Music is a quality mark of our Festival and although it is only a small part of each festival edition, it is the most visible and discussed part of our annual program, and the audience of music events constitutes much more than half of all participants of JCF. This year we have 16 concerts and 4 DJ parties for you. And although there will be no Shalom on Szeroka Street, just like every year you will see a whole variety of contemporary Jewish music from Israel and the Diaspora – including from Poland.
Projects that we show at the festival are very often created on our order. This year’s concerts of Maya Belsitzman, Maqamat, Strauss/Warschauer Duo are prepared especially for the Krakow audience (each of these bands will play two different concerts). Other projects – e.g. The Sway Machinery, The Kadya Trio, Voices of Yemen, Jarek Bester or the Warsaw Dance Combo – will have on the 33rd JCF their Polish or even world premieres.
The main concert venue will be the hall of the Museum of Engineering and Technology at ul. św. Wawrzyńca 15, but the concerts will also take place in the Festival Tent, Alcheyia club and the Old Synagogue. Tickets and passes can be bought on our website (concerts in the Festival Tent are free). They will also be available before the entrance, unless they are sold out beforehand.
To encourage you to come to the festival concerts – we have a short guide to the music of this year’s JCF: listen, watch and come to Kazimierz!
Patrons of concerts 33. JCF:
City of Krakow, Ministry of Culture and National Heritage,
National Institute of Music and Dance, LOT Polish Airlines
SUNDAY, June 23rd
20.00 -Maya Belsitzman & Matan Ephrat feat. Cracow Golden Quintet
Maya Belsitzman – cello, Matan Ephrat – percussions, Natalia Jarząbek – flute, Kamil Kuc – oboe, Tomasz Sowa – clarinet, Konrad Gołda – horn, Małgorzata Wygoda – bassoon
Concert in the intention of the return of Israeli hostages.
MONDAY, June 24th
20.00 – Shtern faln – The Kadya Trio
Sveta Kundish – vocals, Dr. Alan Bern – composition, direction, piano, accordion, Mark Kovnatskiy – violin
TUESDAY, June 25th
20.00 – The Dream Past: A Sonic Conjuring – The Sway Machinery
Jeremiah Lockwood – guitar and vocals, Yuli Yael Be’eri – bass guitar and vocals, John Bollinger – drums, Stuart Bogie – saxophone, Kenny Warren – trumpet
WEDNESDAY, June 26th
20.00 – Nizozot – Bastarda Trio
Paweł Szamburski – clarinet, Tomasz Pokrzywiński – cello, Michał Górczyński – bass clarinet
THURSDAY, June 27th
19.00 – Voices of Yemen
Moshe Harir – vocals, oil can , Yair Tzabari – vocals, percussion, oud , Aviad Yihye – vocals, percussion, Ravid Kahalani – vocals, percussion, Boaz Gadka – vocals, oil can, percussion, Amitai Aricha – vocals, percussion, Rony Iwryn – percussion, Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz – bass, Ofer Mizrahi – guitar , Dan Mayo – drums
THURSDAY, June 27th
22.00 – Alex Roth’s Cut The Sky:
Alex Roth – guitar, field recordings, effects, Mikołaj Trzaska – saxophones, clarinet, Hubert Zemler – drums
FRIDAY, June 28th
19.00 – Maqamat: Adon Olam
Elad Levi – Violin, Musical Director, Nissim Lugasi – Voice, Persian Tar, Yohai Cohen – Voice, Wassim Odeh – Oud, Niri Sadeh – Ney Flute, Avishag Neriya – Viola, Gaya Sela – Keyboard, Adam Chichportich – Electric Guitar & Lavta, Tiferet Teimans – Clarinet, Daniel Merran – Violin, Tamar Arad – Qanun, Ido Levi – Bass, Itamar Panai – Drums, Amitai Ezroni – Percussion
FRIDAY, June 28th
21.00 – Koncert na przywitanie Szabatu
Maya Belsitzman, Matan Ephrat
Festival Tent, free admission
FRIDAY, June 28th
23.00 – The Sway Machinery & guests
Jeremiah Lockwood - guitar, vocal, Yuli Yael Be’eri - bass guitar and vocal, John Bollinger - drums, Stuart Bogie - saxophone, Kenny Warren - trumpet
Alchemia
SATURDAY, June 29th
16.00 – Live Klezmer Party
Deborah Strauss, cantor Jeff Warschauer and workshops participants
Festival Tent, free admission
SATURDAY, June 29th
18.00 – Maqamat Master Ensemble: An Eastern Jewish Fantasia
Nissim Lugasi – Vocal and Persian Tar, Niri Sade – Ney, Elad Levi – Andalusian Violin, Dr. Wassim Odeh – Oud, Gaia Sela – Oriental Keyboard, Tamar Arad – Kanun, Ido Levi – Bass Guitar, Amitai Ezroni – Percussion,
SATURDAY, June 29th
21.00 – Yemen Blues
Ravid Kahalani, Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz, Dan Mayo, Rony Irvyn
SATURDAY, June 29th
23.00 Bach in the Synagogue
Jarosław Bester (accordion)
The Old Synagogue
SUNDAY, June 30th
12.00 – Classics at Noon: Efnt Dem Toyer: Open the Door!
The Strauss / Warschauer Duo
Festival Tent, free admission
SUNDAY, June 30th
19.00 – Hebrew Tangos / Warsaw Dance Combo, Karen Malka, Boris Martzinkovski
Karen Malka – vocal, Boris Martzinovsky – accordion, Warsaw Dance Combo: Jan Emil Młynarski – vocal / banjo, Piotr Zabrodzki – vocal / banjo, Anna Bojara – saw, Karol Szczubełek – guitar, Tomasz Duda – baritone sax / clarinet, Maurycy Idzikowski – trumpet, Piotr Domagalski – double bass, Mateusz Niwiński – violin
SUNDAY, June 30th
21.00 – MLDVA feat. Çınar Timur
Çınar Timur – guitar, Wojciech Długosz – drums, Dominik Bieńczycki – violin, oud, Tomasz Jurecki – bass guitar
Festival Tent, free admission