Saturday, March 19 8:00 PM
A tour de force of 14 musicians that brings together Jewish and
Muslim mystical musical traditions with top Israeli world music artists
and a Turkish Sufi master virtuoso and his group. Introduced by the
American Jewish World Service. Presented in association with the
Consulate General of Israel. Co-sponsored by a Festival Friend in
loving memory of Gail Cohen-potter, dancer, internationalist and lover
of life.
East
West Ensemble website
Omar Faruk
Tekbilek Ensemble website
Wheeler Auditorium, UC Berkeley
$30 General Admission / $25 BRJCC members, seniors students
$60 Premium Reserved Seating & Opening Night Reception
Sunday, March 20 4:00 PM
Legendary, award-winning singer and actor Theodore
Bikel in concert with Hankus
Netsky, pianist, founder and director of the internationally
acclaimed Klezmer Conservatory Band.
Presented in association with Congregation Emanu-El. Co-sponsored
by the Taube Foundation for Jewish Life and Culture.
$30 General Admission
$25 BRJCC, Temple Emanu-El members, seniors & students
$50 Premium Reserved Seating
Monday, March 21 7:30 PM
A conversation with Theodore
Bikel, Hankus
Netsky, DJ
Socalled and Jewlia
Eisenberg, moderated by Professor Naomi Seidman. Introduction
by Aaron Davidman, Artistic Director of the Traveling Jewish Theatre.
Presented in association with the Taube Center for Jewish Life,
JCCSF.
JCCSF, 3200 California St. at Presidio Ave., San Francisco
$15 General Admission
$10 BRJCC, JCCSF members, seniors, & students
Thursday, March 24 1:30 PM
Classical klezmer with some of the hottest young musicians of Canada's
Jewish music scene: Jason Rosenblatt, harmonica, Josh Dolgin (aka
DJ
Socalled), accordion, and Rachel Lemisch, trombone, with guest
Susan Watts of the Hoffman klezmer dynasty, on trumpet.
Berkeley Richmond JCC, 1414 Walnut St. at Rose, Berkeley
$15 General Admission
$10 BRJCC members, seniors & students
Sunday, March 27; 11:00 AM
12:30-5:30 PM
Hear Hebrew Hip-Hop! Visit the Exotic Instrument Petting Zoo!
Learn, experience and play at this Happening highlighting Bay Area
artists including Fran
Avni, Tim
Barsky, Achi
Ben Shalom, Doctor J, Mary
Ellen Donald, Julie
Egger, Judy
Frankel, Judith
Kate Friedman, Daniel
Hoffman, Linda
Hirschhorn, Josh
Horowitz, Hyim,
the Instant Klezmer Mandolin Orchestra, Nancy
Katz,
Kid Beyond,
Heather Klein, Gerry
Tenney, Ya'Elah,
and others.
Presented in association with KlezCalifornia and Freight & Salvage Coffee House. Co-sponsored by Claire Sherman & Ed Anisman and Julie Sherman, in loving memory of Ursula Sherman.
Berkeley Richmond JCC, 1414 Walnut St. at Rose, Berkeley
$24 Family Pass (up to 2 adults and 2 children)
$10 General Admission
$7 BRJCC members, seniors, students & children under 5
Monday, March 28 7:30 PM
Song, story and commentary by a renowned Sephardic music scholar,
with her daughter Tamar Cohen Adams. Field work in Spain and Portugal
have provided Judith and Tamar with a rich body of rare and precious
folklore and music.
Presented as the Sills Memorial Lecture, in association with the Judah L. Magnes Museum. Co-sponsored by the Maurice Amado Foundation.
Artist website
Berkeley Richmond JCC, 1414 Walnut St. at Rose, Berkeley
$17 General Admission
$13 BRJCC, Judah L. Magnes Museum members, seniors & students
Thursday, March 31 8:00 PM
The San Francisco premiere of an Israeli counter tenor whose vocal
power expresses the emotional intensity of North African, Andalusian
and Sephardic music. Paired with San Francisco's own world-renowned
new music string quartet in an extraordinary sneak preview of a
new collaboration. Kronos
Quartet website
Presented in association with the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco.
JCCSF, 3200 California St. at Presidio Ave., San Francisco
$37 Reserved Seating
$32 BRJCC, JCCSF members, seniors & students
$60 Premium Reserved Seating and post-concert reception with artists
Saturday, March 26 8:00 PM
Emil Zrihan also appears with the Bay Area's own Middle East Jewish
music ensemble, followed by a Purim party.
Presented by the Osher Marin Jewish Community Center.
Osher Marin JCC, San Rafael.
Call 415-444-8000 for tickets
Sunday, April 3 4:00 PM
Brother Moses Smote the Water CD Release Concert!
The gutsy band that defines klezmer's edge, with a special guest
artist who sings Black Jewish soul that recalls Mahalia Jackson.
Presented in association with the Joint Program in Jewish Studies
of the Graduate Theological Union and UC Berkeley. Co-sponored by
the Biddle-Gottesman Family, Leonard Merrill Kurz in memory of Ursula
Sherman, and a Festival Friend in honor of Judi Hirsch-dedicated
teacher, peace activist, artist and indominable spirit.
Klezmatics
website
Joshua Nelson
website
Wheeler Auditorium, UC Berkeley
$27 General Admission
$23 BRJCC memebers, seniors and students
$50 Premium Reserved Seating
"Josh Nelson...the next big thing in music!"
-Oprah Winfrey
Sunday, April 3 7:30 PM
Rock 'n' Roll and freilach with members of the Klezmatics
and Friends, including dance meister Steven Weintraub.
Co-sponsored by the Schwartz Family Fund.
Berkeley Richmond JCC
1414 Walnut St. at Rose, Berkeley
$15 General Admission
$11 BRJCC members, seniors & students