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Four world premieres celebrated the 2020 winners of these prestigious prizes in Jewish and Canadian music.
Read More »Concert Review: Gala Concert for the 2020 Azrieli Music Prizes (Montreal/Livestream, 22 October 2020)
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Music Review: ‘New Jewish Music Vol. 2’ – Orchestre Classique de Montréal
The album presents distinctive approaches by composers Kelly-Marie Murphy and Avner Dorman to new music based on traditional tunes and themes.
Read More »Concert Review: ‘Joachim Stutschewsky and the Music of His World’ with Julian Schwarz and Marika Bournaki (NYC, 22 May 2018)
We're fortunate these neglected composers of the New Jewish National School have found worthy champions.
Read More »Exclusive Interview: Cellist Julian Schwarz on Joachim Stutschewsky and 20th-Century Jewish Music
"With the rise of worldwide anti-Semitism, it has been difficult for me to program Jewish works. I remember a certain recital when I was asked to remove a suite of pieces by Ernest Bloch for fear of audience distaste."
Read More »Entering into the Jewish High Holy Days with New Eyes (and Ears)
Rosh Hashanna and Yom Kippur are almost upon us. How do we make the long hours in synagogue services during the High Holy Days more meaningful?
Read More »Music Review: Lara St. John – ‘Shiksa’
Violinist Lara St. John and pianist Matt Herskowitz present new and scarily inventive arrangements of traditional tunes from Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and the Middle East, many with Jewish roots.
Read More »Concert Review: From Ghetto to Palazzo: The Worlds of Salomone Rossi (NYC, 1/26/14)
Rossi was so talented a composer and such a favorite of the Duke of Mantua that he was excused from wearing the yellow marker other Jews were forced to wear in public.
Read More »Music Review: Various Artists – Jewish Soul
Thirteen classic Yiddish songs in stunning performances by artists Jewish and non-Jewish.
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