UNKNOWN
VOICES OF ISRAEL

Music of ancient tribes
Oriental Jews
19. - December 22, 2024
in Berlin-Brandenburg

Louis rocks for Israel

Community Center of the Jewish Community
10623 Berlin
Fasanenstrasse 79-80

– Dirk Zöllner & Band
– Shir-Ran Yinon
– Catherine Kaspar
– Synagogal Ensemble Berlin

Opening concert

Thursday, the
19.12.2024 - 18:00 h

Altes Stadthaus
03046 Cottbus
Altmarkt 21

with all artists of the festival

Concert

Saturday, the
21.12.2024 - 16:00 h

Hospital church in Wuhlgarten
12683 Berlin-Biesdorf
Brebacher Weg 15

Synagogal Ensemble Berlin
Special Guest: Jeanette Rotstein Yehudaiyan (Persian singer)

Concert

Saturday, the
21.12.2024 - 19:00 h

Reinbeckhallen
12459 Berlin-Oberschöneweide
Reinbeckstraße 8-49

Yamma Teiman Ensemble
(Yemeni singers)
Atanu Ensemble
(musicians from oriental tribes)

Final concert

Sunday, the
22.12.2024 - 17:00 h

Synagogue Rykestraße
10405 Berlin- Prenzlauer Berg
Rykestraße 53

with all artists of the festival

The artists 2024

Women's songs in the Yemeni tradition. "Teiman" is the Hebrew word for Yemen. This newly founded women's ensemble brings an ancient tradition of the Jewish community, which has lived in Yemen for two millennia, back into the limelight.
Jeanette Rotstein Yehudayan was born in Tehran as the daughter of the well-known cantor Geula Aziz Mola Yehudayan, who was the son of the rabbi (Mola) from the city of Esphahan.
The Atanu Ensemble is a unique collective of musicians known for knowing and performing the musical styles of almost every Jewish community in the Middle East and North Africa. The ensemble consists of seven musicians - playing both modern and ancient instruments - and four singers of religious poetry, known as paitanim.
The musician, singer, drummer and percussionist Yair Tzabari (47 years old) is a multi-talented musician and one of the most respected and fascinating musicians of the Yemenite community in Israel.
From classical to pop and rock to folk and metal. Shir-Ran Yinon is a versatile and multi-faceted musician. As a performer on violin, electric violin and viola, singer, as well as composer and arranger, she sets herself no musical boundaries.
Die Zöllner were founded as a duo by Dirk Zöllner and André Gensicke in November 1987 and quickly made their first major appearance at the legendary "Rocksommer 88". There they played at the "Beat Apartheid" festival as the support act for James Brown.
With her chanson band Déjà-vu, the multi-talented French chansonnier can be seen at various events and on stages throughout Germany.
In the 14th year of the Louis Lewandowski Festival, for the first time only music by Oriental Jews will be heard, whose melodies, keys and choice of instruments are very much influenced by the musical culture of their Arab countries of origin in the Middle East and North Africa.
The Synagogal Ensemble Berlin (SEB) was founded in 2002 by Regina Yantian as a concert ensemble. It consists of eight to twenty professional singers, ...

Greetings 2024

This year's program focuses on the music of oriental Jewish communities - as usual, visitors can look forward to top-class musicians and fulfilling evenings.
The Louis Lewandowski Festival is now taking place in Berlin for the 14th time. And for the 14th time, artists from all over the world are coming to Berlin as part of this festival to experience and celebrate Jewish culture and liturgy, and synagogue choir music in particular.
This year's motto "Unknown Voices of Israel - Music of Ancient Tribes of Oriental Jews" is a special sign one year after Hamas' barbaric attack on Israel

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