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Mr. Greenman will describe and present the various klezmer music
genres that were performed for the traditional East European Jewish
wedding (khasene). He will explain each piece and its purpose
then play the melodies on violin and sing some of the lines of the
badkhn (af Yiddish), the master-of-ceremony at
the traditional East European wedding. The music will include:
- Music played for the bride the night before the wedding
as the bride bids her family a farewell
- Elaborate artistic listening tunes played to honor special
guests the day of the wedding
- Music to lead the guests to different parts of the wedding
- Music for the seating of the bride
- Moralistic recitative music recited by the badkhn
to the bride to make the bride weep
- Music leading the wedding party to the khupe
- Dance music post ceremony
- Character dances for the in-laws, etc.
- Virtuosic table music for the bride and groom
- Music to bid everyone a good night
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Described by the Washington Post as “particularly impressive”
and “extraordinary” by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Steven Greenman
is a consummate musical artist. He is a masterful violin soloist
with symphony orchestras, a soulful performer of klezmer music,
and a virtuoso performer of East European folk music. Steven’s influential
recordings, klezmer compositions and dedicated master classes have
been internationally acclaimed.
Steven is recognized as one of the finest practitioners of traditional
klezmer violin music. International performances include Jewish
Culture Festival (Poland), Internationales Klezmer Festival Fuerth
(Germany), Harbin Summer Music Festival (China), University of Shanghai
for Science and Technology (China), Klezmer Musica Festival (Italy),
and Ashkenaz (Canada). He has performed with the Klezmatics, Kapelye,
Joel Rubin Jewish Music Ensemble, Khevrisa, Budowitz, Flying Bulgar
Klezmer Band and Shtetl Band Amsterdam. At the forefront of the
klezmer revival, Steven has established new klezmer ensembles: Khevrisa,
Stempenyu’s Dream, Di Tsvey, the R2G Klezmer Trio, Cedar’s Jumpin’,
and the Steven Greenman Klezmer Ensemble. Steven’s thrilling collaboration
with master pipa-player Gao Hong, The Braided Candle, explores a
unique blending of traditional Jewish and Chinese folk music styles.
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Steven’s traditional Jewish and klezmer compositions have been
recorded by international artists and researched by scholars. Two
of his liturgical melodies have been published by the Shalshelet
Foundation for New Jewish Liturgical Music. His recordings Stempenyu’s
Dream and Stempenyu’s Neshome have significantly expanded the traditional
klezmer violin repertoire. Steven’s grand composition, Klezmer Concert
Suite for Solo Violin and Orchestra embodies the full expressive
and virtuosic range of the East European Jewish violin. .
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