the Shimon Peres Prize-winning Caravan Orchestra with young musicians from the Middle East and Europe, as well as some of the best bands of Yiddish Summer Weimar 2022, this concert displays the diverse but closely interwoven strands of Yiddish, Greco-Turkish, Moldavian and Middle Eastern music that enlivened Ottoman culture for hundreds of years. And what better place for such a concert than Herderplatz, directly in front of the church named for the philosopher of cultural plurality. So come and join the celebration of our festival, our city, and our shared worlds of music!
Location: Herderplatz, Herderplatz, 99423 Weimar
Contact: info@yiddishsummer.eu, +49(0)15776463340

Musikalische Vielfalt feiern
Der Yiddish Summer Weimar lädt zu seinem ersten abendfüllenden Open-Air-Minifestival ein. Das mit dem Shimon-Peres-Preis ausgezeichnete Caravan Orchestra mit jungen Musiker*innen aus dem Nahen Osten und Europa sowie einige der besten Bands des Yiddish Summer Weimar 2022 zeigen in diesem Konzert die vielfältigen, aber eng miteinander verwobenen Stränge jiddischer, griechisch-türkischer, moldawischer und nahöstlicher Musik, die die osmanische Kultur über Jahrhunderte hinweg belebten. Und was wäre ein besserer Ort für ein solches Konzert als der Herderplatz, direkt vor der Kirche, die nach dem Philosophen der kulturellen Vielfalt benannt ist. Komm also vorbei und feiere mit uns unser Festival, unsere Stadt und unsere gemeinsamen Musikwelten!
Ort: Herderplatz, Herderplatz, 99423 Weimar
Kontakt: info@yiddishsummer.eu, +49(0)15776463340

See some Caravan videos from 2021:

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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

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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
See some Caravan videos from 2021:

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Caravan Orchestra and Choir concert in Eisenach, Germany
2022-08-10 20:00 - 22:00 UTC
Caravan Orchestra and Choir will present their first collaboration concert in Germany in Eisenach, Thuringia.
BOOK HERE

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.

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: Wandelhalle, Wartburgallee 53, 99817 Eisenach
Kontakt: info@yiddishsummer.eu, +49(0)15776463340

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Caravan Orchestra and Choir in Germany
2022-08-02 - 2022-08-09
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!

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 was founded in the summer of 2017, as an exchange project between Yiddish Summer Weimar (Germany) and the Department of Music of the University of Haifa (Israel), in cooperation with the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar (Germany).

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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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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 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!

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