March 31, 2011
International Jewish Music Festival in October
IJMF 2011: October 21-31...Nationwide in the Netherlands!http://www.ijmf.org/Site/Welcome.html
The 2011 International Jewish Music Festival will bring an unprecedented variety of Jewish music to audiences throughout the Netherlands. Finalists and winners from our 2010 Jewish Music Competition will perform in venues big and small spread across the Netherlands, including in Amsterdam (Paradiso), Den Bosch (De Toonzaal), Tilburg (Paradox), Utrecht (Merkaz), The Hague (LJG), Santpoort-Noord ('t Mosterdzaadje) and Baarn (Pauluskerk).
The growing list of featured ensembles includes: The Heart & the Wellspring (Israel) / Mames Babegenush (Denmark) Yonit Shaked Golan & Gabi Argov (Israel) / Duo Bilitis (Netherlands) Vent D'Ouest Klezmer Band (France) / Trio C tot de Derde (Netherlands)
Jewish Music Network (JMN)
In 2010 IJMF created a new organization: the Jewish Music Network. The JMN promotes Jewish music throughout the Netherlands year-round. Thanks to the bi-annual competition (next edition: October 2012), IJMF has developed at network of first class ensembles, well-established groups as well as ones that are just breaking through. By connecting these artists with an array of top Dutch venues, the JMN hopes to further boost their careers while broadening the availability of Jewish music to a Dutch audience nationwide.
JMN Calendar
An important initiative of the JMN is the new online Dutch national Jewish music calendar. Ensembles and venues post their upcoming concerts so that you'll never again have to miss that favorite ensemble when their in the neighborhood. For the complete schedule and a list of the 35+ partner venues, take a look at our website - http://cts.vresp.com/c/?InternationalJewishM/fd1ff70963/dd0f152f70/e4669eb325 .
IJMF & Paradiso
Paradiso is one of the world's leading "culture temples", and we are therefore thrilled that they will bring the winners of the 2010-competition's jury prize (The Heart & the Wellspring, Israel) and audience prize (Mames Babegenush, Denmark) to Amsterdam on October 23 as part of IJMF 2011.
Posted by jmwc at March 31, 2011 10:13 AM