Three Yiddish Divas
Joanne Borts, Adrienne Cooper, and Theresa Tova
Saturday, March 25, 8 pm
Jewish Community Center San Francisco
3200 California St at Presidio Ave., SF
Part of the 21st Annual Jewish Music Festival, March 4-26, 2006
A new generation of stars pours passion and artistry into Yiddish jazz, cabaret and theater songs as the 21st Annual Jewish Music Festival presents Three Yiddish Divas with Joanne Borts, Adrienne Cooper and Theresa Tova.
Joanne Borts is one of the New York's favorite theater and cabaret artists with a solid reputation as performer of both American popular/theater music and the music of her Yiddish speaking family. She most recently toured the US and Canada in Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella starring Eartha Kitt. She is also the director, co-author and co-star of Kids and Yiddish, an ongoing show presented by the Folksbiene Yiddish Theatre, the only Yiddish theatre company in the U.S.
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. Ms. Cooper has performed and recorded with, among others, The Klezmatics, Hasidic New Wave, The Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band, Kapelye, and Frank London's Shekhine Big Band. Assistant Director of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, she co-founded the Yiddish Folk Arts Program, popularly known as KlezKamp.
An award winning actress, singer and writer, Theresa Tova is a “classy, jazzy and deliciously sensuous performer.” Her sultry voice and spontaneous wit fits as well on the Broadway stage as it does in concert and jazz venues. Ms. Tova’s unique sound blends jazz and Yiddish song idioms while seamlessly alternating between Yiddish and English.
High Resolution photos for these artists are available immediately upon request or will be available on the festival website www.jewishmusicfestival.org/press. For further information, please call Ellie Shapiro, (510) 848-0237 x126 or
Produced in association with the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
The Jewish Music Festival is a program of the Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center