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These are anarchist ballads, Bundist anthems, socialist marches, rebel romances, strike songs, street battle blues, industrial laments, and protest chants. Since the dawn of the modern age, Yiddish songs of social and political struggle have borne witness to injustice and shone a light through the darkness. Using Latin transliteration and translation, participants will learn to sing this powerful repertoire, connecting these time-worn struggles to our world today. Sometimes the future we seek is buried in the past.Date and Time: Sunday, March 7th, 10-11.30 a.m. PST (1 p.m. EST, 6 p.m. in the U.K., 7 p.m. in most of Europe, 8 p.m. in Israel)
Bio: Detroit-born, Germany-based troubadour and translator Daniel Kahn combines Yiddish, English, German, and Russian in a radical mixture of Klezmer, lyrical folk ballads, dark cabaret, and political punk. He is a founding member of The Painted Bird, The Brothers Nazaroff, Semer Ensemble, and The Unternationale, his duo with Psoy Korolenko, which has recently released the “3rd and 4th International,” two collections of revolutionary and apocalyptic mischief songs. As a Yiddish theatre artist, he originated the role of Perchik in the hit Folksbiene production of Fiddler on the Roof, played Biff in New Yiddish Rep's acclaimed Death of a Salesman, and was featured in “From Shtetl to Stage,” in Carnegie Hall. The Ashkenaz Foundation named him the inaugural Theodore Bikel Artist-in-Residence.
All participants will receive a recording of the workshop after the event.
This event is part of the Not Your Usual Intensive Spring Yiddish Language and Culture Program.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Zoom, San Diego, United States
Tickets
USD 25