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Adrienne Cooper

Adrienne Cooper, one of the most influential performers of Yiddish vocal music today, appears on concert, theater, and club stages around the world. Her singing has been featured on film, radio, television and some twenty recordings including Partisans of Vilna, the only Yiddish recording ever nominated for a Grammy. She has mentored and inspired a generation of singers and bands in the burgeoning klezmer revival scene. Mrs. Cooper performs in Yiddish, English and Hebrew. Contact Information: Booking Contact: Golden Land Concerts & Connections, Inc. Email: coopergord@aol.com Phone: (1) 212- 683-7816 Address: 45 East 33rd street - Suite 605 New York, NY 10016 USA

Afro-Semitic Experience

The Afro-Semitic Experience is a band of African-American and Jewish-American musicians who are dedicated to preserving, promoting and expanding the rich cultural and musical heritage of the Jewish and African Diasporas. They present interpretations of music from the rich traditions of our two cultures: Gospel, Klezmer, Nigunim, Spirituals, Bebop and Swing. In performance they also frame the music, telling stories about what the pieces mean, how they relate to us as individual members of the community, and how they reflect upon the relations between Blacks and Jews. They perform in English. Contact Information: Booking Contact: Golden Land Concerts & Connections, Inc. Email: concerts@goldenland.com Phone: Tel. (212) 683-7816 Address: 45 East 33rd street - Suite 605 New York, NY 10016 USA

Ariadna and Sefarad Ensemble

ARIADNA(voice) and SEFARAD-ensemble was founded in 2001. The creative work of the group and her soloist Ariadna are unique in the Russian music life's conditions. The musical approach of the group is quite untraditional, combining the material of Jewish melodies and songs (Ashkenasies and Sefards) with the principles of contemporary improvisational interpretation. Ariadna and Sefarad Ensemble perform in Ladino, Russian and Hebrew Contact Information: Booking Contact: Ariadna and Sefarad Ensemble Email: sefarads@mail.ru Phone: +7(812)910-7870 Location: Saint Petersburg Russia

Ashkenazim

Composer, singer, pianist and the leading choral conductor of Yiddish song in the Former USSR. Polina Achkinazi-Shepherd has performed and taught internationally. Her specially developed choral teaching methods are based on instrumental ornamentation and Jewish modes. Performs with her own a capella ensemble, 'The Vocal Quartet Ahkenazim' and works with the Sound & Light Cinematic Duo, who play live accompaniment to rare black and white silent Jewish films. Polina's music is performed by choirs and soloists all over the world. Ashkenazim is available for presentations in Europe, USA, Former Soviet Union in Yiddish, English and Russian. Contact Information: Booking Contact: Polina Achkinazi-Shepherd Email: paulina_achkinazi@yahoo.com Phone: +7-8432-694201, +7-8432-388445 Address: Fuchika St, 30-99 Kazan, Tatarstan, 420138 Russia

Barahúnda & Helena de Alfonso Trio

Helena de Alfonso is the vocalist and musical director from Barahúnda band and from Helena de Alfonso Trio. Songs from the ladino tradition, from the diaspora in North Africa and in Eastern South Europe. Barahúnda is available for presentations everywhere in the world in Ladino, Yiddish and Spanish. Contact Information: Booking Contact: MUSIKARTE S.L. - Jorge Gil Email: info@musikarte.com Phone: +34 666 039 172, +34 667 970 290 and +34 687 410 720 Address: Apdo. Correos 7223 Madrid, 28080 Spain

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