Music Hashamayim in Memory of Shoshana Zilberstein SYNAGOGUE Choir. Student of Elli Yaffe. Menachem Bristowski (IL) – an outstanding pianist who has accompanied masters of cantoral art for Cantors’ Concert 20 years. He has collaborated with the Israel Phil- harmonic, the Yuval choir, the New York Philhar- monic Orchestra appearing in the most prestigious concert halls, such as the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Production: Yosi Notkowitz (IL) Halleluyah Productions, cantors.co.il Sunday, June 25, 7:00 pm Tempel Synagogue · ul. Miodowa 24 Our Feet Are at Your Gates, Jerusalem Classics at Noon: Contemporary cantors’ choirs draw on the biblical Klezmer Small Stars tradition of the Levites who played the important role of singers in the Jerusalem Temple. Psalm 122 belongs to the fifteen Psalms which are called “the songs of steps” or “the songs of ascents” (szir hamaalot in Hebrew). One of the most outstand- ing choirs, Kolot Min Hashamayim in Memory of Shoshana Zilberstein conducted by Maestro Ra- fael Biton and the accompanying cantors Tzudik Greenwald, Berel Tzuker and Moshe Fishel, will take you back to Jerusalem at its best, the time of the Temple. Cantor Tzudik Greenwald (IL) – lyric tenor, one of the most valued cantors of the young generation. Oksana Balatsko (UA), Małgorzata For several years the chief cantor of the Jewish Spiechlanin (PL), Zofia Wydra (PL), community in Frankfurt. A student of cantor Moshe Sanne Möricke (DE), Deborah Strauss (US), Stern and conductor and composer Elli Yaffe. Cantor Jeff Warschauer (US) Cantor Berel Tzuker (IL) – winner of the Interna- In an aftermath of last year’s success, young violin- tional Young Cantors’ Competition, graduate of ists, Małgosia, Oksana and Zosia are returning to Yeshiva University in New York. He is currently can- the JCF stage to play again for the Festival audi- tor at the Chabad Jewish Center in Weston, Florida, ence. During their performance at 26th JCF, these and has performed worldwide. three young girls from Krakow turned out to have transformed into a mature band which charmed Cantor Moshe Fishel (IL) – graduate of Tel Aviv the audience gathered at the Popper Synagogue. Cantorial Institute, he furthered his studies un- The Klezmer Small Stars embody everything that is der the famed conductor of the Great Synagogue important and beautiful in JCF – music, friendship in Jerusalem, Elli Yaffe. He was appointed Chief and the future. This year they will perform on Sunday Cantor of the Main Synagogue of Munich and of afternoon at Tempel Synagogue together with their Melbourne. He performs around the world together mentors Deborah Strauss, Sanne Möricke and Jeff with the best cantors and composers of the young Warschauer. generation. Maestro Rafael Biton (IL) – conductor, founder Sunday, June 25, noon of the Malachim Music School and Kolot Min Tempel Synagogue · ul. Miodowa 24 7 MUSIC 2 7. Veretski Pass: Poyln / US as the Al-Kuwaitis Brothers in the early twentieth century and they set up a composer and musician duet on the Iraqi music scene of the time. Inspired by their’s work, Dudu released Dudu Tassa & The Ku- waitis (2011) and Ala Shawati (2015), a tribute to his family’s musical legacy. Tassa’s compositions are an innovative combination of Israeli rock, Iraqi mu- sical tradition and Middle Eastern tunes. Filled with the artist’s powerful vocals and the lyrics in Arabic and Hebrew, they form an original music style called “Iraq’n’roll”. Dudu and his band are well known to international audiences at the SXSW, Sziget 2016, WOMEX 2016 Among the popular dances of Eastern Europe such and Coachella festivals. In the spring of this year as hora, freilach, bulgar and sher, Veretski Pass in they supported Radiohead during their American collaboration with Joel Rubin dig up the forgotten tour. They will debut in Poland at the 27th JCF at the oberek, kujawiak, polka and krakowiak – dances Tempel Synagogue. originating from Poland, a country which was for- merly home to three million Jews. The Poyln pro- Dudu Tassa (vocal, guitar), Ariel Qassus ject, inspired by the story of I.L. Peretz A Gilgul Fun (qanun), Barak Kram (drums), Nir Maimon (bass), a Nign (Metamorphoses of a Melody), draws on Ha- Eayl Yonati (effects), Nitzan Canetty (violin), sidic melodies, folk dances of Poland, nineteenth- Nasreen Kadre (vocal), Noah Ayali (cello), Ilan -century and contemporary ethnographic collections, Harousch (sound engineer) personal research and the musicians’ experience. Based on these sources, the band has orchestrated Tuesday, June 27, 7:00 pm folk melodies to give a new dimension to traditional Tempel Synagogue · ul. Miodowa 24 klezmer music. The material constitutes an encoun- ter between Jewish and Polish musical legacy – the missing link in the klezmer revival. Shye Ben Tzur & Cookie Segelstein (violin, viola), Stuart Brotman (Zakopane cello, tilinca), Joshua Horowitz The Rajasthan Express: (accordion, tsimbl), Joel Rubin (clarinet) Junun / IL / IN Monday, June 26, 7:00 pm Tempel Synagogue · ul. Miodowa 24 Dudu Tassa & The Kuwaitis / IL The Junun Project was created by the Israeli musi- cian Shye Ben Tzur, the guitarist Jonny Greenwood and the Indian ensemble the Rajasthan Express. It was released by Nonesuch Records under the watchful eye of Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich. These names promise an outstanding musical event and guarantee that it will live up to expectations. Junun comprises songs written by Ben Tzur incor- Looking for his Iraqi-Jewish roots, Dudu Tassa, one porating devotional music of Sufi Islam with lyrics in of the leading representatives of the Israeli music Hebrew and Urdu. The NME magazine writes that it is scene, discovered his family’s extraordinary musical “A beautiful record, both impeccably studied and to- past. Dudu’s grandfather and his brother were known tally opulent”. Junun literally means mania, the mad- 8 MUSIC 2 7. ness of love – the madness that floods the European Neta Elkayam: Abiadi / IL music scene. For the first time in Poland, Junun will perform at the Tempel Synagogue in Krakow. Shye Ben-Tzur (vocal, guitar, flute), Zaki Nizami (qawwali vocal), Mohammad Zakir Aliase Aghan (qawwali vocal, harmonium), Chugge Khan (percussion), Aamir Damami (trumpet), Nathoo Lal Solanki (percussion), Hasmat Hasmat (tuba), Ajmeri Khan (percussion), Jonathan Albalak (guitar), Adir Dadia (sound engineer) Thursday, June 29, 7:00 pm Zohra Al Fassia, a Moroccan of Jewish descent, be- Tempel Synagogue · ul. Miodowa 24 came the star of the local music scene in the early twentieth century. She recorded a dozen records, was a favourite of the king but also of ordinary Mo- roccans – both Jews and Muslims loved her music. Paul Shapiro: At the height of her career, Zohra emigrated to Israel, Shofarot Verses / US where she died forgotten in 1994. Neta Elkayam and her band, representatives of the second generation of immigrants from Morocco, are an important voice in the process of populariz- ing the heritage of Moroccan Jews. Raised amid the sounds of the music of Maghreb, they are pioneers who combine the Moroccan musical tradition with contemporary melodies. Abiadi is a unique project dedicated to the memory of Zohra Al Fassia. Her big- gest hits are played in new arrangements, backed by Neta’s strong, yet gentle voice. The concert at the Tempel Synagogue is a homage to the diva bringing her personal story and her works back to life. The composer and saxophonist Paul Shapiro be- Neta Elkayam (Artistic Director, vocals), Amit Hai came famous for his projects Midnight Minyan, It’s Cohen (musical direction, arrangements, piano, ban- in the Twilight, and Essen released by John Zorn’s jo, elektronika), Elad Levi (violin), Moshe Bahar (oud), Tzadik label. His unique talent for combining Jew- Netanel Ben Shitrit (darbuka), Gilad Vaknin (mandole, ish musical traditions with jazz, soul and R&B pro- guitar), Eyal Yahav (cello), Evyatar Hermesh (bass), duces unmistakable and innovative music styles. Hillel Amsalem (percussion), Yafa Assor (vocals), In addition to his individual projects, there is a long Liz Botbol (vocals), Gabriel Mandel (sound engineer) list of artists with whom Shapiro has collaborated, including Lou Reed, David Byrne, Jay-Z, Anthony and the Johnsons. The New York Times wrote that Friday, June 30, 6:00 pm “Mr. Shapiro transforms the ritual of a Friday night Tempel Synagogue · ul. Miodowa 24 Shabbat service into a rollicking downtown jam”. He is one of those artists whose passion and love for music emanates from every single note they play. For the Krakow audience Shapiro and his band will play Leopold Kozłowski. pieces from their latest album, Shofarot Verses, re- The Master and leased in 2014, enthusiastically received by listeners / PL and critics alike. His Followers Paul Shapiro (tenor & sopran saxophone), Leopold Kozłowski – the pianist, composer and con- Brandon Seabrook (guitar), Brad Jones (bass), ductor who has been called the last Klezmer of Galicia Tony Lewis (drums) – is the grandson of Pejsach Brandwein, the founder of the most famous klezmer band in Galicia. Leopold Wednesday, June 28, 7:00 pm Kozłowski has been the musical director of the Jew- Tempel Synagogue · ul. Miodowa 24 ish Theatre in Warsaw and the Roma troupe. He has 9 MUSIC 2 7. arranged all Polish versions of musical Fiddler on the (trumpet), Michał Popiel (cornet), Maciej Popiel Roof, and has composed music for film and theatre. (alt saxophone, clarinet), Paweł Jaczewski (alt saxo- As they do every day, his arrangements of Jewish phone), Maja Misiukanis (alt saxophone), Mikołaj Pol songs will ring out on the last day of the Festival. (vibraphone, dulcimer), Michał Moniuszko (double bass), Wojciech Szroeder (accordion) Concert under patronage of the Małopolska Region. Leopold Kozłowski, Halina Jarczyk (violin), Marta Bi- Shalom on Szeroka Street zoń (vocals), Kamila Klimczak (vocals), Renata Świer- Saturday, July 1, 6:00 pm czyńska (vocals), Andrzej Róg (vocals), Jacek Bylica (piano), Olek Brzeziński (piano), Jacek Hołubowski Detailed lineup will be announced at jewishfestival.pl (accordion), Jacek Cygan (master of ceremony) Sunday, July 2, 6:00 pm Tempel Synagogue · ul.