UPDATED: Public afternoon concert: Klezmer – The Michael Kahan Kapelye
| Dates: | 23 March 2023 |
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| Times: | 14:30 - 15:20 |
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| What is it: | Music concert |
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| Organiser: | Martin Harris Centre |
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This concert will now take place on Thursday 23rd March at 14:30 with a change of venue. The concert will now take place International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Chorlton Mill, 3 Cambridge Street. This is a lovely venue just a few minutes walk from the Martin Harris Centre so please join us there. Your support is very much appreciated and we hope that you will still be able to attend.
The historical roots of klezmer lie in the wedding music of Eastern European Ashkenazi, Yiddish-speaking Jewry. Its survival owes much to its move from this Old World to the New World (in the early part of the twentieth century) and the US-led klezmer revival (beginning in the 1970s). Currently, klezmer is a dynamic world genre as well as Jewish heritage music. The University ensemble is named after a prominent Manchester musician (Michael Kahan) who, much like the current and former members of MKK, performed in the classical and klezmer genres amongst others. Michael was tragically killed in 2008, and the ensemble was formed in 2011 by Ros Hawley and Richard Fay to celebrate Michael’s contribution to music in the city and to klezmer performance in particular. The ensemble is directed by Richard and MKK-alumnus Daniel Mawson who tutor each cohort.
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International Anthony Burgess Foundation
Chorlton Mill, 3 Cambridge Street
Manchester
