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Sveta Kundish & Patrick Farrell
New Yiddish Song
New Yiddish Song
photo by Michael Bezman
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"“Nem Mayn Vort” serves as a kind of sonic deconstruction of what would otherwise be a very traditional Yiddish musical combination of voice and accordion... Farrell and Kundish’s setting of “Ver Hot Gezen?” is gorgeous, perfectly capturing the verdant, dreamy eroticism of the poem, while also inviting the listener to delight in the words of a masterful poet..." R. Kafrisson Tablet "…outstanding intuitive interplay between the two… phenomenal in its musical colors. They develop this music simply and purposefully, and show that all the beauty and qualities of Yiddish music live on in this form and soar to new artistic and emotional heights.“ H. Schultz Gießener Anzeiger |
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Avant-garde and strikingly new, or simple and traditionalist, Farrell's original song compositions are brought to life by these two widely respected performers of klezmer and Yiddish song.
Focusing on new settings of verse by 20th - and 21st - century women poets from North America, Europe, and Israel, the songs portray intimate and emotional inner realms of love, longing, motherhood, joy, and loss. Kundish & Farrell are bringing an entirely new perspective to the world of Yiddish music with their fierce focus on both text and musical composition, their equal dedication to traditional and contemporary musical practice, and their rare virtuosity as performers. |
Sveta Kundish & Patrick Farrell
"Nem mayn vort" Original songs set to the Yiddish poetry of Rivka Basman Ben-Hayim, Celia Dropkin, and Avrom Reyzen Available from DanZone Records 
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Sveta Kundish & Patrick Farrell
"Du bist der har" Tune In Studio, Berlin, Germany 15.11.23 |
Sveta Kundish & Patrick Farrell
"Ver hot gezen" P.A.N.D.A Kulturplatform, Berlin, Germany, 03.10.19 |
Sveta Kundish & Patrick Farrell
"Yam mikh arum/Vint nit avek" Zwolle Synagogue, Netherlands, 17.02.19 |
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text by Rivka Basman Ben-Hayim, music by Patrick Farrell
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text by Celia Dropkin, music by Patrick Farrell
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text by Avrom Reyzen, music by Patrick Farrell
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photo by Michael Bezman
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Sveta Kundish is a singer who performs a wide variety of Jewish music throughout Europe. She appears with Frank London's Ghetto Songs Project, Voices of Ashkenaz and Trickster Orchestra among others, and is a regular faculty member at Yiddish Summer Weimar. Born in Ukraine and later moving to Israel, Kundish holds degrees from Tel Aviv University and the Prayner Konservatorium in Vienna, and in 2017 completed a degree in Cantorial Studies from the Abraham Geiger Kolleg in Potsdam, Germany. Kundish worked until recently as the first female Cantor in the history of the Jewish Communities of Lower Saxony, Germany.
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Video of song selections from the show "Motik's Reel-to-Reel" Performed at Théâtre Cité-Bleue in Geneva, Switzerland
18 November, 2018 |
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