Opening concert
Thursday, the
14.12.2023 - 6:00 pm
Old town house
Cottbus
Tehila & Band
Nashirah – The Jewish Chorale of Greater Philadelphia
Synagogal Ensemble Berlin
Nashirah – The Jewish Chorale of Greater Philadelphia
Synagogal Ensemble Berlin
Concert
Saturday, the
16.12.2023 - 4:00 pm
Fraenkelufer Synagogue
Berlin-Kreuzberg
Synagogal Ensemble Berlin
Piano: Jacobus Gladziwa
Concert
Saturday, the
16.12.2023 - 6:00 pm
Hospital church in the Wuhlgarten
Berlin-Biesdorf
Nashirah – The jewish corale
of greater Philadephia
of greater Philadephia
Concert
Saturday, the
16.12.2023 - 7:30 pm
Reinbeckhallen
Berlin-Oberschöneweide
Yamma Ensemble, Tel Aviv
Final concert
Sunday, the
18.12.2023 - 5:00 pm
Rykestraße Synagogue
Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg
Tehila & Band, Berlin
Nashirah – The Jewish Chorale of Greater Philadelphia
Yamma Ensemble, Tel Aviv
Synagogal Ensemble Berlin
The artists 2023
The Synagogal Ensemble Berlin (SEB) combines the precision of classical concert singing with the vibrant tradition and deep spirituality of Jewish liturgical music. Founded in 2002 by conductor Regina Yantian, this professional vocal ensemble has become a fixture on the European cultural scene. It embodies a broad musical spectrum that makes Jewish sacred music accessible to a modern audience.
Direct and immediate, expressive and with a warm timbre, Tehila is a versatile and soulful musician with a large repertoire for both soprano and mezzo-soprano. She enjoys switching back and forth between opera, chamber music and song repertoire.
Nashirah was founded in 2002 when a group of singers wondered if we could start a choir with auditions and a focus on Jewish music. There was no such choir in the Philadelphia area at the time. We decided that we would have a professional artistic director and a professional accompanist. We decided how we wanted to define Jewish music.
Maureen Nehedar is a vocal artist, composer and paytanit - a singer of Jewish liturgical poetry - as well as a poet and researcher of Jewish musical traditions in general and the Jewish Persian tradition in particular.
Greetings 2023
The Louis Lewandowski Festival is a tribute to the rich musical culture that characterizes Europe. In our multifaceted city, we find the ideal setting to discover together the musical treasures that unite us.
As great as the joy is again this year, we cannot celebrate the great Jewish musician and Jewish life in our country without thinking of the horrific massacre on October 7.
The motto of this year's 13th Louis Lewandowski Festival is "75 years of Israel". A beautiful and worthy motto. I was really looking forward to the festival when I heard about festival director Nils Busch-Petersen's plans. And I actually wanted to tell you about the diversity of contemporary music culture in Israel, which draws on a wide variety of oriental and European currents.
