Jason Toay will be joining us for Ot Azey!

אט אזוי OT AZEY! 2013 PROGRAMME 22, 23 & 24 July   Day 1  MONDAY 22 July 2013 09:30 – 10:00        Registration for all classes 10:00 – 10:15          HEVEYNU  SHALOM – ALEYKHEM                                 […]

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Shifra says: 21st July -Diarise Baxter for Kletzmer Clarinettist

PLEASE SEE ALL RELATED POSTS PERTAINING TO OUR UPCOMING CONCERT AT THE BAXTER THEATRE @ 7.00pm ON SUNDAY 21 JULY 2013 SOME INFORMATION ON THE ORIGINS OF ‘KLETZMER MUSIC” A Brief History of Klezmer Music by Carl Dimow The term klezmer originally came from two Hebrew words referring to musical instruments. Over time it came […]

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Krakauer interview on FMR at 1.30pm on Monday

David Krakauer will be interviewed by Beryl Eichenberger on Cape Diary on Fine Music Radio – FMR101.3fm. Find out about the man and his music when Krakauer is a guest on Cape Diary, on air between 1.00 and 2.oopm every Monday and Tuesday. David Krakauer will be talking about his concert Klezmer Madness that takes […]

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Klezmer: Cape Town Shpiel CD

If you listened in to World Cafe on FMR you would have heard two cuts from the CD Cape Town Shpiel. Giuliana Cockcroft was chatting to Matthew Reid about his upcoming concert with David Krakauer, internationally renowned klezmer clarinettist extraordinaire.  Klezmer Madness is the title of this get together at the Baxter Theatre on 21 […]

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Rediscovering his Jewish soul in the sound of klezmer

“My ancestry is Eastern European Jewish,” David Krakauer explains of his interest, in a telephone interview with Moira Schneider from the Aspen (Colorado) Music Festival where he is currently performing. Cape Town is in for a treat when leading New York-based klezmer music exponent David Krakauer performs with Matthew Reid and his Playing with Fire […]

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Happy birthday Tableview!

CJSA’s West Coast branch is celebrating its first birthday this month .  We started the branch with tremendous enthusiasm and after a needs assessment, our Social Worker, Melanie van Emmenes worked with passion to build the branch. Initially welcoming guests speakers on two Thursdays every month, members eagerly attend the gatherings to socialise and make […]

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