A Patchwork of Cultures: Sharing Our Traditions Through Music
March 19, 2023 at 4:00 PM
Wilshire Boulevard Temple
On March 19th, 2023 at 4PM, the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony and Wilshire Boulevard Temple celebrated the shared musical heritage of Sephardic, Latino, Mizrachi, and Persian music with the free public concert A Patchwork of Cultures: Sharing Our Traditions Through Music. The program highlighted Mizrahi/Persian music in celebration of Nowruz, the Persian New Year.
The concert was co-presented by Wilshire Boulevard Temple and performed in their historic sanctuary, a gorgeous cultural monument that is home to the oldest Jewish congregation in Los Angeles.
The mixing of cultures was personified by the concert’s guest artists, Argentinian-born Rabbi Cantor Marcelo Gindlin and versatile Jewish, Persian-American musician Chloe Pourmorady.
FEATURED ARTISTS & SOLOISTS
Raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Rabbi Cantor Marcelo Gindlin has served as the full-time Cantor at the Malibu Jewish Center & Synagogue since 2000. Rabbi Cantor Marcelo has three degrees in music therapy and has extensive experience as a teacher, composer, choir director, and performer. He has published several scholarly papers in the field of music therapy and has presented at international conferences and seminars…
Chloe Pourmorady is an award-winning artist known for the versatility of her creative expression. A recent winner of both a Global Music Award and an Independent Music Award for her debut album, Begin Majesty, she creates music that is innovative and imaginative; music that is influenced by tradition, yet modern. She sings in more than ten languages; plays violin, kamancheh and guitar; and writes music in many different styles: instrumental, liturgical, folk, modal and more…
Mark Kashper is the Founding Concertmaster and featured soloist of the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony. A violinist since the age of five, Mr. Kashper graduated from the Moscow Conservatoire and the Leningrad Conservatoire. As an Assistant Concertmaster and soloist with the Moscow Conservatoire Chamber Orchestra, Mr. Kashper performed extensively throughout the Soviet Union, Europe and Latin America. Three months after moving to the United States in February 1978, Mr. Kashper joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic. In September 1979, he was promoted to the first violin section, progressed steadily through its ranks and was named the Orchestra’s Associate Principal Second Violinist in May 1986.
Daniel Raijman is an award-winning composer, guitarist, producer and educator based in Los Angeles. He has composed music for film and television (Sony Pictures, NBCUniversal, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Lionsgate) and commercials, and has produced award-winning records. Raijman graduated from the Film Scoring Program at UCLA, studying composition and orchestration with multiple Emmy Award-winning composers such as Mark Watters, Tim Kelly and Michael Giacchino’s orchestrator Norman Ludwin (“Up,” “ Zootopia,” “Jurassic World” and others). In 2023, Raijman will receive his Master’s Degree in Music Production from the Berklee College of Music.
Percussionist, recording artist and teacher Jamie Papish has made a name for himself in the Los Angeles World Music Scene as a passionate percussionist of ethnic hand drum styles of the Middle East, Iran, North Africa, Sephardic Spain, Eastern Europe and the Balkans. He maintains an active performance and recording schedule as an original member of the critically acclaimed Yuval Ron Ensemble, the Chloe Pourmorady Ensemble and various other Los Angeles-based world music ensembles.
Percussionist, recording artist and teacher Jamie Papish has made a name for himself in the Los Angeles World Music Scene as a passionate percussionist of ethnic hand drum styles of the Middle East, Iran, North Africa, Sephardic Spain, Eastern Europe and the Balkans. He maintains an active performance and recording schedule as an original member of the critically acclaimed Yuval Ron Ensemble, the Chloe Pourmorady Ensemble and various other Los Angeles-based world music ensembles.
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