KlezFest St Petersburg July 12-16

[Dawid & Moericke <khupe...>]

>An international seminar on the traditional music of Eastern European
 Jewry, to be held July 12-16, 2003 in St. Petersburg, Russia.
 KlezFest in St. Petersburg," now in its seventh year, is the oldest
 Klezmer seminar in Russia. The 2003 festival will include
 master-classes on Yiddish folk songs and Klezmer music, workshops on
 Yiddish folklore and Yiddish dance, lectures, concerts, and two
 excursions: "Jewish St. Petersburg" and "Rivers and Canals of St.
 Petersburg." Our staff will include world-famous musicians -- the
 world's leading expert on Yiddish dance, violinist, accordion player,
 vocalist, and ethnomusicologist Michael Alpert from New York,
 wonderful Yiddish singer and storyteller Shura Lipovsky from Amsterdam,
 and the outstanding Klezmer clarinetist from Berlin, Christian Dawid.

 "KlezFest in St. Petersburg," dedicated to bringing Klezmer music and
 Yiddish culture back to the lands of their birth, includes Jewish
 musicians from the vibrant centers of the Jewish renaissance across
 the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union.

 This year again we are pleased to announce a special program for
 lovers of Yiddish music and culture from other parts of the globe. We
 are asking for a contribution of $500 ($400 for those who speak either
 Russian or Yiddish). This sum will include food and lodging in St.
 Petersburg for 5 days and the entire seminar program, including
 interpreters when needed, concerts and the two excursions.
 Participants will pay their own transportation to St. Petersburg.

 For more information, please contact the Jewish Community Center of
 St. Petersburg via fax at (+7-812) 314-5117, or e-mail  <frenk (at) 
lea(dot)spb(dot)su>.

 For advice on travel and visa arrangements, contact our American
 sponsor, the Jewish Community Development Fund in Russia and Ukraine,
 a project of the American Jewish World Service (New York), via
 telephone: (+1-212) 273-1642, or e-mail: <jcdf (at) ajws(dot)org>.

 Join us at "KlezFest in St. Petersburg" this summer! It is a unique
 opportunity for you to enjoy wonderful Yiddish melodies and the
 fantastic city at the Neva River, celebrating this year 300th
 anniversary of its foundation.


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