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:::: What are some examples of your projects?

Our flagship project is Yiddish Summer Weimar, approaching its 10th year, a six-week long summer institute that presents Yiddish culture as part of the European and American cultural matrix, not isolated from it. OTHER MUSIC is also the lead partner of a major EU-funded project, “The Other Europeans,” a scholarly and artistic initiative to explore and develop the common musical heritage of klezmorim (Yiddish musicians) and lautari (Roma musicians) originally based in Southeastern Europe. We have networked with complementary cultural organizations in Poland, Moldova, Lithuania, Austria, France, Belgium, England, the United States and Canada.

www.yiddish-summer-weimar.de | www.the-other-europeans.eu

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:::: What’s next for OTHER MUSIC?

We are in serious talks with the mayor of Weimar to take over a former school building. The city would help renovate the building for us and allow us to use it rent-free as the year-round home of the OTHER MUSIC ACADEMY. To take this exciting step, we are launching a major fund-raising drive to allow us to expand our infrastructure and purchase necessary musical instruments and equipment. This is a crucial moment in our evolution.

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"For many years now, OTHER MUSIC and "Yiddish Summer" have enriched the cultural life of Weimar in a manner equally surprising and infatuating. On its own initiative and without major municipal or federal assistance, OTHER MUSIC has brought a new spirit to Weimar. This spirit is not only good for the image of this city whose history straddles both high culture and barbarism; it is above all good for our own intellectual and emotional well-being. The people who come here from all over the world to transform Weimar in the summer into an annual, city-wide intercultural festival of "other music" with workshops, sessions, and concerts, are among the most important standard bearers of the future for our City of European Culture".

Stefan WOLF, Mayor of Weimar

 

"OTHER MUSIC is an important and innovative organization that has grown and deepened over the years, branching out now in compelling new ways that explore cultural identity and tradition in today's world. With projects such as 'Yiddish Summer Weimar' and 'The Other Europeans,' OTHER MUSIC fosters a deep interaction with the Jewish world, and the Jewish creative world in particular. Through teaching, workshops, concerts, improvisation, symposia and research, Jewish culture is being transmitted and – importantly – created in ways that are truly alive."

Ruth Ellen GRUBER, author of "Virtually Jewish: Reinventing Jewish Culture in Europe", "Jewish Heritage Travel: A Guide to Eastern"