2017 Brochure

The Folks Who Put it All Together... Faculty Andreas Schmitges – Presenter, Yiddish Dance Sebastian Schulman – Presenter k A two Asya Vaisman Schulman – Yiddish Song Founders Shane Baker – KlezKabaret Host Cookie Segelstein – Violin Hy and Sandy Goldman Adrian Banner – Accompaniment Richard Barshay – Percussion Anna Shternshis – Presenter Zilien Biret – Clarinet Mark Slobin – Presenter Cover Artwork: Avia Moore 2017 Artistic Director, Laurentian Retreat Grant Smith – Percussion Michael Winograd Dan Blacksberg – Trombone, Presenter Nikolai Borodulin – Yiddish Language Emily Socolov – Visual Arts The animal musicians between Peter Sokolow – Piano Artistic Director Joanne Borts – Yiddish Song the covers are based on Judy Bressler – Yiddish Song Madeline Solomon – KinderKord Frank London marginalia artwork from 13th Stuart Brotman – Bass Ilene Stahl – Clarinet Eric Stein – Plucked Strings and 14th Century illuminated Christian Dawid – Clarinet Founding Artistic Director and Senior Artistic Advisor Joshua D.C. Dolgin – Yiddish Song Deborah Strauss – Violin manuscripts. Jeff Warschauer Sruli Dresdner – KlezKids, Yiddish Song Yuri Vedenyapin – Yiddish Language Rabbi Avi Finegold – Presenter Josh Waletzky – Yiddish Song Photo Credits: Josh Dolgin, Registrar Enrico Fink – Italian Jewish Music Cantor Jeff Warschauer – Cantorial, Plucked Avia Moore. Sandy Goldman Sarah Mina Gordon – Yiddish Song Strings Avery Gosfield – Italian Jewish Music Steven Weintraub– Yiddish Dance Map: Avia Moore Board of Directors Jim Guttmann – Bass Michael Wex – Presenter Heather Batchelor, Bob Blacksberg, Stephanie Finkelstein, Yael Halevi-Wise – Presenter Michael Winograd – Clarinet Tzipie Freedman, Hy Goldman, Sandy Goldman, Dan Goldstein, Joshua Horowitz – Accordion, Composition Amy Zakar – Violin Rob Hockenstein, Robin Mader, Janie Respitz, Daniel Kahn – Yiddish Song Bernard Rosenblatt, Roslyn Rosenblatt, Adeena Karasick – Poetry Adrienne Cooper Memorial Artists Herschel Segal, David Sela, Robert Smolkin, Yoni Kaston – Accordion Frank London – Trumpet Eric Stein, David Weigens, Yael Halevi Wise, Jack Wolofsky David Kaufman – Photography and Film Dr. Hankus Netsky – McGill Academic Seminar Tine Kindermann – Visual Arts Henry Sapoznik – Presenter Coordinators Rachel Lemisch – Trombone Instrumental Music – Christian Dawid Marilyn Lerner – Piano Vocal Music – Joanne Borts Shura Lipovsky – Yiddish Song Fellows Yiddish Language – Nikolai Borodulin Sasha Lurje – Yiddish Song Talks and Conversations – Sebastian Schulman Diana Matut – Renaissance History and Song Zoe Aqua – Violin and Asya Vaisman Schulman Zach Mayer – Teenagers in Lvov Geoff Berner – Theatre, Yiddish Song Visual Arts – Emily Socolov Lisa Mayer – KlezKids Sarah Ferholt – KlezKids KlezKids – Lisa Mayer and Sruli Dresdner Aviv Milgram – Presenter Sonia Gollance – McGill Academic Seminar KlezKanada Youth Scholarship Program – Avia Moore Avia Moore – Yiddish Dance Magdalena Hutter – Videography Poetry Retreat – Adeena Karasick Zev Moses – Presenter Ari Lewis-Weigens – Marketing McGill/KlezKanada Academic Seminar – Hankus Netsky Eugene Orenstein – Presenter Jordan Morton – Bass and Eric Caplan Sergiu Popa – Accordion Audio-Visual – Noah Guthman Ester Reiter – Presenter Stage Manager – Hartley Wynberg Janie Respitz – Yiddish Language CBB Site Manager – Stefanie Demberg William Robinson – Presenter Bookkeeper/Accountant – Elliot Beker Jenny Romaine – Theatre Graphic Design and Website – Avia Moore Kat Romanow – Presenter Administrative and Marketing Assistant – Ari Lewis-Weigens Jason Rosenblatt – Piano, Harmonica Official Photographer – David Kaufman Pete Rushefsky – Tsimbl 2 Welcome me lco We From the Artistic Director From the Board of Directors Hi, I’m Michael Winograd, Artistic Director of the 2017 edition of KlezKanada. I’m delighted to welcome For us at KlezKanada, nakhes fun kinder – pride in the achievements of our offspring – has, for many you to this summer’s program. I want to start by acknowledging the stellar support team I’ve had this year years already, grown from the work of the alumni of our scholarship program. At KlezKanada and while putting it all together: many thanks to Hy and Sandy Goldman, Bob Blacksberg, Frank London, throughout the world, their artistic innovation and virtuosity shine in balance with curiosity, study and a Robin Mader, Dan Goldstein, and Avia Moore for their guidance and creativity throughout this process. growing maturity. This year, Michael Winograd has stepped up to give Frank London a much-deserved And my sincere gratitude to coordinators Christian Dawid, Joanne Borts, Asya and Sebastian Schulman, pause in his artistic director’s responsibility (to pursue opera in Cuba). and Kolya Borodulin, whose work behind the scenes is invaluable. Our thematic focus on the early days of the Klezmer Renaissance illustrates the generational transfer, as Here in Yiddishland, we’re a pretty fortunate bunch. Sure, we may have our little imperfections, but we the younger leaders look to the experience of those of us who may now see that the person in the mirror are blessed with a strong, rich and diverse community. From Montreal to Australia, California to Berlin, does resemble the “elder” that our chronological age declares. At least a dozen of our faculty this year Brooklyn to Tokyo…you will find us there. Thousands of klezmer bands roam the Earth and new Yiddish have been KlezKanada scholarship students. Our alumni are performers, scholars, and winners of awards culture, music, and theatre festivals seem to be popping up each year. When I first set foot in this world as and major grants (Juno, Fulbright, and Pew among others). With their work, we have strong reason to a teenager, I didn’t realize that I had joined a community that would enrich my life so deeply and in such a hope that Jewish arts and culture will continue to thrive and grow, rooted in and reimagining a history lasting way. I was warmly welcomed into the family then and, as Artistic Director of KlezKanada 2017, it is thought to be lost a generation ago. my pleasure to welcome all of our new participants to the family now. This year we honor Frank London, Hankus Netsky, and Henry Sapoznik as our Adrienne Cooper Memorial I’m a post-revivalist. By the time I joined this community in the Artists. Each of them has made critical and formative contributions to the Yiddish Renaissance. Each mid-1990s, the bands were touring, the 78 records and books worked closely with Adrienne to give renewed life to Jewish arts and culture. were already being collected, many of the old recordings had been transcribed, and hubs of cultural transmission like KlezKamp and We all have the great fortune to help Hy Goldman celebrate his 90th birthday this year, and we thank Hy KlezKanada were already well established. Such was the success and Sandy for everything they have done and continue to do; day after day, all year long, their work makes of the Yiddish music revival that young newcomers like myself had KlezKanada not just possible, but a thriving island of Jewish arts and culture. May our lives continue to the luxury of taking its existence for granted, rarely considering that be enriched by KlezKanada for many years to come. To do that, all of us with the ability must join with Hy only two decades earlier much of our treasured culture lay dormant, and Sandy in our support, especially the financial support that enables such success in our scholarship collecting dust, and awaiting renewal. program. Join in their generosity with your contributions. A groysn sheynem dank. Our deepest thanks. This summer we celebrate the Klezmer Revival and the revivalists KlezKanada Board of Directors, 2017 who championed our scene, revitalizing not just the music and the arts but also the spirit that spurred the movement we inhabit today. They unearthed the traditions with sensitivity and care, and handled them with creativity, artistry and ingenuity. The international presence of Klezmer and Yiddish that we enjoy, the plethora of performing groups and festivals, and the multigenerational and multicultural community that brings us together is a direct product of the Yiddish Renaissance. It has truly been a pleasure working on this year’s program for KlezKanada, and I’m beyond excited to see you all this August. Let’s do this….. Michael Winograd, 2017 4 Welcome 2017 KlezKanada Youth Scholarship Students Over the past decade and a half, our youth scholarship programs, unique in the Jewish arts world, have allowed hundreds of young artists and scholars of all backgrounds to explore Yiddish/Jewish culture. From the Founders Please join us in welcoming our 2017 scholarship recipients. With somewhat hesitant enthusiasm KlezKanada began in 1996 as a weekend retreat at Camp B’nai Lara Antebi, Canada Simone Lucas, Canada Brith. We joined with a few others in an attempt to revitalize the wondrous but threatened Askenazic Isaac Beaudet Lefebvre, Canada Noah Lupu-Gladstein, Canada world of music and culture. We believe we have succeeded. During the following twenty-two years Noémie Beaudet, Canada Zafer Mamilli, Canada KlezKanada continued to expand so much so that many from around the world discovered and Ava Berkson, United States Adam Matlock, United States rediscovered the immense treasures and magic of the Jewish world. Lucia Boeken, Netherlands Hampus Melin, Germany Misha Boeken, Netherlands Liana Moskowitz, United States To extend this wondrous world to younger generations we began our unique scholarship program. Since Stefanie Brendler, United

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