Hartzedike-Lider features celebrated Yiddish singer Allan Merovitz—who rarely preforms in Toronto—joined by long-time collaborator, acclaimed multi-instrumentalist, Brian Katz and MNjcc favourite, ace klezmer clarinettist, Jonno Lightstone. The trio brings together well-loved Yiddish songs and klezmer in new and exciting arrangements, as well as original compositions flowing out of this beloved tradition. Hartzedike-Lider has thrilled audiences world-wide, experimenting with the Yiddish gems, “bluesing,” reharmonizing, changing the forms, to find new riches in the music There will definitely be opportunities to sing and scat along! Audience participation is not mandatory— but we cast our bets that you’ll want to join in! After the concert, we will also have a Yiddish open-mic portion for those wishing to read poetry, prose or perform an acapella song, and sweet kosher treats at our dessert reception.
Co-presented by the UJA Committee for Yiddish.
Presented in partnership with the Yiddish Vinkl and Grodzinski Bakery.
Admission: $8.00
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Lenka Lichtenberg, whose Thieves of Dreams won the 2023 JUNO Award for Global Music Album, celebrates years of joyous music-making by bringing together longtime friends and colleagues. The evening will sample her latest album Feel With Blood – Deluxe Edition including unreleased music; new music from the exciting ONA Ensemble, cameos by Andrew McPherson, Brian Katz, James McKie, Clark Schaufele, and the long-overdue, keenly anticipated mini-reunion of the fabulous Sisters of Sheynville, with Isabel Fryszberg, Fern Lindzon, Lorie Wolf, Rachel Melas and Kinneret Sagee! Not to be missed.
I’m very pleased to have been invited back to the beautiful Aga Khan Museum for their Pop-Up series.
Performances at the Aga Khan Museum will feature a mix of his compositions, fresh interpretations of jazz, classical, Latin, and klezmer classics, and especially, free (open) improvisations forged right in the moment.
I’m very pleased to have been invited back to the beautiful Aga Khan Museum for their Pop-Up series.
Brian’s solo guitar performances at the Aga Khan Museum will feature a mix of his compositions, fresh interpretations of jazz, classical, Latin, and klezmer classics, and especially, free (open) improvisations forged right in the moment.
I’m very pleased to have been invited back to the beautiful Aga Khan Museum for their Pop-Up series.
Brian’s solo guitar performances at the Aga Khan Museum will feature a mix of his compositions, fresh interpretations of jazz, classical, Latin, and klezmer classics, and especially, free (open) improvisations forged right in the moment.
I’m very pleased to have been invited back to the beautiful Aga Khan Museum for their Pop-Up series.
Brian’s solo guitar performances at the Aga Khan Museum will feature a mix of his compositions, fresh interpretations of jazz, classical, Latin, and klezmer classics, and especially, free (open) improvisations forged right in the moment.
Feel With Blood album release featuring:
Lenka Lichtenberg – voice, piano
Jessica Deutsch – violin, bass
Alan Hetherington – percussion
Brian Katz – guitar
Presented in association with SenisDream Productions & Meta4 Music
In collaboration with Small World Music
Buoyed by the incredible response to her 2023 JUNO Award-winning album Thieves of Dreams, sung in Czech, Lenka Lichtenberg releases a new album of songs and stories inspired by her grandmother’s WWII notebooks of poems that inspired the Juno winning effort.
The new English-language album, Feel With Blood, features eight rearranged tracks from Thieves of Dreams and nine new compositions from Lichtenberg, along with a song based on Holocaust era poet Rachel Korn’s A Nay Kleyd and a contribution from Theresienstadt songwriter Ilse Weber. As with Thieves, songs on Feel With Blood straddle multiple genres, from old-world folk, to art and chamber music, a cappella and jazz. The engrossing work also incorporates spoken word explorations, electronic ambience and contemporary soundscapes. Guest collaborators on the album include Andrew McPherson, Shy-Anne Hovorka, Rachel Cohen, Auri Fell, Fern Lindzon, and Ben Cohen.
In the past year Lenka has performed Thieves of Dreams and her one woman theatrical piece The Secret Poetess of Terezin internationally from Sao Paolo to Copenhagen to Prague, as well as a week long run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. With the release of Feel With Blood through her label Six Degrees Records, audiences will have the chance to enjoy a whole new spectrum of luscious musical inventiveness from this singular artist.
The City of Toronto’s Nuit Blanche celebration is returning to the Aga Khan Museum from 7 pm October 5, to 7 am October 6.
Embark on a journey of art, music, and dance exploring life’s shared experiences and interconnectedness.
- 8 pm | TD Pop-Up Performance: Brian Katz and Martin van de Ven | Courtyard | FREE
- 9 pm | TD Pop-Up Performance: Brian Katz and Martin van de Ven | Courtyard | FREE
Note: The Nuit Blanche event at the Museum is free however a ticket is required to visit our Temporary Exhibition, Light: Visionary Perspectives.
It’s KLEZMER night at Havdalah on the Porch and you’re invited! Bring your friends and a lawn chair for some great free music, a sing-along Havdalah, and ice cream.
August 17 @ 7 pm. REGISTER NOW: TempleEmanuEl.ca/klezmer
This concert presented as part of Toronto Guitar Weekend 2024.
Advanced tickets $50 / $25 students.
Students please use promo code STUDENTCONCERT to apply student discount to this ticket.
FULL WEEKEND PASSES ARE AVAILABLE HERE – including 2 concerts, masterclass and 2 lectures.
Guitar Weekend opens on Friday evening with a tribute concert featuring a lineup of world-class artists, among them several of Eli’s most prominent students. On the program are Fabio Zanon, the renowned Brazilian soloist, conductor and prize winner at our Guitar ’87 Festival; the legendary and multi-talented Celso Machado; Laura Young, international performer and professor at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, who began lessons with Eli at age 9; Brian Katz, a long-time student of Eli and an acclaimed guitarist, pianist, improviser, composer, and professor at the University of Toronto; Vincea McClelland, also a student of Eli, who has performed world-wide for many years as a soloist and in duo with her husband Raymond Cousté; and soloist, conductor and composer Tim Phelan, yet another of Eli’s students and now a professor at Brock University.
More details at guitarsocietyoftoronto.com
