The Klezmer Society

“This band is really a major event in the klezmer world”

— Zev Feldman, leading klezmer revivalist

Een melodie zal nooit twee keer hetzelfde klinken bij The Klezmer Society (voorheen Shtetl Band Amsterdam). De schat aan variaties en versieringen is eindeloos en de musici stimuleren elkaar tot grote hoogte. Geen arrangementen of kant en klare oplossingen, maar spontaniteit en echtheid vormen het cement van dit hechte ensemble. Spannende eigen composities worden op een geraffineerde manier gecombineerd met de beeldschone melodieën uit de shtetls: de Joodse Anatevka-dorpjes uit het oude Oost-Europa. In haar 13-jarig bestaan boekte The Klezmer Society grote successen op binnen- en buitenlandse concertpodia en de speellijst van de groep is imposant. Kijk in onze agenda waar je ons binnenkort live kan horen!

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Jul 18 2020

A new season! Shul tour, CD-recordings and school performances

As calm as our last months have been, as busy we will be in season 20/21!

School performances are slowly returning, and we are looking forward playing again for all children in the Netherlands.

Furthermore we are working on a…

Sep 24 2019

Looking back on a month full of klezmer music

September was busy! We have premiered Merry Nights, we played a new year's concert, we did our family concert and some of us have been teaching klezmer an entire weekend for the Dutch folk music society. We are so glad…

Jun 17 2019

2020 and 75 years of liberation: two months of school performances

2020 Is a very special year in Dutch history. It will be 75 years ago that Holland is liberated from Nazi occupation during the shoah (WWII). The Klezmer Society will be actively involved in telling this story, over and over…

Jun 17 2019

Shura Lipovsky and The Klezmer Society, 13 juli 2019 Binnendieze

SHURA LIPOVSKY EN THE KLEZMER SOCIETY, 13 juli 2019 Binnendieze

Wat gebeurt er als de grand dame van het Jiddische lied Shura Lipovsky de krachten bundelt met Nederlands eigen village klezmer band The Klezmer Society? Luister naar een gloednieuw programma…

Jun 17 2019

Hello concert season 2019/2020

We are in the middle of our preparations for the next cultural season. New tunes, new suites, new pieces and even new instruments! We are kicking off with a great klezmerish september-month, including a concert in the awesome Noorderk…

Dec 18 2018

Merry Nights

Merry Nights is one of our new programs for next season. Our first 'premiere' will be our newyears concert in Pulchri, at the 8th of January 2019, in The Hague. Have you seen our new trailer yet?

Dec 17 2018

Hide and Seek / Wie niet weg is wordt gezien

We are in the midst of our rehearsals for our new school theatre performance Wie niet weg is wordt Gezien. The story is based on Ida Vos' first novel of the same name. This time we tell the story from…

Apr 18 2018

Hello The Klezmer Society!

As you may have noticed already on this site, we changed our name from Shtetl Band Amsterdam to The Klezmer Society. We picked a more open and clear name, a name which is more suitable for who and what we…

Dec 3 2016

Prins Bernhard Cultural award 2017 and the Queen

Gister gespeeld bij uitreiking Prins Bernhard Cultuurfondsprijs 2017 voor de geweldige filmmaakster Heddy Honigmann. Het was een prachtige gebeurtenis! Jammer dat we volgens het protocol niet mogen schrijven dat Hare Majesteit alle leden van Shtetl Band Amsterdam persoonlijk heeft bedankt…

Sep 16 2016

Klezmer on a refugee boat

Last week we performed on a former refugee boat which was donated by the Italian authorities to "rederij Lampedusa". On this boat 288 refugees found their way to Lampedusa. Some performances, you'll never forget...