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Dear friends!
It's May, which for me means not only the start of my favorite time of spring, as well as the fact that it's my birthday month, but also that I'll be on the road all the time this month, performing both in Germany and abroad.
So I won't waste your time and will go straight to the list of my performances in May:
May 1-4: During these days I will be teaching and speaking at the Jewish conference Limmud.de Festival, which will take place in the small spa town of Bad Wildungen. Unfortunately, the conference is closed, only those who have registered in advance can attend. For those of you who will be there, here is my schedule:
May 1: on the first night of the conference, I will be leading a workshop on Yiddish dance.
May 3: on the third day of the conference I will give a lecture on "Klezmer. From the pale of settlement to the world stage" (in German).
May 3: on the same day I will give a concert in which I will perform my own concert program Di naye Yidishe Melodyes (new Yiddish melodies), entirely composed of my own compositions.
May 4: On the last day of the conference, I will again give a lecture entitled "Klezmer. From the pale of settlement to the world stage", this time in Russian.
May 7: on this day I will perform as part of the duo Di Yidishe Neshome with my friend, colleague and mentor, Dr. Alan Bern, as part of the conference “Living and Teaching European Values Today” in Weimar, Germany.
May 11: On that day, as part of the Kadya Trio project, I will perform at the Krakow Philharmonic in Krakow, Poland. More information is available at this link.
On May 13, I will conduct a workshop on Yiddish dance in Siegen, Germany. More information is available at this link.
On May 15, I will perform as part of the ensemble Silja at Fischlandhaus Wustrow, Germany. More information is available at this link.
On May 25, I will perform as part of the duo Di Yidishe Neshome in Augsburg, Germany. More information is available at this link.
On May 27th, I will travel to Bucharest, Romania, where I will conduct a Yiddish dance workshop as part of the international Yiddish theater festival TesFest on May 28th, 29th, and 30th.
On May 30, within the framework of the same festival, I will perform my concert program Di Naye Yidishe Melodyes (new Yiddish melodies), entirely composed of my own compositions, accompanied by the ensemble of the Jewish State Theater of Bucharest, with whom I worked remotely in April, teaching my future colleagues the traditional style of klezmer music performance. More information can be found at this link.
And finally, on May 31st, as part of the Festival für Klesmer- und Weltmusik in Salzgitter, Germany, where my own ensemble had its world premiere last year, I will perform for the first time with Dobranotch, my long-time friends and colleagues with whom I have been happy to be friends since 2003, when I first started klezmer music. More information is available at this link.
Such will be my schedule in May, and I would be very happy if I could see any of you at any of these events. I wish you a good and peaceful month!
Yours sincerely,
Mark Kovnatskiy
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Check my calendar for more information about my further concerts!
My concert schedule is gradually filling up, which is good news.
On the other hand, this means that if you would like to organize an event with my participation (be it a concert, a klezmer music workshop, a Yiddish dance workshop, or a lecture), then now is the time to hurry up and contact me regarding possible dates!