New Klezmer Trio plans a weekend of performance, instruction, and dance in Eastern Maine

The New Klezmer Trio brings together three of the most prominent young musicians of the international klezmer scene to perform new instrumental concert works, Yiddish songs, and dance music. Based in Boston, MA, the members of the New Klezmer Trio have performed as part of Ezekiel’s Wheels and taught across the world, from New York to New Orleans, Saratoga Springs to Shanghai, Weimar to Vienna. 

The New Klezmer Trio will perform a concert on Saturday, November 16, from 7 to 8:30 pm, at Temple Beth El, 183 French St. in Bangor. On Sunday, November 17, from 2 to 3:30 pm, the trio will present a lecture and demonstration at Bagaduce Music, 49 South Street in Blue Hill. The evening of Sunday, November 17, from  6 pm to 8 pm, the band will present a Dance with The New Klezmer Trio at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Belfast, 37 Miller Street in Belfast. 

Klezmer music is soulful and lively, a genre that originated among the Jews of Eastern Europe. The music spread with the Jewish diaspora and gained its American popularity in the early 20th century. A klezmer revival that began in the 1970s has been sustained and reenergized by a new generation of musicians. In its present form, klezmer incorporates elements of German, Baroque, Slavic, Ottoman, religious Jewish music, and jazz. In the hands of the New Klezmer Trio, the musical effects are electrifying. The trio are Adah Hetko, Nat Seelen, and Rebecca Mac; all are cultural scholars and superb musicians. 

The events with The New Klezmer Trio are presented by Bagaduce Music, a vibrant community organization making great music happen in Maine and around the world via lending, events, and education. Thanks to Janet Schlesinger and Jerry Jaffee for their generous support of this program. Tickets are likely to sell out so folks are encouraged to buy their tickets early at  www.bagaducemusic.org.