Church Avenue Sessions Presents
Alhambra and Tsibele
Thursday, December 20th, 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Thursday, December 20th, 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Judeo-Spanish music and klezmer music will be featured at the next concert in the Church Avenue Sessions series at Flatbush Jewish Center. Alhambra and Tsibele will perform on Thursday, December 20th, from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
The cost of admission is $10.
Alhambra
Alhambra creates exciting arrangements of Judeo-Spanish wedding music, love songs, and instrumental dances on the oud, violin, shawm, dumbek, riq, def, and bendir.
Alhambra was founded by Dr. Isabelle Ganz in 1981. Based in New York, the ensemble has toured several countries and performed in various festivals, including the Quincentennial Celebration in Istanbul and The First International Festival of Jewish Art Music in Vilnius, Lithuania.
The ensemble won first prize in the Jewish performing arts competition and was a finalist in the concert artists’ guild competition, both held in New York.
website: http://www.alhambragroup.com
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=178&v=O2T09YR7a28
The musicians:
Jenny Luna, vocals
Adam Good, oud/classical guitar
Marandi Hostetter, violin
Rami El Aasser, percussion
Tsibele
Tsibele (Yiddish for "onion") is a new-traditional klezmer band based in Brooklyn whose repertoire comes from Moldovan/Bessarabian music and the music of Jewish migrants from Europe to America. Tsibele's music explores the limits of the klezmer idiom through improvisation and songs from the edges of klezmer.
website: http://www.tsibelemusic.com
The musicians:
Hannah Temple, accordion
Zoe Aqua, violin
Zoe Guigueno, bass
Eleonore Weill, flutes
Eva Boodman, trumpet
Concert location
Flatbush Jewish Center
327 E. 5th Street
corner of Church Avenue
Kensington, Brooklyn