Woodwind players of the Galilee Chamber Orchestra play a passage. Courtesy of Polyphony On Nov. 19, the Galilee Chamber Orchestra, the first professional orchestra in Israel consisting of Jewish and ...
Pro Musica Hebraica welcomes back the Apollo Ensemble for an evening of rare Jewish classical music from Amsterdam’s Ets-Chaim Library. Since their highly praised American debut in 2009, the musicians ...
Using tapes of their grandfathers singing in Iran, Galeet Dardashti and Jacqueline Rafii are transcribing and adapting songs ...
On a recent evening, a group of Jewish women gathered at Chabad of Squirrel Hill to rehearse for an upcoming performance. It didn’t take the women long to learn the finale they will perform at “The ...
Some years ago, Charles and Robyn Krauthammer were discussing a conundrum: To many who knew about Jewish or Hebraic music, their conception was limited to three things: Klezmer (the infectious Yiddish ...
Every song has a story, and given the prevalence of Jewish musicians, it’s often a Jewish story. True for ” Hatikvah ” and ” By Mir Bistdu Shoen,” but also for “White Christmas”—or even “Ave Maria.” ...
Adam Abeshouse, a producer of classical music whose resume included three Grammy Awards as well as side gigs performing on Broadway in the pit orchestra of “Fiddler on the Roof” and setting up his ...
On this Easter weekend, you’ll get to hear a joyful, extroverted Suite for two trumpets … a contemplative violin sonata for ...
For most of its 28 seasons of Twin Cities concerts, male vocal group Cantus has gone out with a bang, a party atmosphere suffusing its pop-flavored "Covers" concerts. But things have taken a quieter ...
Once home to a thriving Jewish community, Harbin now preserves its past through music - and the enduring legacy of the ...