Artists & Scholars / Bands (below)
Manuela Becker (Germany/Austria, Singer and teacher):
- Festival Week: Let's talk – Yiddish Literature
Alan Bern (USA/Germany; piano, accordion, program direction):
- Artistic direction
- Faculty: New Yiddish Song, Dance Music Orchestra, New Yiddish Music
- Festival Week: Free Klezmer Duos (Director)
- A shtim fun harts
- Concert: Arkady Gendler Project
Paulette Bielasiak (France):
- Festival Week: Yiddish Cooking
Salomon Bielasiak (France):
- Festival Week: Yiddish Conversation Table
Paul Brody (USA/Germany; trumpet):
- Faculty: New Yiddish Music
Mathieu Chastagnol (France, Cello):
- Concert: Kràsa Quartet
Nicolaas Cottenie (Belgium; violin, viola):
- Concert: Arkady Gendler Project
Christian Dawid (Germany; clarinet):
- Concert: Arkady Gendler Project (Director)
Patrick Farrell (USA; accordion):
- Artist-in-Residence: New Yiddish Song
- Faculty: New Yiddish Music
- Festival Week: Free Klezmer Duos
Johannes Paul Gräßer (Germany; violin)
- Faculty: New Yiddish Music
- Concert: modern klezmer quartet
Alex Haas (Germany; Double-bass, composer):
- Concert: Modern Klezmer Quartet
Daniel Kahn (USA/Germany; voice, accordion):
- Faculty: New Yiddish Song
- Concert: STRANGELOVESONGS - Daniel Kahn & Sasha Lurje, Arkady Gendler Project
Steffen Illner (Germany; bass):
- Concert: Fayvish
Julia Kabakova (Russia; cello):
- Concert: Arkady Gendler Project
Mark Kovnatskiy (Russia/Germany;violin):
- YSW Fellow
- Concert: Arkady Gendler Project
Svetlana Kundish (Israel/Austria; voice):
- Faculty: New Yiddish Song
- Concert: Kol Ishe, Arkady Gendler Project
Franka Lampe (Germany; accordion):
- Concert: Modern Klezmer Quartet
Ludovic Lantner (France; violin):
- Concert: Kràsa Quartet (Director)
Sasha Lurje (Latvia; voice):
- Faculty: New Yiddish Song (Coordinator)
- A shtim fun harts
- Concert: STRANGELOVESONGS - Daniel Kahn & Sasha Lurje, Arkady Gendler Project
Lucia Martínez (Spain/Germany; percussion, drums):
- Concert: Fayvish
Diana Matut (Germany; voice, musicology):
- Faculty: Children's Songs Workshop
Sanne Möricke (Netherlands/Germany; accordion):
- Concert: Kol Ishe
Simon Neuberg (; Yiddish language):
- Faculty: Intermediate Yiddish Language
Andrea Pancur (Germany; voice):
- Festival Week: Coordinator
- Concert: modern klezmer quartet (Director), Arkady Gendler Project
Sébastien Plays (France; violin):
- Concert: Kràsa Quartet
Manielle Renaud (France; viola):
- Concert: Kràsa Quartet
Alexey Rozov (Russia;violin):
- YSW Fellow
- Concert: Arkady Gendler Project
Andreas Schmitges (Germany; dance, program assistance):
- Faculty: Dance for Everyone (Coordinator), Children's Songs Workshop
Fabian Schnedler (Germany; voice)
- Concert: Fayvish (Director), Arkady Gendler Project
Ilya Shneyveys (Latvia; accordion, piano):
- Faculty: New Yiddish Song, Dance Music Orchestra (Coordinator), New Yiddish Music
- Concert: Arkady Gendler Project
Deborah Strauss (USA; violin, voice)
- Concert: Figelin
Yuri Vedenyapin (USA; Yiddish language):
- Faculty: Advanced Yiddish Language
Vanessa Vromans (Australia/Netherlands/Germany; violin):
- Concert: Figelin, Kol Ishe
Josh Waletzky (USA; composer/musician/teacher):
- Faculty: New Yiddish Song
- Festival Week: Josh Waletzky Film Retrospective
Steven Weintraub (USA; dance):
- Faculty: Dance for Everyone
Evita Wiecki (Poland/Germany;):
- Festival Week: Let's talk – Yiddish Literature
Michael Winograd (USA; clarinet):
- Artist-in-Residence: New Yiddish Song
- Faculty: New Yiddish Music
- Festival Week: Free Klezmer Duos
Vivien Zeller (Germany; violin):
- Faculty: Dance for Everyone
- Concert: Figelin
Bands:
The Arkady Gendler-Project
Fayvish
Figelin
Kol Ishe
Kràsa Quartet
modern klezmer quartet
STRANGELOVESONGS - Daniel Kahn & Sasha Lurje