"Israel Rosenbaum" Hanan Yovel will open the Festival of Jewish music in Tatarstаn
The famous Israeli singer Hanan Yovel will perform at the IV International Festival of Jewish music in Tatarstan. An outstanding bard, a public's favorite, the man who is called "a model of modern Israeli culture," Yovel is the author of more than 400 songs and founder of many musical festivals in the country. Songs by Hanan Yovel, as they say in the press, are characterized by a "special depth and emotion" and "able to miraculously pass the magical beauty of Israel." One can hear them at the opening concert on September 3, on Profsoyuznaya street as well as at the closing gala on September 6 in KSC KGU "Unix".
Another guest from Israel will be the team «Gefilte Drive», having gathered, as often happens in this country, talented musicians "of all the countries of Exodus" – chief of the band, Alexander Cotler and singer Irene Rosenfeld came from Ukraine, accordionist Cyril Adylin from Estonia, musicians Vitaly Leschets Mark Umansky and Nadezhda Drapkina from Russia, Nadezhda was born and raised in Kazan. The team performs klezmer modernized, "stuffed with east and west, kosher rock 'n' roll and the urban romance, Odessa recklessness and lyrical sound." Most of the songs the group is performed in "crazy mix of language" (Russian, Ukrainian, Yiddish, English) - on the dialect spoken in Odessa before the war, says the artist
Ukraine at the festival of Jewish music will present a vocal-instrumental ensemble "Varnichkes" (translation - "Dumplings"). "Band" Varnichkes "as well as cognominal Jewish and Ukrainian cuisine combines many ingredients – klezmer, pop, folk and rock, all seasoned with" pinch "of jazz. In repertory "menu" – old and modern songs in Yiddish (as author and folk) filled with world-famous melodies and rare Nigun. The main thing that it should be delicious! "- write the artists about themselves. And, it seems, turns out well: the team travels throughout Ukraine, and toured in Poland, Germany, Italy, Russia, Austria and the UK.
Tatarstan at the festival will be presented by well-known ensembles: Orchestra «Tatarica» conducted by Rinat Khalitov, klezmer ensemble "Simkha" (artistic director and soloist - Eduard Tumansky), a group of "Kazan egetlere."
The IV International Festival of Jewish music will be held in the cities of Kazan and Tatarstan, from September 3 to 6, 2015 The festival of Jewish music, as well as the International Congress of Limmud and rabbis timed to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Kazan synagogue, opened in 1915. Opening the festival will be held on September 3, at 15.00, on Profsojuznaya street. September 4, Saidash SGCH, a concert of the outstanding jazz trumpeter Vadim Eilenkrig. September 5th, Festival of Jewish music will be presented in the cities of Tatarstan - Zelenodolsk and Sviyazhsk. Closing ceremony and gala concert will be held on September 6 in KSC KGU "Unix".