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Concert: A Tribute to Pepi Littman: Music-Drama-Drag
Sunday December 22, 2024 7:00pm - 8:15pm EST
Chapel - Hebrew Union College
Pepi Littman (1874-1930) has never been hotter. The renowned Broder zinger & drag king from Tarnopol continues to inspire creativity on Yiddish stages. Please join us for a contemporary take on the legendary star's musical and dramatic oeuvre. Miryem-Khaye Seigel leads an all-star cast featuring fellow Yiddish theater stars Caraid O’Brien and Mikhl Yashinsky, Yiddish singer Sarah Mina Gordon (Yiddish Princess), and a fabulous accompanying music ensemble featuring klezmer violinist Zoe Aqua, pianist Uri Schreter and bassist Kristen Lamb.
Speakers
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Sarah Gordon

Featured as lead vocalist with the acclaimed Yiddish rock group Yiddish Princess, Sarah has recorded and performed with many of the top Yiddish groups in the world including The Klezmatics, Frank London’s Klezmer Brass All-Stars, Daniel Kahn and The Painted Bird and others. A youth... Read More →
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Zoë Aqua

Zoë Aqua (violin) is an American violinist currently based in Romania. She was awarded a Fulbright research grant for the 2021-’22 and 2022-’23 academic years to study Transylvanian folk music pedagogy in Cluj, Romania. In September 2022, she released a full-length album of... Read More →
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Mikhl Yashinsky

Born in Detroit, Mikhl Yashinsky (theater) graduated with a degree in Modern European history and literature from Harvard, and works as an actor-singer, playwright, and translator in New York City. He performed the title role in his own play Di psure loyt khaim (The Gospel According... Read More →
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Uri Schreter

Uri Schreter is an interdisciplinary musicologist, composer, keyboardist, and filmmaker. He is currently completing his PhD in historical musicology at Harvard University, where he researches Jewish music and klezmer during the postwar period. Prior to Harvard, he studied at Tel Aviv... Read More →
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Miryem-Khaye Seigel

Amanda (Miryem-Khaye) Seigel is a Yiddish singer, songwriter, actor, recording artist, and scholar in Yiddish music and culture who “exemplifies the attempt to bring a centuries-old language and culture into the contemporary world” (New York Times). She has performed internationally... Read More →
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Caraid O'Brien

​Galway born actor, translator, writer and director Caraid O’Brien is known for her "lithe, exceptionally actable translations" of the daring Yiddish playwright Sholem Asch.  Her debut translation, god of vengeance, opened in a strip club in Times Square and "set Show World... Read More →
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Kirsten Lamb

Kirsten Lamb is an award-winning double bassist, vocalist, and educator praised by the Boston Globe for her “versatility and assurance”. As a soloist, Kirsten performs original works for double bass and voice. She has debuted material at the Massachusetts State House and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, and The Stone in New York City. Many prominent musicians have taken note... Read More →

Sunday December 22, 2024 7:00pm - 8:15pm EST
Chapel - Hebrew Union College 1 West 4th Street, New York, NY 10012
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