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House Concert: Love, Death, and Revolution
Featuring the voices of the Klezmer revival, co-founder of the Klezmatics, Lorin Sklamberg (NYC) and established darling of the international Yiddish scene, Sasha Lurje (Latvia/Germany), this new transatlantic collaboration presents an enchanting evening of Yiddish songs and dance music.
From old folk ballads to rousing Yiddish theater and the golden age of the Lower East Side, these two pillars of the contemporary scene give an insider's tour of your favorite songs you've never heard. They're joined by fiddler Craig Judelman (USA/Germany), whose deep background and natural familiarity with old time American music (Jewish and non) provides the perfect counterpoint, along with Mr. Sklamberg's accordion, for these two voices. This small all star band packs a big punch, charming audiences with the stories of the Ashkenazic experience that range from intimate to revelatory.
This concert is much more than a collection of songs - the performers are also skilled storytellers, using the songs to give the audience a greater understanding of the culture and context that created them.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Lorin Sklamberg grew up in LA where he was introduced to Balkan, Jewish and other music at a young age. He was already performing as a teenager, but it wasnt until moving to New York in the mid 80s that he founded The Klezmatics and really found his voice and claimed his place as the most recognizable and influential voice in Yiddish music. Since then he has earned a Grammy for his work with the Klezmatics while also composing and collaborating numerous other projects, working with such luminaries as Chava Alberstein and Susan McKeown. When hes not on stage he can be found digging for treasures at the YIVO center in New York where he works as the head archivist.
Sasha Lurje was born in Riga Latvia, and when a friend invited her to join a youth theater focusing on Yiddish work, she didnt realize how her life path had suddenly shifted. Receiving early mentorship by many of the giants of the Yiddish music revival, including Mr. Sklamberg, at several festivals in Russia and Yiddish Summer Weimar in Germany propelled her to the forefront of the contemporary Yiddish scene. It wasnt long before she was joining her heroes on stage, and teaching hundreds of singers herself, making it her lifes work to spread Yiddish culture. Besides appearing at pretty much all the major festivals and workshops for this music, her Yiddish progressive rock band Forshpil has made it clear to the next generation that this music isnt just a delicate relic that belongs in a museum, but is rather a living cultural treasure trove ready to adapt and evolve as far as we will let it.
Craig Judelman group up in Seattle and since the age of four, he was never more comfortable than when he had a fiddle in his hand. He started with classical music but quickly realized he had much more to say than one genre could allow, studying Klezmer, Jazz, American and other folk music wherever he could. His passion for finding the sounds he hears in old recordings and adapting the violin to whatever context the moment demands has led him around the world, teaching klezmer and old time American folk music on both sides of the Atlantic and performing with such legends as John Cohen (New Lost City Ramblers), Peter Stampfel (the Fugs), Steve Earle, Patty Smith, Michael Alpert (Kapelye) and Alan Bern (Brave Old World). Craig and Sasha both currently live in Berlin where they help drive one of the worlds most active Yiddish music scenes, but spend most of their time on the road playing and teaching this music, feeding the next generation and pushing this rich culture towards its next evolutions.
Co-hosted by Hilary Roberts, Hap Engle, and Kitka Women's Vocal Ensemble.
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Sequoyah Neighborhood
Oakland, CA 94605
United States
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