Saturday Explorer Series: Klezmer Juice

24th STreet Theatre celebrates its 14th annual SATURDAY EXPLORER SERIES, the most sophisticated family series in town.  This unique series offers parents a rare opportunity to share first-class art with their kids by bringing cutting-edge performance artists to young audiences.

Klezmer Juice- Jewish Soul Music, from the Old World to the New.  Vibrant Yiddish Soul mixed with Latin American influences!

Klezmer Juice is the musical vision of Gustavo Bulgach. Although Klezmer is commonly associated with our European immigrants, Jews at the turn of the century were settling all parts of the Americasnowhere more so than Buenos Aries, Argentina. Bulgach was born and raised therea community that includes 200,000 Jews, the most in any Latin American city. He learned Klezmer music from his family at a young age. But he was equally inspired by secular music of Argentina. And as he traveled around the globe, he found that Klezmer music is the soundtrack of the Diaspora. He also realized, quite early on, that if he created music that honored his two backgrounds, people would like the result.

 Klezmer Juice represents the new generation of Jewish Soul musicians. With wide-ranging international backgrounds, a youthful vibe, and adding an exciting Latin undertone to their music, they see themselves as torchbearers of an ancient traditional craft that unites generations in spirit. They create fresh interpretations of traditional tunes including Cigarettes, Ot Azoi, Zemer Atik, Eli Eli and Donna Donna to capture the hearts of a new generation of fans with the traditional Klezmer Clarinetthat laughing-crying Yiddish soul.