MICHAEL ALPERT: An Evening of Yiddish Song
Sat, Dec 10
|House Concert/Zoom
Attend in person, or join us on Zoom! Note: Live House Concert will be held in Hyde Park. A Zoom link will be provided in the email confirming your RSVP. If you select to attend in person, location details will be provided in a separate email approximately one week prior to the event.
Time & Location
Dec 10, 2022, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM CST
House Concert/Zoom
About the Event
Join us in person or online for a special evening of song with Yiddish singer and songwriter, klezmer multi-instrumentalist, scholar and educator Michael Alpert!
After you register you will receive a confirmation email with a link for the live-streamed Zoom portion of the event. If you select to attend in person you will also receive an email approximately one week prior to the event with information about the in-person event. If you have any questions about the event please email yiddishchicago@gmail.com.
Singer, multi-instrumentalist, dancer, and scholar Michael Alpert has been a key figure in the renaissance of East European Jewish music and culture worldwide since the 1970s. A native Yiddish speaker, he is one of the only Yiddish singers of his generation adept in the style of pre-WWII generations. Alpert is a celebrated innovator in Yiddish song, whose original compositions have expanded the canon. A leading teacher and scholar, his…