Adrienne and Zalmen were among the first "foreign" teachers who participated in the first KlezFest in Russia in Leningrad, and then later in Ukraine. As soon as I received the shocking news I contacted Alex Frenkel in Petersburg and Yana Yanover in Kiev who responded with personal messages and promised to spread the word to her many,many friends,students,colleagues. She and Zalmen not only "taught"; they brought these talented performers into the international world of klezmer music and Yiddish song. Some of them became not only performers,but also wrote songs, empowered by Adrienne's responses, even adding some of them to her own repertory. For me as then Director of the Jewish Community Development Fund (at AJWS)she and Zalmen and later Marilyn were a major force in bringing at least four generations of Jewish performers into the international world of Yiddish music and song. A sheynem dank tsum "We Remember" for making these reminiscences available. Martin Horwit, formerly Director of JCDF in Russia and Ukraine
Adrienne and Zalmen were among the first "foreign" teachers who participated in the first KlezFest in Russia in Leningrad, and then later in Ukraine. As soon as I received the shocking news I contacted Alex Frenkel in Petersburg and Yana Yanover in Kiev who responded with personal messages and promised to spread the word to her many,many friends,students,colleagues. She and Zalmen not only "taught"; they brought these talented performers into the international world of klezmer music and Yiddish song. Some of them became not only performers,but also wrote songs, empowered by Adrienne's responses, even adding some of them to her own repertory. For me as then Director of the Jewish Community Development Fund (at AJWS)she and Zalmen and later Marilyn were a major force in bringing at least four generations of Jewish performers into the international world of Yiddish music and song. A sheynem dank tsum "We Remember" for making these reminiscences available. Martin Horwit, formerly Director of JCDF in Russia and Ukraine