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CORNELL CONCERT SERIES
Apr
13

CORNELL CONCERT SERIES

The Klezmatics became world-renowned superstars when they erupted out of New York City’s East Village in 1986 to revitalize klezmer for new generations. Their music is steeped in Eastern European Jewish tradition and spirituality, while also incorporating contemporary themes such as human rights, antifundamentalism, and eclectic musical influences—from jazz and punk to Arab, African, Latin, and Balkan rhythms. Over the course of thirty years, they have released nine albums of wild, spiritual, and ecstatically danceable music, forever redefining and transcending traditional labels. In the process, they have garnered numerous accolades, including a GRAMMY Award, a New York Jewish Music Award, a Gay and Lesbian American Music Award, and the German Critics Award (twice), in addition to being featured in theater, film, and television projects.

“Forward-looking, tradition-shattering.” – Pitchfork

“The best band in America…there are no longer any boundaries of any kind. The world is changed.” – Pop Matters

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SHIRAT HAYAM’S SUMMER CONCERT SERIES - Ventnor City, NJ
Aug
10

SHIRAT HAYAM’S SUMMER CONCERT SERIES - Ventnor City, NJ

Come celebrate Israel’s 75th Birthday with The World Famous Klezmatics for Shirat Hayam’s Summer Concert Series!

Featuring Cantor Netanel Hershtik & Cantor Yanky Lemmer

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YIDSTOCK 2023 - Amherst, MA
Jul
13

YIDSTOCK 2023 - Amherst, MA

Made possible in part with support from Wayne and Deborah Zuckerman.

The Klezmatics, the internationally acclaimed, Grammy Award-winning modern klezmer outfit, was founded in New York City in 1986 and has been performing around the world since then. Blending instrumental and vocal virtuosity and experimentation with theatricality firmly rooted in klezmer and Yiddish tradition, the Klezmatics brought the revival of klezmer into the rock era, blazing the path for the klezmer renaissance with one foot in the shtetl and the other in the downtown avant-garde. The Klezmatics are Lorin Sklamberg, vocals, piano, and guitar; Frank London, trumpet and keyboards; Matt Darriau, clarinet, saxophone, and recorders; Lisa Gutkin, violin; Paul Morrisett, bass and tsimbl; and Richie Barshay, drums.

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SUMMERSTAGE - NEW YORK SINGS YIDDISH!
Jun
14

SUMMERSTAGE - NEW YORK SINGS YIDDISH!

NEW YORK SINGS YIDDISH! THE KLEZMATICS AND SPECIAL GUESTS

In partnership with the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene and the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A living Memorial to the Holocaust and supported by the Workers Circle

Celebrate Yiddish music with New York Sings Yiddish and join The Klezmatics and Yiddish music stars for a massive sing-along. Presented by Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage in collaboration with the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, this event will see Central Park come alive with the beautiful sound of Yiddish songs featuring the GRAMMY award-winning ensemble, The Klezmatics, joined by an all-star line up of Yiddish concert and theatre stars: Joanne Borts, Josh “Socalled” Dolgin, Cantor Magda Fishman, Avi Fox Rosen, Sarah Gordon, Cantor Netanel Hershtik, Elmore James, Lea Kalisch, Daniel Kahn, Daniella Rabbani, Eleanor Reissa, and Lorin Sklamberg leading a 4,000-voice sing-along. Lyrics will be projected on a giant screen and available via QR codes during the event. Experience an unforgettable night of community, culture, and music with musical direction by Zalmen Mlotek, celebrating the launch of YiddishSongs.org, home of The Yosl and Chana Mlotek Yiddish Song Collection at the Workers Circle.

7:00 pm - 10:00 pm (Doors Open 6:00 pm)

FREE EVENT

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Hanukkah at The Falcon in Marlboro, NY
Dec
10

Hanukkah at The Falcon in Marlboro, NY

The Falcon 1348 Route 9W Marlboro, NY 12542

www.liveatthefalcon.com

For 36 years the Klezmatics have challenged, changed and renewed the face of contemporary Yiddish culture with 13 acclaimed recordings and countless live shows worldwide, as well as impassioned and indelible collaborative contributions to art, theater, dance and film. Winner of the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album for their landmark Wonder Wheel: Lyrics by Woody Guthrie, the band continues to inspire with their most recent release, Letters to Afar. 

Join the Klezmatics’ longtime lineup - Lorin Sklamberg (lead vocals, accordion, guitar, piano), Frank London (trumpet, keyboards, vocals), Paul Morrissett (bass, tsimbl, vocals), Matt Darriau (clarinet, saxophone, kaval, vocals), Lisa Gutkin (violin, vocals), and Richie Barshay (drums, vocals) - as they happily return to The Falcon to usher in the holiday season with music both new and old, including songs from Woody Guthrie’s Happy Joyous Hanukkah.

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The Klezmatics with Joshua Nelson at the Village Trip Festival
Sep
24

The Klezmatics with Joshua Nelson at the Village Trip Festival

Bringing it all back home to Washington Square with The Klezmatics and Joshua Nelson

Free / Outdoors

Garibaldi Plaza Washington Square Park, New York, NY

Geographically and spiritually, Washington Square has always been the center of the Village. Bohemia’s beating heart. A place to gather, whether to protest or just hang out, often with a guitar. The now-traditional Village Trip concert in the Park, headlined this year by Grammy-winning local heroes The Klezmatics, celebrates Greenwich Village as “a state of mind with no boundaries.”

Klezmer meets gospel at the signature event of The Village Trip!  with special guest Joshua Nelson, the “Prince of Kosher Gospel”. The Reverend Billy and the Choir of the Church of Stop Shopping are also on the bill for what promises to be an unforgettable afternoon of music.

“The Klezmatics are thrilled to be a part of this year’s Village Trip Festival,” said Lorin Sklamberg, a founding member of The Klezmatics. “It is especially meaningful since The Village Trip is expanding to include the East Village, whose kinetic energy was so vital to the band’s genesis in the 1980s. We are also beyond excited for the opportunity to present Brother Moses Smote the Water, our ecstatic collaboration with the mighty Prince of Kosher Gospel,’ Joshua Nelson, as part of our Washington Square Park debut.”

No tickets needed – just grab your dancing shoes and shimmy on down to Garibaldi Plaza in Washington Square Park for an afternoon of great music and good fun!

Free - suggested donation $10 to The Village Trip.

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Yidstock Closing Concert SOLD OUT
Jul
10

Yidstock Closing Concert SOLD OUT

Yidstock: The Festival of New Yiddish Music is back in person bringing the best in klezmer and new Yiddish music to the stage at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts. Don't miss out on what promises to be a great festival of music and related events. Yidstock takes place at the Yiddish Book Center from July 7–10, 2022.

Purchase a concert pass (allows admission to all concerts—but does not include admission to talks, films, or singing workshops), or tickets to individual concerts and events may be purchased.

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The Klezmatics w Dance Theatre of Harlem
Apr
10

The Klezmatics w Dance Theatre of Harlem

The City Center Dance Festival presents

Dance Theatre of Harlem w/the Klezmatics

Apr 5, 8 – 10
Tue 7pm, Fri 7:30pm, Sat 2pm, Sun 5pm

Gala | Apr 5
Higher Ground | NY Premiere
Choreography by Robert Garland
Music by Stevie Wonder

Odalisques Variations from Le Corsaire
Staged by Dylan Santos after Marius Petipa
Music by Adolphe Adam, Cesare Pugni

Balamouk (Extended) | NY Premiere
Choreography by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Music by René Aubry, Lisa Gerrard, and Les Yeux Noirs; performed live by The Klezmatics



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The Klezmatics w Dance Theatre of Harlem
Apr
9

The Klezmatics w Dance Theatre of Harlem

The City Center Dance Festival presents

Dance Theatre of Harlem w/the Klezmatics

Apr 5, 8 – 10
Tue 7pm, Fri 7:30pm, Sat 2pm, Sun 5pm

Gala | Apr 5
Higher Ground | NY Premiere
Choreography by Robert Garland
Music by Stevie Wonder

Odalisques Variations from Le Corsaire
Staged by Dylan Santos after Marius Petipa
Music by Adolphe Adam, Cesare Pugni

Balamouk (Extended) | NY Premiere
Choreography by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Music by René Aubry, Lisa Gerrard, and Les Yeux Noirs; performed live by The Klezmatics



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The Klezmatics w Dance Theatre of Harlem
Apr
8

The Klezmatics w Dance Theatre of Harlem

The City Center Dance Festival presents

Dance Theatre of Harlem w/the Klezmatics

Apr 5, 8 – 10
Tue 7pm, Fri 7:30pm, Sat 2pm, Sun 5pm

Gala | Apr 5
Higher Ground | NY Premiere
Choreography by Robert Garland
Music by Stevie Wonder

Odalisques Variations from Le Corsaire
Staged by Dylan Santos after Marius Petipa
Music by Adolphe Adam, Cesare Pugni

Balamouk (Extended) | NY Premiere
Choreography by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Music by René Aubry, Lisa Gerrard, and Les Yeux Noirs; performed live by The Klezmatics



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