A Commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the Rescue of the Bulgarian Jews
Thursday, March 30, 2023 | 7:30 PM
Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street
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A Co-production
with
Consulate General of The Republic of Bulgaria
American Society for Jewish Music (ASJM)
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
Center for Jewish History
American Jewish Committee (AJC)
Bulgarian Concert Evenings in New York
Mannes Sounds Festival
Program, performed by members of Bulgarian Concert Evenings in New York and young artists of Mannes School of Music
PROGRAM
The Rescue of Bulgaria's Jews during World War II
Dr. Joseph Benatov, Associate Program Director of Jewish Studies, University of Pennsylvania
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"A Question of Survival"
Dir. Elka Nikolova
5 minutes excerpt from the film
A documentary film about the legacy of the Holocaust in the Balkans, as seen through the eyes - and conflicting memories, of three Bulgarian Jewish survivors in New York.
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Pancho Vladigerov (1899-1978): Jewish Poem
Georgy Valtchev, violin, Lora Tchekoratova, piano
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Selected Sephardic Songs, arranged by Nikolay Kaufman (1925-2018)
1. Angela
2. Estrella
3. Mushon
Eva Volitzer, mezzo-soprano, Daniel Moreno, guitar, Olivia Chaikin, flute, Georgy Valtchev, violin
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Milcho Leviev (1937-2019): Toccatina
Georgi Lekov, piano
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Aaron Copland (1900-1990): Piano Trio “Vitebsk, Study on a Jewish Theme”
Vartan Mailyants, violin, Tamar Sagiv, cello, Rishi Mirchandani, piano
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Lowell Liebermann (b.1961): “Die Kerze, die ich für dich entzündel habe”
from Six Poems on Songs of Nelly Sachs for soprano
Kyungeun Lee, soprano, Mariia Kolosova, piano
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Joel Mendelbaum (b.1932): Rabbi Azrael’s Prayers for cello and piano (1987)
Tamar Sagiv, cello, Rishi Mirchandani, piano
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Samuel Adler (b.1928): Fragments from the Song of Songs (2005)
For Mezzo-Soprano, Clarinet, and Piano
Elisse Albian, soprano, Taig Egan, clarinet, Rishi Mirchandani, piano
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Pancho Vladigerov: Bulgarian Rhapsody “Vardar”
Alexandrina Boyanova, violin, Peter Fancovic, piano
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OUR PARTNERS
Consulate General of The Republic of Bulgaria in New York
Angel Angelov, Consul General
American Society for Jewish Music (ASJM)
Michael Leavitt, President
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
Jonathan Brent, Executive Director & CEO
Alex Weiser, Director of Programs
Center for Jewish History
American Jewish Committee (AJC)
Josh Kramer, Director, AJC New York
Brandon Pinsker, Associate Director, AJC New York
Francine Port and Bob Weiss, AJC New York Board Members
American Foundation for Bulgaria
Diko Mihov and Ted Vassilev
Bulgarian Concert Evenings in New York
Anna Stoytcheva and Lora Tchekoratova, Co-Chairs
The New School
Dwight A. McBride, President
College of Performing Arts
Richard Kessler, Executive Dean and Dean of Mannes School of Music
Mannes Sounds Festival
Pavlina Dokovska, Artistic Director