Yiddish Glory – at the NAC (Ottawa)

Thursday, Jan. 25, 8 pm

In a special concert to mark Holocaust Remembrance Week, the Grammy-Nominated ensemble Yiddish Glory makes its National Arts Centre debut with a new concert program of songs written in Ukraine and Moldova that were thought lost to history.

Led by Canadian Historian Anna Shternshis (University of Toronto), Yiddish Glory resurrects songs collected during World War II by ethnomusicologist Moisei Beregovsky from Holocaust victims and survivors. They tell stories of how Soviet Jews lived and died under the German occupation, used music to document Nazi atrocities, fought in the Red Army, worked in the home front in Central Asia, and made sense of it all through Yiddish music.

Link for tickets and more info: https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/35483

January 25, 2024, 8:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. ET
National Arts Centre · 1 Elgin St, Ottawa, ON K1P 5W1, Canada
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event_title: Yiddish Glory – at the NAC (Ottawa)

event_time_zone: America/Toronto

event_start: January 25, 2024 20:00

event_duration: 180

event_end: January 25, 2024 23:00

event_address: 1 Elgin St, Ottawa, ON K1P 5W1, Canada

event_description: Thursday, Jan. 25, 8 pmIn a special concert to mark Holocaust Remembrance Week, the Grammy-Nominated ensemble Yiddish Glory makes its National Arts Centre debut with a new concert program of songs written in Ukraine and Moldova that were thought lost to history.Led by Canadian Historian Anna Shternshis (University of Toronto), Yiddish Glory resurrects songs collected during World War II by ethnomusicologist Moisei Beregovsky from Holocaust victims and survivors. They tell stories of how Soviet Jews lived and died under the German occupation, used music to document Nazi atrocities, fought in the Red Army, worked in the home front in Central Asia, and made sense of it all through Yiddish music.Link for tickets and more info: https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/35483