Department of Music

Jewish Studies and Center for German Studies joint colloquium:
The Weimar Klezmer Republic: Creating a Center for Yiddish Culture in Germany, with Dr. Alan Bern (Berlin), director of Other Music Academy, Yiddish Summer Weimar, and The Other Europeans.

a conversation with
Alan Bern, Director, Yiddish Summer Weimar
Joel Rubin, McIntire Department of Music
Asher Biemann, Director, Center for German Studies; Department of Religious Studies
Jeffrey Grossman, Chair, Department of German Languages & Literatures
 
Bern’s talk will cover the surprising interest in klezmer music in Germany as well as his work in creating Yiddish Summer Weimar – now fifteen years old and one of the most celebrated institutes for Yiddish culture in the world.

For information on the complete residency see:

http://music.virginia.edu/bern-residency

For more information, contact Joel Rubin - joelerubin@virginia.edu or Kristin Hilgartner - knh5xx@virginia.edu

Co-sponsored by: McIntire Department of Music; Jewish Studies Program; Center for Russian: East European and Eurasian Studies; Office of the Vice Provost for the Arts; James Dunton Gift (Jazz Performance Program)
Light reception