The Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust will host a live concert featuring Frank London’s Klezmer Brass Allstars, actor and Yiddish singer Eleanor Reissa and percussionist Deep Singh, on Sunday, Oct. 25, 7 p.m. Broadcast from Edmond J. Safra Hall, the event will stream live to a virtual audience via the Museum’s website.
The Klezmer Brass Allstars, Eleanor Reissa and Deep Singh will perform songs about love, protest, political commentary, the Holocaust, and liberation, drawing on their previous collaborations “Vilde mekhaye-Wild Ecstacy” and “Mir geyen nisht tsurik/No Looking Back.”
Sir Frank London is a Grammy award-winning trumpeter-composer, co-founder of The Klezmatics and founder of the Klezmer Brass Allstars. He was knighted for his work celebrating multi-cultural Jewish music and honoring those killed in the Holocaust in Hungary. He has worked with many renowned artists across a variety of genres and musical traditions, and has recorded over 500 CDs. His latest release is the poetry/music extravaganza Salomé: Woman of Valor, with Adeena Karasick.
Suggested donation: $20. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit mjhnyc.org.