Radio Eshkolot

Идишская, греческая и русская песни на одну мелодию, с последующим разоблачением.Музыкант и этномузыколог Илья Сайтанов ставит многоточие в рассказе о бесконечных превращениях мелодии украинского танц… Далее

Как украинский танец связан с желанием удержать Финляндию в составе России? Музыкант и этномузыколог Илья Сайтанов продолжает разбираться в бесконечных превращениях мелодии украинского танца "Карапет"… Далее

Музыкант и этномузыколог Илья Сайтанов разбирается в бесконечных превращениях мелодии украинского танца "Карапет", которую все, включая украинцев, считают чужой.Скачать эпизодПодробное описаниеMusicia… Далее

Музыковед Михаэль Лукин и музыкант Илья Сайтанов "медленно читают" мистические напевы без слов из пограничной Галиции, обращаясь к этнографическим записям и к недавнему концерту группы "Лакоча". Скача… Далее

Premiere of Alex Nadzharov's "Hommage to Mahler" (strings, piano, live electronics) and the composer's talk with musical critic Alexey Munipov. Performed by Contemporary Music Company:Pavel Dombrovsky… Далее

Ilya Saitanov of Lakocha shares his journey following the most "vagrant" Mediterranean melody – from Istanbul to New York, from Algiers to Baghdad, from Alexandria to Moscow.Download the episodeDetail… Далее

Playlist of songs from XX century Yiddish and Hebrew theater shows, from New York to Moscow, annotated by Ilya Saitanov.Download the playlistDetailed annotation00:07 Lekoved dem Khayligen Shabbos02:31… Далее

How a synagogue cantor (chazzan) can avoid turning prayer into operetta? In the latest episode of Radio Eshkolot podcast Gregory Yakerson, the cantor of St. Petersburg Synagogue, reveals the secrets o… Далее

Why do Hasidic Jews believe that you can hear Polish and Ukrainian peasants inadvertently speaking Hebrew and Yiddish? In the new episode of Radio Eshkolot podcast musicologist Hava Shmulevich and mus… Далее

In the new episode of Radio Eshkolot podcast musical critic Alexey Munipov introduces "Bukovina songs" by contemporary composer Leonid Desyatnikov, performed by pianist Pavel Dombrovsky. Inspired by B… Далее

Why do Hasidic Jews (whose native language was Yiddish, and sacred language of prayer and learning – Hebrew) chose to sing some of their most sacred songs in a Slavic dialect? In the new episode of Ra… Далее

In the latest episode of Radio Eshkolot podacst the Berlin-based contemporary composer Boris Filanovsky conducts a "creative listening" workshop on the slow part of Beethoven's "Ghost Trio" (op.70), p… Далее

In the new episode of Radio Eshkolot podcast musician Ilya Saitanov ("Lakocha") tries to unravel a bundle of questions and enigmas around the musical permutations of Itzik Manger's poem "Du vest geyn … Далее

Recently New York-based musician Zisl Slepovitch delivered a series of talks on Jewish music of Belarus (bit.ly/2HQA3ms) and together with Ilya Saitanov curated a thematic playlist of rare sound recor… Далее

This playlist curated by the New York-based musician and musicologist Zisl Slepovitch and Ilya Saitanov (Lakocha) is a prelude to the next episode, which will be devoted to the Jewish music of Belarus… Далее

Meet KGB archives, exclusive interviews and rare recordings in the second and final part of Mitia Khramtsov's and Ilya Saitanov's story of the Soviet Jewish restaurant musicians ("labukhs). You are ad… Далее

As a sequel to their podcast on Jewish music in the Soviet restaurant musicians Mitia Kharmtsov (Dobranoch) and Ilya Saitanov (Lakocha) offer a curated and annotated playlist of top-10 archival record… Далее

Recently opened KGB archives in Ukraine give us a rare glimpse into the Jewish music of the Soviet restaurants – a scene relentlessly thriving in 1970s and 1980s despite persecution. In the new episod… Далее

Why do Mountain Jews of the Caucasus pronounce Hebrew a lot like Yemenites? How does music demonstrate that Mountain Jews came to the Caucasus from Iran? Why do Mountain Jews and Muslims speak the sam… Далее

Why did the keeper of Berditchev synagogue polish the magnificent chandelier on Sabbath eve and hang himself on it? In the new episode of Radio Eshkolot podcast the actress Julia Aug tells a Hasidic s… Далее

How does Kazachok transform Hungarian string instruments into percussion? Where does it arrive in the course of its Odyssey around Greek islands? What did American klezmer musicians do to it? In the n… Далее

Is Kazachok a melody or a dance? Is Ukranian gopak the same as Ukranian kozachok? And what about Jewish hopke and kozatske? When do Lubavitch hasidim dance Kazachok? All these questions are subjects o… Далее

How did the blind Rabbi from Aleppo turn a popular Egyptian song into a Messianic hymn? How did the melody of a blind Iraqi Sufi get to be played by an Israeli musician as an opening for Radiohead? Wh… Далее

"Sleep, sleep, my girl, sleep, sleep, my dear. Daddy will bring you a birdie, so that your eye won't hurt". Why is father always away? How does the bird cure the eye? Why is the singer lisping? What d… Далее

One night in November 2019 groups of flâneurs went walking in Berlin. Their impressions were captured in flows of images, audio notes, videos, stories, and a musical piece. Drifters created situations… Далее

"You should drink a little vodka, but like a Mensch, not like a Golem" – this line from a Yiddish song incorporates the whole philosophy of Jewish drinking. In the new episode of Radio Eshkolot podcas… Далее

"Slow reading is the opposite of close reading and yes I do think that Jewish reading practices can teach us a lot about this kind of reading and that reading is always a call, it's always a call to r… Далее

Did you know that "Oyfn pripetchek brent a fayerel" (“On the hearth, a fire burns”) is actually a metaphor for female desire? The story told by Israeli musicologist Michael Lukin begins with rabbinic … Далее

Why Jewish "folk songs" were "invented" in the 19th century? Does it mean the Jews did not sing outside the synagogue before? And if they did, then when and where? How do raisins and almonds appear in… Далее

Ancient Hebrew devotional songs – tehillim (ψαλμοί, Psalms)– have reached us only as written texts. However, for thousands of years they have endlessly inspired composers to recreate the vanished musi… Далее

Ten most viewed musical videos on Eshkolot Youtube channel have one apparent common feature – they provoke violent battles over cultural appropriation in the commentaries. "Jewish Csárdás" – How dare … Далее

"Niggun, a Hasidic song without words, is like a very powerful virus. Because the moment you hear it – you have to catch it. If you have to sit there thinking about it, it doesn't work. The niggunim w… Далее

A hundred years ago Weimar Berlin became a global migration hub, a multilingual marketplace, exploding with artistic, technological and social innovation amidst economic crises and decadent nightlife.… Далее

Fortuna Records is a Tel Aviv label famous for its discovery and re-issue of rare and forgotten recordings of Middle Eastern folk and pop music of the 1970s – from Egyptian classics to Palestinian fol… Далее

Haim Louk was born in Casablanca (the same year as the movie) and for many decades he has performed songs embodying the wandering of Jewish music from Gibraltar to Bosporus. His tunes reflect the rich… Далее

Yiddish skomorokh-trickster, vagrant philologist, Grammy nominee Psoy Korolenko is a unique example of living Jewish counter-culture – culture of shameless appropriation, burlesque multilingualism, ca… Далее

Igor Krutogolov's Toy Orchestra is an Israeli band which uses children toys instead of "real" instruments. Its music and musicians are highly professional, so that plastic cow-mooing piano, toddler's … Далее

Alcoholism is the distinction and privilege of being human (Leon Trotsky)In spite of a common misconception that "Jews don't drink as much as others", often combined with an anti-Semitic libel that "J… Далее

"Maqams are like windows into other dimensions. You have twelve windows that take you to twelve absolutely different worlds. The secret teaching of Maqam was not shared with just anyone. It was to be … Далее

Each text conceals sound - breath, rhythm, intonation. Sounding poetry, prose and philosophy become an embodied experience. In the fifth episode of Radio Eshkolot podcast musicians present live "sound… Далее

"Sometimes, when people are happy and dance, they grab someone standing outside the circle who is depressed and gloomy. Against his will they bring him into the circle of dancers; against his will, th… Далее

During the revelation at Mount Sinai all those present experienced a strange sensation of "seeing the sounds" (ro'im et ha-kolot, Exodus 20:14). For many contemporary composers creating a soundscape o… Далее

Some Orthodox Jews do not listen to women's singing because of the Talmudic dictum "kol be-isha erva" (Kiddushin 70a), usually translated as "A woman's voice is nakedness". Many Eshkolot musical event… Далее

The main reason why Jewish culture is so cool is its global and multilingual character. The first episode of Radio Eshkolot podcast includes songs in 14(!) languages performed live for Eshkolot Projec… Далее