Concerts
Avrom Sutzkever

In honor of one of the greatest poets of the 20th century and doyen of Yiddish poetry Avrom Sutzkever, z’’l (1913-2010), all events in Yiddish Summer Weimar 2010 are named after Sutzkever poems, and his work is also a major subject of this year’s Yiddish song workshop. Sutzkever saved Jewish and Yiddish cultural treasures while being forced to work in Vilna ghetto’s “paper brigade”, as a partisan, he fought in the woods – and always, even under the harshest conditions, he used his pen to record his world, using an innovative, musical language for a great variety of topics. With every workshop participant and every single warmly invited guest, new links are added to "the golden chain" of Yiddish (Sutzkever's name for the Yiddish literary magazine he published from 1949-95, "Di goldene keyt").

Text: Janina Wurbs / English translation: Janina Wurbs & Alan Bern

 
 

Tickets: Tourist-Information Weimar (phone: 03643-745-09) or at the evening box office
For Concerts: 14,50 and 10,50 EUR
For Friday evening: 9,50 and 6,50 EUR

 
July 4 : Vi azoy? – How?

Place: Mon ami  Time: 8 pm
Yiddish Summer Weimar 2010 Opening Concert: Advanced Instrumental Workshop Faculty with Stuart Brotman, Kurt Bjorling, Zev Feldman, Steven Greenman, Michael Winograd, Alan Bern & Artists-in-residence read more 

 
July 9 : A shtim fun harts – A voice from the heart

Place: Ottmar Gerster Musikschule  Time: 8 pm
Four evening get-togethers inspired by Shabes (Sabbath) with faculty & participants of Yiddish Summer Weimar workshops, organized by Sasha Lurje

In traditional Jewish life, the whole week revolves around the period from Friday night to Saturday night – Shabes –  read more 

 
July 10 : Fidlroyz – Fiddlerose

Place: Ottmar Gerster Musikschule  Time: 6 pm
Advanced Instrumental Workshop Final Concert
with workshop participants directed by the the faculty and artists-in-residence (see above) read more 

 
July 11. : In Potsdam, The Yiddish Summer Weimar Jewish Music Ensemble

Place: St. Nikolai Church, Potsdam Time: 6 pm
directed by Dr. Alan Bern, with faculty, artists-in-residents and ... read more 

 
July 15 : Di goldene keyt – The golden chain

Place: mon ami  Time: 6 pm
10th anniversary of Yiddish Summer Weimar – Gala Evening with dance ball & live music
with klezmer bands from Germany, Latvia, England and beyond and Yiddish dancing led by Zev Feldman, Sue Foy, Andreas Schmitges, Steven Weintraub and Helene Domergue read more 

 
July 16 : A shtim fun harts – A voice from the heart

see the description from July 9

 
July 18 : Tantslid – Dancesong

Place: mon ami  Time: 6 pm
Final dance ball of the Yiddish dance/dance music/dance song for everyone workshop
with live music led by Christian Dawid, Sanne Möricke and Susan Ghergus, dance song by Efim Chorny, and Yiddish dancing led by Andreas Schmitges, Steven Weintraub and Helene Domergue. read more 

 
July 23 : A shtim fun harts – A voice from the heart

see the description from July 9

 
July 24 : Iber vegn – On the road

Place: Ottmar Gerster Musikschule  Time: 8 pm
Klezmer/Yiddish Song/Yiddish Culture Workshop Final Presentation
with workshop participants directed by Alan Bern, Christian Dawid, Mark Kovnatskiy, Fabian Schnedler and Janina Wurbs read more 

 
July 25 : Eydlshteyner – Precious stones

Place: mon ami  Time: 8 pm
Advanced Yiddish Song Workshop Faculty Concert
with Michael Alpert, Ethel Riam, Itzik Gottesman, Alan Bern and Artists-in-residence Isabelle Marx, Richard Doust, Efim Chorny and Susan Ghergus read more 

 
July 30 : A shtim fun harts – A voice from the heart

see the description from July 9

 
August 1 : Vos vet blaybn? – What will remain?

Place: Ottmar Gerster Musikschule  Time: 8 pm
Advanced Yiddish Song Workshop Final Concert
with workshop participants directed by the the faculty and artists-in-residence (see above) read more