THE SEGAL CENTRE FOR PERFORMING ARTS
in partnership with the City of Montreal

IS PROUD TO PRESENT

THE MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL YIDDISH THEATRE FESTIVAL

The festival will be the hub for great music! Enjoy Yiddish music of yesteryear and of today, from cutting edge Klezmer to Yiddish theatre songs, from Yiddish jazz to classical works by Jewish composers.

KLEZKABARETS
In partnership with KlezKanada, the Festival presents KlezKabarets.
10 PM at the Segal Centre

June 17 -	Yuran Asov Brass Fabulous! Traditional Jewish brass band music from Moldova
June 18 -	Damian Nisenson & Nozen Avant Garde Jazz take on Chassidic melodies
June 21 -	SoCalled (aka Josh Dolgin) Yiddish in Hip-Hop
June 22 -	Rebecca Joy Fletcher; Abigail and Jason Rosenblatt
June 23 -	Shtreiml & Guests: High Octane original klezmer
June 24 -	Sergiu Popa & Guests: Traditional Roma music from Moldova, Romania and Hungary
June 25 -	Henri Oppenheim & Guests: Traditional and classic take on acoustic Klezmer www.klezkanada.com

MITCH SMOLKIN AND KLEZMER BUENOS AIRES
A Song Is Born / A Nign Iz Geboyrn

Thursday June 18, 2009
8:30 PM in The Studio

Featuring Mitch Smolkin, Marcelo Moguilevsky, Cesar Lerner, Boris Sichon, Paul Brody and Aviva Chernick, Singer and former Artistic Director of the Ashkenaz Festival, Mitch Smolkin, teams up with world-renowned Klezmer En Buenos Aires and friends in a powerful concert that takes the audience on a journey through 100 years of Yiddish music. A Song is Born situates itself in the more recent explosion of cross-cultural collaborations in Yiddish and World Music. www.mitchsmolkin.com

THERESA TOVA AND THE MATT HERSKOWITZ BAND
Dos Iz Jazz
Sunday, June 21, 2009
8:00 in The Studio

Planet Jazz describes Theresa Tova as a "towering, pan-cultural jazz-cabaret diva.". From groove oriented Yiddish arrangements to excerpts from her "Great Women of the Yiddish Theatre" show, award winning actor, singer and writer Theresa Tova reunites with virtuoso pianist Matt Herskowitz and an all-star Montreal based Jazz quartet. A "classy, jazzy performer", with a sultry voice, she has gone from the Broadway musical stage to concert and Jazz venues around the world. Tova combines old Yiddish songs with a modern delivery.
http://www.theresatova.com

MUSICA CAMERATA MONTRÉAL
Chamber Music by Jewish Composers

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 8 PM
École Vincent D'Indy, Salle Marie-Stéphane,
628 Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Outremont, QC H2V 2C5
Between Hartland Avenue and Dunlop Avenues

Featuring Berta Rosenhol (piano), Michael Dumouchel (clarinet),
Luis Grinhauz (Violin), Mariève Bock (cello),
Jean Marchand (narrator)

Musica Camerata Montréal is considered one Canada's foremost chamber music ensembles. It was founded 39 years ago by Berta Rosenhol and Luis Grinhauz, a first violinist and assistant concert master of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra.

The concert includes works by
Darius Milhaud (France- Switzerland)
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (Italy- Hollywood)
Srul Glick (Canada) (The Klezmer's Wedding)
The Canadian premiere of American Paul Schoenfield's Sparks of Glory, interspersed with narration by noted Quebec actor and musician, Jean Marchand, who will read from letters of Holocaust survivors.
http://www.camerata.ca