In the new program “Yiddish Odessa or stories from Yiddish shtetls”
The most famous modern Odessa chansonnier, singer, musician, songwriter, soul and voice of Odessa. Felix has given concerts in the USA, Latin America, France, Germany, Holland, Poland and other countries in the international music arena. In addition, Felix regularly takes part in major international festivals and awards. Odessa is the cradle of Eastern and Southern European Jewish folklore. A city where all musical cultures of world civilization are intertwined. Felix sings in Yiddish, Hebrew, Ukrainian and Russian. During his show, listeners and viewers become direct witnesses and participants in the life of the Jewish Steetl. His new program with violin virtuoso Igor Epstein and his Epstein's Klezmer-Tov Ensemble is a journey into the world of the Jewish senses.
Epstein's Klezmer-Tov Ensemble (duo/trio/quartet/quintet/sextet) was founded by the Cologne-based violinist Prof. h.c. Igor (Itzik) Epstein launched it about 30 years ago. Igor (Itzik) Epstein was born in Wilno, Lithuania, and comes from a Jewish family of musicians. In his homeland, Igor Epstein received classical education as a violinist and jazz education as a double bass player (University of Music named S. Rachmaninov). The violin virtuoso is known for emotional and sophisticated musical entertainment that fuses the elements of Yiddish folklore, jazz, latin and classical. However, his musical mother tongue is Klezmer music. Igor Epstein is the founder and director of the only academy for world music and klezmer in Cologne Germany. The Klezmer-Tov impresses with traditional acoustic Klezmer music in duo to sextet lineups.