Yonatan Malin awarded aÌýRoser Visiting Artist GrantÌý
Yonatan Malin was awarded aÌýRoser Visiting Artist GrantÌýto bring the singerÌýÌýto campus for a Yiddish song residency this fall. Russell will be joined by accordionist and composer Dmitri Gaskin, cellist Raffi Boden, and violinist Zoë Aqua. There will be three public events:Ìý
- a colloquium by Aqua on Transylvanian folk music ethnography in Cluj, Romania, Monday October 27, 2:30pm
- a workshop by Russell on the performance of African American spirituals in Jewish settings, Monday October 27, 7:30pm; and
- a concert by the four musicians of Yiddish song from the repertoire of Sidor Belarsky, Wednesday October 29, 7:30pm. Locations and reservation details will be available soon.ÌýÌýÌý
The residency is also generously supported by the Henry Luce Foundation Jews of Color Grant, the Program in Jewish Studies Yiddish and Shneer Community funds, the American Music Research Center, and the Center for African and African American Studies.