Music & Entertainment

"If music be the food of love, play on"

On this page we feature a city by city directory of
Austra
lian Jewish musicians and Australian classical music links


For links to Jewish, Israeli, and world music plus
hundreds of transliterated Hebrew song words
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CANBERRA
  MELBOURNE
  PERTH
 SYDNEY
  NEW  ZEALAND

The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra 70th Anniversary

This 12 CD collection includes recordings with some of the greatest artists of our time.

The recordings include artists such as Leonard Bernstein, Zubin Mehta, Arthur Rubinstein, Itzhak Perlman, Daniel Barenboim, Isaac Stern and many more.


National

Australian Friends of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

 

Canberra
         
Closet Klezmer 
Enquiries: Tim Meyen  (02) 62 47 3081
 



Melbourne
             
Always in the Mood
Australian Archive of Jewish Music
Dave Kaplan Band
Ernie Gruner violinist & fiddler; teaches klezmer tunes.
(03) 9386 7108 or 0418 549 631

Guava
Melbourne's newest function band

Independent Classics
Kaleidoscope Music
Klezmania
Read a review of their CD "Oystralia"

Listen to Klezmania radio interview including music clips

Lashir Beyahad




(Lashir Beyahad is a Melbourne based Israeli sing-a-long club run by guitarist Oded Gordon.
Every 6 to 8 weeks there is a nostalgic evening with a different  theme of interest.

Check the Jewish Australia Events page Melbourne for the next date)


Click here to read a selection of Oded's research articles on Hebrew Songs.com
Liron Choir
Klezmeritis
Infectious Eastern European Jewish Music with Gypsy, Jazz & Middle-Eastern influences.
Check out their latest gigs and newsletter
Read about them on the Klezmershak website
Read a review and hear soundsnips of their latest CD
Melbourne Jewish Male Voice Choir
New members welcome. The choir rehearses on Monday evenings.
Contact Rabbi Heilbrun 9527-1433

"Mrs Goldberg" Band (yes, that's their real name......)
They play a mix of 60's and 70's music with a bit of a bent towards R&B, but lots of ballads and classics that you can sing along to.
Available for parties only catering to this specific musical era.
For details on how to book click here to email Martin.

Musica Viva Australia
Music Works - Let's Sing!    Phone 9532-7464

Music Theatre Australia

Noemi Liba
Reflections of
Runnenu
Sam Green
Samantha Cohen
Sibling Revelry
Sophisticats
Spiel Azoi
Contemporary and energetic Klezmer and Yiddish band
Click here for Cd orders and band bookings:
or phone Sarah  61 3 9489 5354  or  Michelle 61 3 9822 7056

Two Up Music    
Susie Davies Splitter & Phil Splitter

Read about their musical "Down Under In Australia"
Read about the Kool Schools CD
Video of the musical "Down Under in Australia" now available for purchase.

 


           

         

Perth

Peta Lithgow and Malaika
Enquiries:  (08) 9276 7566, 503 Morley Dr, Morley WA 6062
Shirael Music CD - Made in Perth.
 

           

Sydney

Catch 22
Performing in 11 languages, Catch 22 offer a selection of traditional
songs & dancing numbers & Horas (in Yiddish & Hebrew),
and some contemporary numbers in Hebrew.

Escapade - Nadine Ben-Mayor

Sydney based weddings band.
email: escapade@spectrum.com.au
Keren Or
A flexible band available for all functions, to suit any requirements. Specialising in weddings, and Bar/Bat-Mitzvahs, as well as engagement parties, corporate events, birthday and holiday parties.
Click here for a printable flyer

Glass
Reasonably new on the scene, lead singer Tommy Flynn (also known as Ilan Kidron) sings in English, French Italian,Spanish, Portuguese,Ladino and Hebrew with some of the top professsional musicians in town.
They are booked solid till the end of the year with weddings, parties, Barmitzvahs and are becoming the favorites of the wedding planners because of their classy mix of jazz,latin,gypsy,swing music from the 20's up to today.
Glass can be a 3 piece up to an 8 piece.
Monsieur Camembert
Mickey Shaked
The Hilton Chilchik Band
The Leonie Cohen Jazz Quartet
The band plays a mixture of Leonie's original compositions and arrangements of Jewish and jazz standards. The line-up is piano (or keyboard), saxophone, double bass and drums.

The Leonora Ensemble
A string quartet that plays Jewish music in a classical idiom.

In Sydney we have a professional classical string quartet with a significant Jewish repertoire.
The Leonora Ensemble under the musical directorship of Janet Silverton, is classically trained and its repertoire includes substantial Jewish/Yiddish arrangements for trio and string quartet with the option of flute.

The Leonora Ensemble is quite unique in this field, as it is not a 'Klezmer band' but a classical group that also performs authentic Jewish repertoire in the classical idiom.

The ensemble has released a CD of Jewish music performed by the string quartet called 'CLASSIC STRING SIMCHA'. It features a range of music that includes arrangements of Yiddish, Israeli and popular Jewish tunes

C ontact Janet at 0417 657178 or email janet_helen@iprimus.com.au for enquiries regarding bookings or obtaining the CD.

Klezmer music sample

Quartet in G


New Zealand
The Jews Brothers Band
 
   
 


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