Amalgamations: The Contemporary Jewish Artists Podcast
5 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago -Amalgamations: The Contemporary Jewish Artists Podcast takes listeners into the minds of contemporary Jewish innovators in the creative and performing arts. Through interviews and stories, Amalgamations gives space for composers, dancers, artists, actors, and performers who exist at the intersection of Judaism and the arts to express how their multifaceted identities define who they are as people. Theme Music: "F Minor Klezmer" by The Underscore OrkestraFrom the Free Music ArchiveCC BY-NC-SA
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Suzanne Kosowitz, Composer
July 28, 2020 21:00 - 45 minutes - 31 MBPraised for her music’s “vibrant rhythms” and “ethereal textures” (David Ludwig, Curtis Institute of Music), composer Suzanne Kosowitz’s artistic journeys have led her through periods of growth, trials, and self-discovery. Shaped by the experience of growing up Jewish in Perth, Australia, her music represents an intertwining of the development of her Jewish identity with her personal challenges and triumphs. This episode features Kosowitz’s compositions “Dot,” “Dance in Defiance,” “Eitz Cha...
Eliana Rubin, Theatre Artist
June 28, 2020 21:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBGrowing up, Eliana Rubin's Jewish identity and theatrical identity developed in perpetual conflict. That all changed at URJ 6 Points Creative Arts Academy, a Jewish arts summer camp, where she has worked each summer since its opening in 2018. That environment sparked a burst of artistic energy, fueled by her electrifying realization of the potential that interpreting biblical text through the lens of theatre has to amplify her love of those aspects of her identity. This melding of these two ...
Bracha Bdil, Composer
June 09, 2020 14:00 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MBAlthough Israeli composer Bracha Bdil did not consider composition until she was in her 20s, she has since produced a prolific and acclaimed output. The winner of numerous international composition prizes, Bdil's Jewish works focus on biblical themes, Mediterraneanism, and the intersection of Holocaust and liturgy. Her music is evocative, intricate, and emotionally bold. In this episode, Bdil delineates how her history, spirituality, nationality, and faith commingle into a harmonious sense ...
Lila Ruth Klaus, Choreographer
May 24, 2020 16:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBLila Ruth Klaus is a dancer, choreographer, and teacher. In this episode, she reveals her threefold personal value system rooted in both her Jewish upbringing and in the writings of Jewish philosopher Martin Buber. Two of her recent choreographic works, "Everything is Inevitable" and "And So, We Hold on to This Moment," explore these values through the lenses of human relationships and sacred space. To learn more about Lila and view her work, visit lilaruthklaus.weebly.com.
Ari Sussman, Composer
May 10, 2020 22:00 - 54 minutes - 37.3 MBPraised for his “sophisticated writing” (GTM) and work that “weave(s) a trance-like mystical aura” (Zamir Chorale), composer Ari Sussman has always been on two separate but concurrent paths of identity. Growing up, Sussman went to Jewish day school, attended Jewish summer camp, and was active in his synagogue; at the same time, he was seriously studying the piano. Like oil and water, these two identities have always existed side-by-side for him, never completely blending, but always mixed to...