Elizabeth Schwartz
Performing Languages: Yiddish
Performing Genres: Klezmer
The San Diego Jewish Men’s Choir performs uplifting Jewish music in many styles and languages including English, Hebrew, Ladino, Yiddish, and Russian
Zalmen Mlotek is an internationally recognized authority on Yiddish folk and theater music and a leading figure in the Jewish theatre and concert worlds. Mr. Mlotek was raised in a prominent Yiddish-speaking family renowned for its Jewish songbook collections. His formal training as a classical musician and conductor was at Julliard School of Music, the New England Conservatory of [...]
Formed in 2010 to bring Sephardic music to wider audiences, Trio Sefardi members have performed and recorded with Flory Jagoda, La Rondinella, and the Western Wind. Based in Northern Virginia, they have performed at the National Gallery of Art, the Library of Congress, Kennedy Center, JCCs and synagogues, and music festivals around the DC area. They have recorded [...]
This group, dedicated to Sephard music, was founded in 1994. From its creation it has successfully taken part in International Festivals, and it has also performed in Halls both national and internationally. Its performances are based on existing musicologic studies, enriched by its own research and by its contact with members of sephard communities from different countries.
Trío Sefarad is [...]
Taking its name from the talking carp of Jewish folk legend, Trio Carpion is Ashkenazi roots music at its best- a new Israeli ensemble performing the lush and evocative early 20th century repertoire from the Eastern European Jewish world as well as new compositions. Trio Carpion specializes in pre-war Yiddish and Romanian songs and the Eastern style of klezmer [...]
Deborah Strauss and Jeff Warschauer are two of the most astonishing and popular performers and teachers in the international klezmer and Yiddish music scene. They were both long-time members of the Klezmer Conservatory Band, and have performed with violinist Itzhak Perlman on film and in concert. As the Strauss/Warschauer Duo, they have performed to overwhelming acclaim in [...]