Volgend jaar is Leeuwarden Culturele Hoofdstad en in het kader daarvan wordt een festival onder de naam "Yiddish Waves' georganiseerd. Waarom het festival een Engelse naam heeft? Geen idee! Waarom hier het woord Yiddish gebruikt wordt, terwijl jiddisj een taal is en er dus beter Jewish gebruikt zou kunnen worden? Geen idee! Hier is falderappes een grote hoeveelheid gesubsidieerde ongein aan het voorbereiden, zoals een ontmoeting van Arabische musici met Friese dichters. "Yiddish Waves?" Ochgenebbisj!
Lees even mee:
Bolleboos,
gabber, mesjogge or kapsones: the Dutch language is full of Yiddish
words. This is not at all odd as Yiddish culture is commonly found
nestled in foreign ones. Yiddish Waves takes a closer look at this.
Heymishkeyt – Yiddish for ‘feeling at home' – is the theme for the
programme’s multicultural splurges. Arab musicians meet Frisian poets.
Klezmer meets Chaabi!
Hospitality, learning, meeting and
connecting. That's what Yiddish Waves aims to show through music,
theatre, workshops, walking tours, movies and exhibitions. With Yiddish
ideas forming the foundation, Yiddish Waves sets out to incite people
from the many cultures that call Leeuwarden their home to meet.
Festival
The multi-day Yiddish Waves Festival takes place in various locations in and around the old Jewish part of Leeuwarden. Walking tours bring to light special places in the former Jewish town, where concerts from national and international artists can be appreciated. The festival also serves as the starting point of an unlikely musical fusion where Yiddish music is combined with Arabic sounds. A search for connection, identity and a new harmonious universe.
The multi-day Yiddish Waves Festival takes place in various locations in and around the old Jewish part of Leeuwarden. Walking tours bring to light special places in the former Jewish town, where concerts from national and international artists can be appreciated. The festival also serves as the starting point of an unlikely musical fusion where Yiddish music is combined with Arabic sounds. A search for connection, identity and a new harmonious universe.
Lernen and Simche (to learn and party)
Yiddish Waves partners with the Frisian 4 and 5 May Committee during the official commemoration where a series of projects will be seen and heard throughout the Frisian Liberation Festival. This way Yiddish Waves takes a moment to reflect on Jewish history in Leeuwarden, much like in numerous other cities across Europe, and celebrates it on the 5th of May with a newfound freedom and diversity.
Yiddish Waves partners with the Frisian 4 and 5 May Committee during the official commemoration where a series of projects will be seen and heard throughout the Frisian Liberation Festival. This way Yiddish Waves takes a moment to reflect on Jewish history in Leeuwarden, much like in numerous other cities across Europe, and celebrates it on the 5th of May with a newfound freedom and diversity.
As she sings
Finally, Explore the North and Yiddish Waves join forces with the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv, European Culture Capital in 2019. The ‘As she sings’ concert will be heard during Explore the North: four women with a Frisian, Yiddish, Bulgarian and Roma cultural background, one story, one stage, preceded by job labs during which the audience is introduced to the artists and their cultures.
Finally, Explore the North and Yiddish Waves join forces with the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv, European Culture Capital in 2019. The ‘As she sings’ concert will be heard during Explore the North: four women with a Frisian, Yiddish, Bulgarian and Roma cultural background, one story, one stage, preceded by job labs during which the audience is introduced to the artists and their cultures.
