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LIVE MUSIC
Upcoming concerts
Prayers from the End of the World /Gebete vom Ende der Welt / Modlitwy z Końca Świata
André Ochodlo & The Jazzish Company (PL/D)
30.07. - 02.08. 2026 / 7.30 pm
Teatr Atelier im. Agnieszki Osieckiej, 33. Lato Teatralne Sopot
12.11. 2026 / 6.00 pm
Ariowitsch-Haus Leipzig
14.11. 2026 / 7.30 pm
Vogtlandtheater Plauen / Kleine Bühne
André Ochodlo interprets poetry by outstanding authors of world recognition: Paul Celan, Rose Ausländer, Selma Meerbaum and Itzik Manger, to which music was written specially for him by well-known contemporary Polish composers. Ochodlo performs the songs accompanied by a band of musicians from Poland and Saxony. The program focuses on Czerniowce, the capital of the old Habsburg Duchy of Bukovina – “a place where people lived and books” (Paul Celan). This is a place of polyethnic roots and cosmopolitan spirit, where a unique symbiosis of German, Roman, Slavic and Jewish cultures was born. The recital is to bring back the forgotten past, remind us of this place at the end of the earth – a miracle and a wound at the same time, as well as to give voice to persecuted, banished and murdered poets in order to fill their words with new life.
songs | lyrics / music |
Todesfuge | Paul Celan / Marek Czerniewicz |
Nähe der Gräber | Paul Celan / Adam Żuchowski |
Tenebrae | Paul Celan / Adam Żuchowski |
Alpdruck | Rose Ausländer / Mateusz Smoczyński |
Weil | Rose Ausländer / Adam Żuchowski |
Ohne Wein und Brot | Rose Ausländer / Paweł Łuciewicz |
Poemat | Selma Meerbaum / Ewa Kornecka |
Lied | Selma Meerbaum / Adam Żuchowski |
Harbst / Herbst | Selma Meerbaum / Ewa Kornecka |
Tragik | Selma Meerbaum / Ewa Kornecka |
Notes shloflid | Itzik Manger / Jerzy Satanowski |
Der sof funem klorvaysn tsigele | Itzig Manger / Marek Czerniewicz |
Mit farmakhte oygn | Itzig Manger / Ewa Kornecka |
Di balade funem vaysn broyt | Itzig Manger / Adam Żuchowski |
Epilog | Itzig Manger / Paweł Łuciewicz |
The Jazzish Company (D / PL)
- Selma Gröning – violin
- Laurenz Welten – clarinets, saxophone
- Philip Frischkorn – piano
- Jan Roth – percussion
- Adam Żuchowski – double bass
SONGS OF LOVE AND DEATH, OF IDENTITY AND LONELINESS, OF NOTHINGNESS AND GOD – OF FRAGILITY OF OUR EXISTENCE
Shalom
Yiddish Songs
André Ochodlo
04.09.2026
24. Dni Kultury Żydowskiej w Słupsku (Słupski Ośrodek Kultury)
11.09.2026
Leszno
A unique recital composed of the most beautiful, traditional Jewish songs in contemporary arrangements, enriched with new compositions often created especially for André Ochodlo, selected from his phenomenal collection Yiddishland. This remarkable concert reflects the artistic path which André Ochodlo, one of the most acclaimed interpreters of Yiddish songs, followed over more than 30 years of concerts in the Agnieszka Osiecka ATELIER Theater in Sopot and all over the world. The songs performed by Ochodlo form a compelling story of east European Jews and their unusual culture available to us mainly thanks to human memory, books and captivating songs in Yiddish.
Shalom | Yiddish Songs will give listeners an insight into the rich heritage left by the greatest Jewish poets, including Itzik Manger and Mordechai Gebirtig, whose poems gained new life in compositions of the most outstanding contemporary Polish composers. Additionally, the recital will include traditional songs, such as „Mayn Shtetele Belz” or „Oyfn Pripetshik”.
THE KLEZMER COMPANY:
- Mateusz Smoczyński / Maciej Afanasjew – violin
- Marcin Janek – clarinets / saxophone
- Zdzisław Kalinowski – piano
- Adam Żuchowski – double bass, musical director
- Maksymilian Kreft – percussion