YSW-Film

Welcome! Here you’ll find some short films about a small selection of our many projects over the past 20 years. Enjoy!

Was ist der Yiddish Summer Weimar?
Alles was Ihr immer über den Yiddish Summer Weimar wissen wolltet – in einem 5-minütigen Schnelldurchlauf.

YSW FRIENDS from Eyal Davidovitch on Vimeo.

The Weimar Republic of Yiddishland!
What does Yiddish culture have to do with Germany, anyway? Watch this and find out!

 

The Other Europeans = 14 virtuosic musicians + 8 countries + 5 languages + incredible music. Klezmer & lautari musicians travel the world in search of a lost, shared music.

 

Caravan Orchestra
Winner of the 2018 Shimon Peres Prize, young European & Middle Eastern musicians create an orchestra to share their musical heritages and lives.

More videos:
http://caravanorchestra.eu/video/

Kadya Choir
Two girls choirs – schola cantorum from Weimar and Voices of Peace from Tel Aviv/Jaffa - overcome cultural and political boundaries through the Yiddish poems of Kadya Molodowsky set to music by Alan Bern.

Die jungen KADYAS (Projekttrailer) from Wolfgang Andrä on Vimeo.

Bas Sheve

35 young musicians from Paris, Łódź and Weimar join forces for the world premier orchestral version of Polish composer Henech Kon’s almost-forgotten Yiddish opera from the 1930s, “Bas-Sheve,” orchestrated by Josh Horowitz and co-directed with Dr. Diana Matut.

The Triangle Orchestra performs Henech Kon's Yiddish opera, "Bas-Sheve" from Eyal Davidovitch on Vimeo.

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