Adrienne touched my life deeply. I was looking for the personally most meaningful way forward as a musician, and given my family's history, decided to be a Yiddish singer. As my Czech family fully assimilated generations ago and there was not a word of Yiddish in my background, this was chutzpah. After I heard Adrienne perform in Toronto, I approached her and asked for help. She told me to come to New York. This was probably 1995. I spent two life-changing weeks with her with intense, 2 or 3 hours long daily lessons in her Manhattan apartment She listened, and once we got my poor Yiddish under control, focused on the spirit of the songs we studied. She made me see each song as an important story that urgently must be told, so much more than words and music. In this, Adrienne was so kind, never questioning my minimal Yiddish knowledge, just helping me along patiently and giving me a piece of herself in the process. What a remarkable human being, and of course, artist and a teacher. Thank you so much, Adrienne, live in light and rest in peace.
Adrienne touched my life deeply. I was looking for the personally most meaningful way forward as a musician, and given my family's history, decided to be a Yiddish singer. As my Czech family fully assimilated generations ago and there was not a word of Yiddish in my background, this was chutzpah. After I heard Adrienne perform in Toronto, I approached her and asked for help. She told me to come to New York. This was probably 1995. I spent two life-changing weeks with her with intense, 2 or 3 hours long daily lessons in her Manhattan apartment She listened, and once we got my poor Yiddish under control, focused on the spirit of the songs we studied. She made me see each song as an important story that urgently must be told, so much more than words and music. In this, Adrienne was so kind, never questioning my minimal Yiddish knowledge, just helping me along patiently and giving me a piece of herself in the process. What a remarkable human being, and of course, artist and a teacher. Thank you so much, Adrienne, live in light and rest in peace.