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Klezmer
music...
Klezmer
is the music that Jewish troubadours used to peddle from one
celebration to another, from one "shtetl" (village) to a ghetto, in
Eastern Europe, since the Middle Ages.
Rocked in liturgy, inspired by
ecstatic Hasidic melodies and secular songs, he slummed in hostels and
enriched with theater and folk dances.
In
symbiosis with Slavic, Gypsy, and Ottoman music, it acquired an
incomparable diversity and richness of expression. With changing paces,
slight dissonance, ornamentation and a touch of improvisation, klezmer
encourages spirituality and dancing. It is able to express all
emotions, joy and sadness, meditation, love, or drunkenness, without
forgetting the (Jewish!) humor! Torn from Europe by Nazism and
Stalinism, he was engrafted to jazz in America before becoming again
popular worldwide.
Perpetuating
the klezmer tradition without freezing it, HOTEGEZUGT ('sez he!' in
Yiddish) was formed and deformed since thanks to a few musicians who
love klezmer and Jewish music... It plays a lot of klezmer and Yiddish
themes, Israeli and Sephardic songs, and some of its own compositions,
all arranged in his own way and sometimes mixed with classical and
swing…
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Who
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Michel BORZYKOWSKI was born in Geneva (Switzerland) from Jewish Polish parents, survivors of the Shoah.
Physician since a long time and music lover since always, he discovered
an old saxophone in a cellar and the pleasure to play on it 30 years ago! He then joined some Jazz bands in Geneva. Since 1996, he
takes up his cultural origins and works mainly
on klezmer and other kinds of Jewish music with the bands Hotegezugt, Rojinkes
mit Mandln, Intsvishn, Diaspora Blues,Tohu veBohu and Musicalligraphy.
"Second generation network"
facilitator, Yiddish dance
leader and teacher, he was, during 15 years, vice-president of the Association AMJ (Friends of Jewish Music) in Geneva.
www.borzy.info
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Pier-Yves TETU studied accordion with Andre Thepaz, Denis
Croisonnier, Alexander Skljarov and graduated from the Conservatory of Chambery
(France). He accompanies singers (Hélène Engel, Astrid Ruff, Alexander Müller,
Jacob Toledano, François Garaï), choirs (Diasporim Zinger, the Jewish
Choir of Reims). He takes part, in many concerts in France and in Europe with
Michel Chapel, the accordions quartet Harmonia, the French klezmer band Klej'Zema
and the singers of Evasion. Also graduated from the
Conservatories of Grenoble and Nevers (Paul Guigue), he pursues alongside a career
as a lyric tenor with Michel Corboz, at the High School of Music in Geneva
and at the Lausanne Opera.
http://pier-yvestetu.e-monsite.com
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Bianca FAVEZ was born in Roumania. She began to play the
violin at five, then studied at the National Conservatory of Paris
where she won a first award and at the Conservatory of Geneva where she
got a virtuosity. She played as a soloist with the Orchestra of the Suisse Romande
and under the direction of Michel
Corboz. Active in many orchestras and chamber music ensembles, she
played in many
festivals, in Switzerland and well as in Europe. Violin Professor at
the Accademia d’Archi,
she also plays
as a soloist at the Orchestra
of the Colleges (dir.
Philippe Beran) and at the Orchestra of Saint-Jean
(dir.
Arsene
Liechti). Who could
have thought that such a career would make her love to play with a
klezmer band?
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Christine REGARD studied at the Conservatories
of Geneva and Lausanne, where she
obtained a diploma and a virtuosity. Violinist
with the Chamber Orchestra
of Geneva since its inceptio),
she also plays as well in big
bands as in small ensembles. In addition to classical music,
she also plays different kinds of world
music,
such as Celtic ( Alouane), Gypsy, Russian ( Les Nuits de Moscou), Mexican
( Mariachi Quetzal), Sefardic ( Palavrikas de Amor) and,
of course, klezmer.
www.christineregard.com
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David MORHAIN found
his first rhythmical inspiration on his younger brother's head and on the darbouka
his grand-father was obliged to buy for him! After a scholar training as drummer and percussionist,
he came to jazz through the APEJS
at the Conservatory of Chambery, then refined his ears and sharpened his
drumsticks and fingers in France and Switzerland with many bands, as The Blues Busters
(rhythm’blues), the Departemental Big Band (jazz), New Parade
Jazz Band (New Orleans jazz) among others. With Hotegezugt et Palavrikas de Amor, he gets back to his Jewish and Tunisian origins!
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Sylvie BOSSI begins
the accordion at the age of 9 ans because, after her Mam, horseriding
is too dangerous! After studying classical music to musette, she
teaches as early as 16, leads the Avenir
accordeoniste de Chatelaine and plays -among others- withe
the Orchestre Romand
des Professeurs d'Accordeon, Cadenza Baiana, NaMaSy, Loch Leman Ceilidh,
Baroccordeon,
Sebastien Gabriel, Jean-Marie Curti and the Choeur Theatral of Avully. Her
repertoire spreads over world music, Celtic and Eastern Europa Folk as
well as Tango, Rock, Baroque... no withstanding Jazz and Electro, in
short, every kind of nice and moving music...
www.baiana-split.ch
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Continuously
hands-on and self unrepentant,
Frédéric BERNEY fell into music in
childhood and alert aftermath... Having devoured Wagner, Brassens, The
Beatles, Charlie Parker and Igor Stravinsky by both ears, having been
guitarist, actor, painter and filmmaker, he catches the biggest tool he
could find, tames it and begins to improvise: popular songs, symphonic
music, jazz and world music... with hot points in Indian and Klezmer
music.
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Anne-Claire
MONNIER is born in
the past century in a small village
in primitive Switzerland. She studied theater with Serge Martin and
learned everything she could in many occasions. She's member of Eva
Castellino's dance company "100% Acrylic" and
continues with passion her career, featuring as dancer, vocalist,
comedian and artistic director in Europe, Canada and Australia.
Although yiddish is not precisely her mameloshn,
she knows how to make its intonation alive with her extraordinary
presence on stage...
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Born
in Israel, Yael MILLER studies classical and jazz singing, piano and trombone at the Yigal
Alon conservatory
in Israël. She's the first jazz singer in the famous "Outstanding
Musician" program
of the Israeli army. Since she's 15, Yael composes, and features in
hese own bands. Her first concert out of her country is in China with
the vocal jazz band
Contra Bat. At 20, she leaves Israel to New York, France and
finally Geneva where she settles down since 2006. She sings with
various jazz, funk, rock musicians, rappers, slammers and
klezmorim, creates the band Orioxy,
records and work with the
Labiscou Company. Furthermore, she studies Kial, a classical North
Indian singing technique in Varanasi. With all these influences, she
creates a very personal musical universe.
www.orioxy.net
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Born 1989 in Geneva, Marc CROFTS begins to play
violin early. Ashkenaze and Sefarad by his mother, English by his father, he
discovers very early classical music and jazz, but also klezmer, oriental
music, Celtic folk, tango, Brazilian and Andean music, etc. He worked with many
East European musicians, played with the Barcelona Gipsy Klezmer
Orchestra and the singer Vlado Kreslin. In 2017, he gets a master's
degree in jazz violin et the HEMu in Lausanne and participates in
workshops and masterclasses with Charles Lloyd, Dave Liebman, Lee Konitz, Marc
Ducret, Malcolm Braff, John Abercrombie Bob Mintzer, Jean-Luc Ponty, Didier
Lockwood, Johan Renard, Mathias Levy, etc. Playing klezmer, jazz and Balkanic
music with Gypson 5ive and Gilgul, Manouche jazz and
Flamenco with Swing High, Yolanda Almodovar Quintet or with Etienne
Mayerat, he launched In 2016 Hot Temper and, in 2017, the Marc Crofts
Trio, for which he composes in various styles, but always in a jazz
mood.
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HOTEGEZUGT
Marc Crofts
