KlezKanada Groyser Koncert

[Avi Rosenblatt <jesavro...>]

The GROYSER KONCERT is coming to Montreal. 

A popular feature of the KlezKanada Festival of Yiddish/Jewish Music and Culture held annually in the Laurentians, the GROYSER KONCERT is relocating to Montréal and the first concert will take place Sunday, February 29 at the Monument National Theatre, 1182 Boulevard Saint-Laurent. 

Three internationally acclaimed groups will headline the program: New York-based Brave Old World(www.braveoldworld.com), which has stood at the forefront of the Klezmer revival around-the-world for over two decades; Beyond the Pale(www.beyondthepale.net), a Toronto group that has been winning raves across North America for its contemporary approach to traditional Klezmer music; and Montreal’s Shtreiml(www.shtreiml.com), just back from a successful European tour that won raves for its Klezmer, gypsy and jazz music. 

Broadway singing star Joanne Borts and Yaela Hertz, violinist and concertmaster emerita of the McGill Chamber Orchestra, will also be featured.  Michael Wex, the celebrated author, raconteur and itinerant teacher of Yiddish, will be the MC. 

Jointly sponsored by KlezKanada, the YM-YWHA Montreal Jewish Community Centres and the Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, the GROYSER KONCERT signals the beginning of a collaborative relationship between the organizations, with the intent of creating a permanent base for Klezmer music in Montréal. 

Proceeds help support KlezKanada’s unique youth scholarship fund and the cultural programming of Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts. 

Patron tickets at $250 and Supporter tickets at $100 are available with partial tax receipts. General admission (Balcony seats) is $36 and tickets are on sale at the Saidye Bronfman Centre Box Office, 5170 Côte Ste-Catherine Road, or by telephone at (514) 739-7944.