Noah Bendix-Balgley was the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s Concertmaster from 2011 through 2015. Now the Concertmaster for theBerlin Philharmonic, Bendix-Balgley continues to showcase his artistic ...
(JTA) At the Orchard Estate assisted living facility in Woodbury, New York, residents hum along to the klezmer music familiar to many Jews of their generation. The Yiddish-inflected music with roots ...
Klezmer music is like pornography and spirituality: Everyone knows it when they hear it, but few agree upon just what it is. The funny thing is, klezmer hasn’t been around very long. As a term ...
CHATHAM, N.Y. -- It's a long way from the shtetls of Eastern Europe to a field in Chatham. But when acclaimed klezmer violinist Alicia Svigals lifts her bow on stage under the PS21 concert tent at 2 p ...
On May 18, acclaimed klezmer musician and composer Alicia Svigals accepted an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) for “extraordinary contributions to ...
Smoked fish and klezmer are two sure signs of a happy Jewish occasion. But as author Thane Rosenbaum discovered, klezmer provides more than a soundtrack for simchas. In his 2002 novel "Golems of ...
What do Itzhak Perlman, Tevye, Fagin, Betty Boop, early jazz, Yentl, Millie (as in “Thoroughly Modern”) and UC Irvine have in common? They’ve all been klezmerized! And so will Segerstrom Concert Hall ...