KAPELYE

KLEZMER

ISTANBUL

ISTANBUL KLEZMER KAPELYE

Born on the vibrant Asian side of the Bosphorus, Istanbul Klezmer Kapelye is an international orchestra based in Turkey.

Bold brass meets a soulful violin, along with a driving foundation of accordion, bass, and drum, they will take you on a foot-tapping journey from heartfelt melodies to wild dance

Interpreting the traditional Yiddish music repertoire, these musicians from 5 different countries blend their influences to create a unique Istanbul flavor of klezmer.

ISTANBUL KLEZMER KAPELYE

WHAT IS KLEZMER?

Klezmer is high energy dance and party music traditionally performed by the musicians of the Jewish diaspora who lived and traveled across central and Eastern Europe.

The music echoes sounds from many regions under the influence of the Ottoman Empire, such as the Balkans, Romania and Moldavia, as well as Ukraine, Crimea and many more. It often features songs sung in Yiddish, the Eastern European Jewish language (an amalgam of Middle High German, Aramaic, Slavic, Hebrew, and Romanic influences). This music is a celebration of diasporic culture, otherness and the complexity of the human experience.

They say that a klezmer musician cries with one eye and laughs with the other.