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  • Master class: Improvisation in New Jewish Music
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  • Opening Meeting: Love-the Alchemy of Reconciliation - Monday, June 29, 2009
  • 3rd Day in Krakow - Sunday, June 28, 2009
  • 2nd Day in Krakow - Saturday, June 27, 2009
  • 1st Day in Krakow - Friday, June 26, 2009

24th Jewish Music Festival March 21-April 2, 2009

The 25th Jewish Music Festival invites you to share our joy as our friend Dan Plonsey becomes a Bar Mitzvah!

Thanks to a generous matching grant of $7,500 from The East Bay Community Foundation’s Fund for Artists, the JMF commissioned a new multimedia piece by Bay Area composer Dan Plonsey and choreographer Eric Kupers to premiere as part of our silver anniversary season. Thanks to your love of the arts and willingness to give, we have reached our goal.

Save the Date: July 11, 2010 and come celebrate Dan Plonsey’s Bar Mitzvah

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Upcoming Events

• Back to the Roots: Notions of Jewish Musical Revival
• Yuval Ron: Sacred Jewish and Muslim Music of the Middle East
• Zmiros
• Diaspora Redux - American Premiere
• Master class: Improvisation in New Jewish Music
• Saints and Tzadiks
• Klezmer Buenos Aires

Past Festivals

2009

2007 and 2008

2006

2005

2004

2003

Major Sponsors

• Alliance for California Traditional Arts
• Anisman/Sherman Family and Julie Sherman
• Bernard Osher Jewish Philanthropies Foundation of the Jewish Community Endowment Fund
• Gaia Fund
• Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund
• Gottesman-Biddle Family Philanthropic Fund (JCEF)
• Guzik Foundation
• Walter and Elise Haas Fund
• The Jewish Community Federation and Foundation of the Greater East Bay
• Koret Foundation
• Kurz Family Foundation
• The San Francisco Foundation
• Taube Foundation for Jewish Life and Culture (JCEF)
• Official Wine Sponsor: Hagafen
• Official Chocolate Sponsor: Alegio Chocolate

Welcome to the 2009 Jewish Music Festival Season

Gari Hegedus

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Gari Hegedus appears in...

Gari Hegedus plays violin and viola as well as a variety of stringed instruments from Greece and Turkey including lauoto, oud, saz and hand drums. In addition to playing in Teslim, he also performs with world music group Stellamara and Persian vocalist Hamed Nikpay. He has studied with oud master Naseer Shamma and has recorded and performed with Ross Daly. He has toured with the Mevlevi Dervish (Sufi) Order of America and continues to participate in Turkish ceremonial and devotional gatherings around the country.

Gari Hegedus Website