About the Series
Much of the European klezmer canon was collected and curated in the early twentieth century by Magid, Kiselgof, Beregovski and other members of the Russian Jewish folklore movement, but important field work continued from the 1980s through to the present. Meet some of the musicologists, musicians, folklorists and archivists who are intimately engaged with the deep work of oral transmission in musical culture. Each thematic series will feature 3-5 individual interview sessions followed by a capstone round table discussion.
Series 1: Collecting Minority Musics in Central and Eastern Europe
Join Klezmer Institute’s Christina Crowder to meet the people who have conducted some of the most important field work in Jewish music in central and eastern Europe in the late twentieth century. Tune in live to ask your own questions and to participate in an intimate conversation about research with minority populations behind the Iron Curtain that puts a focus on the personal reflections and stories that don’t get included in scientific papers.
Suggested Donation: $10 per session.
Register for individual sessions, or get a series pass at Brown Paper Tickets to receive Zoom links and updates about each event.
TBA Judit Frigyesi — On her field work and study of davenen in 1970s-80s Budapest, and her new book Writing on Water, The Sound of Jewish Prayer.
Nov. 8 Christian Dawid — On working with Konsonans Retro in Podolia.
Nov. 22 Speranta Radulescu — Understanding Roma/Lăutar musician identity in twentieth-century Romania through the lens of her work recording top-level musicians around the country.
Dec. 13 Vasile Chiselita — On his field work on Jewish music in Bessarabia and Ukraine, and his work tracing the Lemish klezmer family in Moldova.
Dec. 20 (With Yiddish New York) — Round Table Discussion including Walter Zev Feldman.
