Diva of Jewish Music to Visit Melbourne
One of Europe's greatest singers of Jewish music, Bente Kahan will perform one concert only in Melbourne on Sunday 12th August. She will also hold a Masterclass in singing in Yiddish the following day.
Venue: Kadimah
Address: 7 Selwyn St, Elsterwick, Victoria, Australia 3185
Date: 12th August 2018
Time: 7.00pm
Ticket: $25 - $45
Buy / Ticket: https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=399876&
Web: http://www.kadimah.org.au/event/bente-kahan-concert-a-european-jew/?instance_id=2623
EMail: reception@kadimah.org.au
Call: 03) 9523 9817
Address: 7 Selwyn St, Elsterwick, Victoria, Australia 3185
Date: 12th August 2018
Time: 7.00pm
Ticket: $25 - $45
Buy / Ticket: https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=399876&
Web: http://www.kadimah.org.au/event/bente-kahan-concert-a-european-jew/?instance_id=2623
EMail: reception@kadimah.org.au
Call: 03) 9523 9817
One of Europe's greatest singers of Jewish music, Bente Kahan will perform one concert only in Melbourne on Sunday 12th August. She will also hold a Masterclass in singing in Yiddish the following day.
Norwegian born, Bente Kahan is a singer, actress, musician, director and playwright. Her only Melbourne concert, HOME: Songs and Tales by a European Jew weaves through 700 years of her family tree, which dates back to 13th century Spain. Her forbears include famous Jewish scholars and rabbis like Rabbi Leow of Prague, the creator of the Golem legend (the mythical clay creature that protects the Jewish people and the subject of Isaac Bashevis Singer's famous novel of the same name). She will sing in Yiddish, Ladino, Hebrew and the languages where her family lived, reflecting the folklore and traditions of those countries and the encounters between Jewish and non-Jewish Europe.
A leading light in the preservation of European Jewish music, writing and theatre, Bente Kahan now lives with her family in Wrocław, Poland, where she has created the Centre for Jewish Culture and Education in that city's synagogue (the renovated White Stork Synagogue built in 1829.) There she collaborates with Polish and European artists in musical and theatrical productions which focus on tolerance and diversity.
While in Melbourne, Ms Kahan will also hold a Singing in Yiddish masterclass, teaching the art of singing in the former language of European Jews. It's said that to sing Yiddish songs, you have to be a good story teller. Ms Kahan will reveal the joys and treasures of the many different styles of traditional and more modern Yiddish songs. No knowledge of Yiddish is required.
Tickets for HOME: Songs and Tales by a European Jew start at $25. Further information is available here and tickets can be purchased here. Participation in the Singing in Yiddish masterclass costs $20. Further information is available here and tickets can be purchased here.
For more information about Bente Kahan, visit www.bentekahan.eu.
Ms Kahan is also appearing at the Bendigo Writers Festival. For further information see www.bendigowritersfestival.com.au/kahan-bente-1/.
Norwegian born, Bente Kahan is a singer, actress, musician, director and playwright. Her only Melbourne concert, HOME: Songs and Tales by a European Jew weaves through 700 years of her family tree, which dates back to 13th century Spain. Her forbears include famous Jewish scholars and rabbis like Rabbi Leow of Prague, the creator of the Golem legend (the mythical clay creature that protects the Jewish people and the subject of Isaac Bashevis Singer's famous novel of the same name). She will sing in Yiddish, Ladino, Hebrew and the languages where her family lived, reflecting the folklore and traditions of those countries and the encounters between Jewish and non-Jewish Europe.
A leading light in the preservation of European Jewish music, writing and theatre, Bente Kahan now lives with her family in Wrocław, Poland, where she has created the Centre for Jewish Culture and Education in that city's synagogue (the renovated White Stork Synagogue built in 1829.) There she collaborates with Polish and European artists in musical and theatrical productions which focus on tolerance and diversity.
While in Melbourne, Ms Kahan will also hold a Singing in Yiddish masterclass, teaching the art of singing in the former language of European Jews. It's said that to sing Yiddish songs, you have to be a good story teller. Ms Kahan will reveal the joys and treasures of the many different styles of traditional and more modern Yiddish songs. No knowledge of Yiddish is required.
Tickets for HOME: Songs and Tales by a European Jew start at $25. Further information is available here and tickets can be purchased here. Participation in the Singing in Yiddish masterclass costs $20. Further information is available here and tickets can be purchased here.
For more information about Bente Kahan, visit www.bentekahan.eu.
Ms Kahan is also appearing at the Bendigo Writers Festival. For further information see www.bendigowritersfestival.com.au/kahan-bente-1/.