Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 7:30pm
Target Free Thursdays
David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center, Frieda and Roy Furman Stage
Target Free are events sponsored by Target that are usually free or of low cost.
These cultural events are usually very interesting and educational. They range from music events, museums or lectures. Its all done with the purpose of enjoying a night out without having to spend much. In this pricy New York who wouldn’t enjoy that.
Singer, accordionist, musicologist and Warsaw-native Olga Mieleszczuk’s (Polesye Project) special focus is music of the Ashkenazi Jewish tradition of Eastern Europe, especially the border areas of Poland (Galitzia, Polesye). A classically-trained musician, who divides her time between Warsaw and Tel Aviv, she has studied and performed wide-ranging genres from Hassidic music, to Yiddish songs, to folk music from the Jewish, Slavic and Balkan traditions. Her recording, Jewish Folksongs From the Shtetl, drawn from works of Mariam Nirenberg, a Jewish singer from Polesye who emigrated to Canada in 1932, was released earlier this year.
Polesye project:
Olga Mieleszczuk – vocal,
Lisa Gutkin – violin,
Ittai Binnun – wind instruments,
Uri Sharlin – accordion, piano
So come and join us as we enjoy a night of live instruments that will keep us on our feet for a few hours. And it’s free!
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