YCRA Jewish Culture Lecture Series 2023
Lecture Series on Klezmer Music

The course aims to promote understanding by incorporating live music and dance performances.

Session 1: September 24 (Sunday)

Introduction: "Klezmer music is not 'music'!

Session 2: October 15 (Sunday)

Yiddish Dance and Klezmer

Session 3: Sunday, December 3

Modern and Contemporary Klezmer

Part 4: Sunday, January 14, 2024

The Truth About 'Donna Donna' and Yiddish Folk Songs

All times: 14:00 - 16:00 (doors open 30 minutes prior to the start)

Gallery X (Sumida-ku, Ryogoku City Core 2F)

Lecturer: Chitoshi Higami (Lecturer at Kyoto University of Arts)

Admission: ￥1,500 per session (free for high school students and younger)

Access: JR Sobu Line, get off at Ryogoku Station West Exit and walk about 3 minutes to the left.

Exit A4 or A5 at Ryogoku Station on the Toei Subway Oedo Line.

Ryogoku City Core 2F.

Application & Inquiries

E-mail: ycra0916@gmail.com

FAX: 075-461-7670/ Phone: 070-6682-4691 (Higami cell phone)

Or, Theatre X-Kai

Tel: 03-5624-1181 / Fax: 03-5624-1166

E-mail: info@theaterx.jp

Reservations are not required, but we would appreciate it if you could make a reservation to ensure the number of participants.

Please pay the registration fee at the reception desk on the day of the event (cash only).

Organizer: Chitoshi Higami (Kyoto University of Arts) + Theater X-Kai

Supported by NPO Yiddish Culture Promotion Association (YCRA)

This event will be held as part of the presentation of the results of "Research on Art and Culture in Yiddish-speaking Eastern Europe during the Modernist Era" (Principal Investigator: Chitoshi Higami), funded by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan (JSPS Kakenhi 19K00234).