Opening Night at the BFNJM!
Event description
It's Opening Night at the Boston Festival of New Jewish Music!
Join all your friends and neighbors for an epic day of klezmer featuring three genre-defining ensembles: Veretski Pass, Jake Shulman-Ment & Abigale Reisman's Two Strings, and Adrianne Greenbaum's Fleytmusik.
Schedule
1:00 - 4:30 pm - Workshops with the artists at Tufts
Learn about klezmer music from the very best! We'll explore the intricacies of performing, interpreting, understanding, and dancing to klezmer with Abigale, Adrianne, Jake, and the musicians of Veretski Pass. Workshops are perfect for students, professional musicians who want to learn more about klezmer music, and interested members of the public. Detailed workshop descriptions coming soon.
Co-hosted by the Tufts University Department of Music
Granoff Music Center, 20 Talbot Avenue, Medford, MA 02155
7:00 pm - Opening Night concert at the MCA
CD release extravaganza for Jake Shulman-Ment & Abigale Reisman's Two Strings and Adrianne Greenbaum's Di Klezmer Flute Nisht Fargesn, featuring special guests Veretski Pass and Jim Guttmann of the Klezmer Conservatory Band.
Multicultural Arts Center, located at 41 Second Street, Cambridge, MA 02141
Two Strings
We are overjoyed to welcome to the world “Two Strings,” the new CD by acclaimed violinists Abigale Reisman and Jake Shulman-Ment. Join us to hear why Reisman and Shulman-Ment are two of the most exhilirating violinists in the international klezmer scene today.
https://borschtbeat.bandcamp.com/album/two-strings
FleytMusik
We are delighted to celebrate the release of “Di Klezmer Flute Nisht Fargesn, ” the new recording by Adrianne Greenbaum. A Pioneer of the klezmer flute tradition, Greenbaum is widely recognized as the world’s foremost klezmer flutist.
Veretski Pass
What a treat to host a rare East Coast performance by Cookie Segelstein and Josh Horowitz of Veretski Pass, with special guest Jim Guttmann of the Klezmer Conservatory Band. This trio of Jewish Music veterans have been at the forefront of the klezmer revival for over 25 years. Veretski Pass offers a unique and exciting combination of virtuosity and raw energy that has thrilled audiences across the world.
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