Russian KlezFestival in St.Petersburg

[Ari Davidow <ari...>]

>Dear Ari:
>
>I would like to give you some info on a group in Petersburg 
>which is doing the first ever Russian KlezFestival from May 18-21. It is 
>being organized by 3 veterans of Henry Sapoznik's Klezkamp: Larisa 
>Pecherskaya (singer), Larisa Averbukh (singer), and Evgenii Khazdan 
>(arranger, pianist, and choral leader). They have selected 30 participants 
>from over 90 applicants from Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, and Riga. This is a 
>real first, the return of the music to whence it came and to the Jews 
>whose grandparents lived it. More info can be gotten from Khazdan at 
>frenk (at) lea(dot)spb(dot)su or from Martin Horwitz at jcdf (at) jws(dot)org
>They would be delighted to greet anyone in the neighborhood.
>