Temple Sholom Senior Rabbi Dan Moskovitz and kids from the shul at Camp Kalsman. Proceeds from Omer Shaish’s My Broadway Shpiel performance on Aug. 21 go towards Temple Sholom’s campership program. (photo from Temple Sholom) International singer and actor Omer…
The Vancouver Jewish Folk Choir has its spring concert on June 15, at the Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture. (photo from VJFC) The Vancouver Jewish Folk Choir’s spring concert this year celebrates the Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture’s…
Cantor Shani Cohen and Wendy Bross Stuart (photo below) team up for another Shabbat Shira concert at Temple Sholom, on Feb. 8. (photo from Temple Sholom) “I’m looking forward to the Shabbat Shira concert as an opportunity for our community…
The Israeli Chamber Project ensemble (PR photo) Celebrating the 150th birth year of Arnold Schoenberg, the Israeli Chamber Project ensemble presents a semi-staged production of his expressionist cabaret Pierrot Lunaire with soprano Hila Baggio as the sad clown. Stravinsky’s Petrushka and Ravel’s La Valse complete the exploration of…
Itamar Erez will be joined by special guests at the Nov. 5 Chutzpah! Festival concert featuring a dynamic fusion of Middle Eastern, Indian and jazz music. (photo by Diane Smithers) Due to unforeseen circumstances related to flight restrictions, the Chutzpah!…
The new season of Early Music Vancouver started with a presentation of the Goldberg Variations and continues with DanteNova: Music from Dante’s Commedia Oct. 25. From the wailing cries and silences of Inferno to the angelic concerts of Paradiso, this…
The Israeli Chamber Project’s semi-staged production of Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire features soprano Hila Baggio. The Vancouver Recital Society presents the production on Dec. 1. (photo from Israeli Chamber Project) Celebrating the 150th birth year of Arnold Schoenberg, the Israeli…
Kommuna Lux (photo by Maria Dmytrenko) [Editor’s Note: Due to unforeseen circumstances related to flight restrictions, the Chutzpah! Festival must postpone Yamma Ensemble’s performances to March. However, the festival has found a vibrant alternative for Nov. 5: Itamar Erez Trio…
Of course, not everyone in Israel is religious. Yet, there is a rich heritage of Hebrew songs with lyrics taken either directly from the Hebrew Bible or inspired by it. Over the years, these songs have been tremendously popular with…
Alon Sariel is Early Music Vancouver’s artist in residence for this summer’s festival. (photo by Suzette Vorster-Van Acker) ‘We are thrilled to offer audiences an adventurous program of some of Bach’s seminal works, but with a twist,” said Early Music…
