December 25, 2007
Jewish Music Festival to be at Muziekgebouw in Amsterdam
From May 9-12, 2008, Amsterdam’s new concert hall, Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ, will host the premiere of the International Jewish Music Festival in its new format. The main event of the festival will be a 3-day Competition for Jewish music ensembles.For the first time ever, a jury of international Jewish music experts will judge a competition for musicians and ensembles with a goal of an international career focusing on Jewish music. This includes folk, pop, klezmer, classical, and liturgical music, and music by Jewish composers with clearly discernible Jewish elements.
Contestants are welcome from all countries and do not need to be Jewish, but must be 16 years or older. Registration forms & more information are now available online: www.ijmf.org
The jury will include leading figures from the music and recording industry including Peter van der Heyden (Universal Music) and Frank London (The Klezmatics). Besides prize money, the musicians will be competing for the possibility of a professional recording contract. That prize alone is already drawing a high level of contestants, including professional bands and ensembles.
The Muziekgebouw's 100-seat BAM Hall will house the competition’s first rounds, and the 725-seat Main Hall will be the scene of the Finale.
March 1, 2008 - Registration closes Please take a minute to look at the IJMF website, www.ijmf.org. Posted by jmwc at December 25, 2007 02:52 PM