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'A Kharkiver Troym' (A Dream of Kharkiv) new composition by Craig Judelman, klezmer fiddle/violin


This piece for violin with accordion accompaniment is comprised of a Taksim or Doina, followed by a Bulgar, a traditional dance of Ashkenazi Jews with roots in Moldova, Romania and Ukraine, but became especially popular in the American Klezmer tradition of the early 20th Century.

I decided to send in this piece of mine for the Kleztival's Bubbe awards this year. If you feel like voting for it, or any of the other amazing new Jewish music compositions follow the link below (deadline is Oct 26, 2023)

http://www.imjbrasil.com.br/bubbeawar...

The contest was mostly an excuse to get back into composing, which I used to do much more of, but the piece does have a specific origin/inspiration:


It's titled 'A Kharkiver Troym' (a dream of Kharkiv) and came from a conversation with my friend, the wonderful Flautist from Kharkiv, Dasha Fomina about how there's numerous tunes in the klezmer repertoire titled 'Odessa Bulgar' or 'Kiever Bulgar' but no Kharkiver Bulgar that we know of. So I wrote one (and I hope it won't be the only one...), and added a Forshpil/Doina/Taksim rubato piece before it. The piece in some ways reflects the feeling of sadness and connection one can have to a place you've never been, the confidence in the coming peace and prosperity for Ukraine, and the eventual joy we will have when we celebrate together there with Dasha, Геннадій Фомін and all the others who have for years have kept klezmer alive in Kharkiv, playing for the Jewish folks in the old age home and giving joy and culture to so many.


I look forward to that day when we celebrate peace and justice in Ukraine, in Israel/Palestine, and so many other places that don't make it into the news/public discourse.

I'm very grateful to the supremely talented Patrick Farrell for accompanying me on Accordion and suggesting a couple great harmonic choices. If you don't know Patrick's wonderful work, he's really worth checking out, especially the incredible album of new Yiddish songs he recently released with his wife, the extraordinary singer and Cantor Sveta Kundish, available here:

https://www.pattysounds.com/sveta-kun...