News & Events
Oct 10 2021
Nu? Normal! The Barn Sessions
Oct 7 2021
Sep 18 2021
Ashkenaz @BLOK: Slavic Music Meet
Sep 4 2021
A Taste of Ashkenaz on Labour Day Weekend
Aug 31 2021
The 25th Anniversary Ashkenaz Festival
Aug 28 2021
KlezKanada After Party
Jul 29 2021
BLOK Thursday with Beyond the Pale
Jul 26 2021
A Yiddish Renaissance
Ashkenaz is pleased to join with dozens of other international Yiddish culture organizations in supporting this virtual concert honoring Zalmen Mlotek’s 50-year career dedicated to Yiddish music and theatre.
Jul 19 2021
Barn Concerts
Jul 11 2021
Yidstock
Jun 3 2021
TJFF 2021
May 24 2021
Happy Birthday Bob
May 23 2021
Chorny/Ghergus Duo 30th Anniversary Celebration
Apr 18 2021
Kazimierz Unseen: An Alternative Tour of Krakow’s Former Jewish Quarter
Mar 21 2021
The Third Seder, 2021
Feb 26 2021
Purim Flashback, 1998
Feb 10 2021
“Flory’s Flame” Film Screening
Feb 3 2021
Brave Old World Virtual Reunion
Jan 31 2021
Brave Old World’s “Song of the Lodz Ghetto”
Jan 18 2021
Soul to Soul
Dec 27 2020
Adrienne Cooper: Dreaming in Yiddish Memorial Concert and Award
Dec 13 2020
Marcin Masecki & Mike Marshall
Oct 29 2020
New Yiddish Talkies
Oct 27 2020
The Jewish Hour
Sep 15 2020
Book Launch “NY Klezmer in the Early 20th Century”
Sep 1 2020
Ashkenaz 2020: Live and From the Archive
Aug 19 2020
25th Anniversary Exhibition Online
Jul 1 2020
Canada Day Edition – Yiddish Song: Step Forverts
Jun 11 2020
Bubbe and Zaide Book Launch
May 24 2020
Yiddish Song: Step Forverts
Apr 24 2020
Socalled Livestream
Apr 23 2020
Socalled String Quartet
Apr 12 2020
The Third Seder
Nov 9 2019
Primo Levi and Vasily Grossman: A Dialogue Between Witnesses
Oct 30 2019
Yemen Blues plays “Hallel”
Sep 22 2019
A Celebration of Yiddish Kite(s)
Sep 8 2019
Shalom Bollywood – Encore Screening
Jul 20 2019
Shalom Bollywood
Jul 1 2019
Canada Day at Aga Khan Museum
May 30 2019
Daniel Kahn and the Painted Bird
May 19 2019
World Fiddle Day
Apr 4 2019
Yiddish Spring events
Apr 4 2019
Yiddish Spring at Canadian Language Museum
Aug 28 2018
2018 Ashkenaz Festival
May 6 2018
The Ancient Law @TJFF
Mar 8 2018
Bint El Funk
Jan 18 2018
Yemen Blues
Nov 25 2017
Israeli-Iranian Musical Initiative
Nov 8 2017
SEMER ENSEMBLE
Sep 24 2017
Boxcar Boys @Tastes of the Hill
Sep 17 2017
Beyond the Bagel Brunch
Sep 14 2017
Polyphonic Ground Launch Event
Aug 20 2017
Hoffman/Lemish Quartet @ Markham Jazz Fest
Aug 8 2017
Bret Higgins’ Atlas Revolt @RHCPA
Jun 22 2017
Beyond the Pale CD Release Show
Jun 11 2017
Emilyn Stam & John David Williams
May 6 2017
Jane Bordeaux
May 6 2017
REEL Ashkenaz films @ TJFF 2017
Mar 24 2017
Musical Shabbat with AvevA Dese
Mar 23 2017
AvevA Dese “AfroSoul”
Feb 20 2017
The Hoffman/Lemish Quartet
Feb 11 2017
If It Be Your Will: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen
Jan 22 2017
Sasha Lurje & Litvakus: Goyfriend
Oct 29 2016
Socalled’s “The Golem”
Aug 30 2016
2016 Ashkenaz Festival
Jun 19 2016
A-Wa @ NXNE
May 5 2016
Reel Ashkenaz @ TJFF 2016
Apr 3 2016
Film: Rock in the Red Zone (2015, 90 mins)
Mar 28 2016
Heartbeat: Amplifying Israeli and Palestinian Youth Voices
Mar 20 2016
A-Wa
Mar 20 2016
Interfaith Community Forum with A-Wa and Ralph Benmergui
Jan 16 2016
Ichka @ SRC
Nov 5 2015
Muzsikás: The Lost Jewish Music of Transylvania
Aug 25 2015
Annual Summer Yiddish Concert featuring Shura Lipovsky & a Tribute to Theodore Bikel
Aug 16 2015
Ashkenaz @ Markham Jazz Festival, featuring BEYOND THE PALE
As part of our York Region Initiative, Ashkenaz is proud to bring some of Toronto’s leading Jewish roots music artists to festivals and venues in the 905 area.
Aug 4 2015
Ashkenaz @ RHCPA’s “Jazz in the Plaza” series featuring Zebrina
As part of our York Region Initiative, Ashkenaz is proud to bring some of Toronto’s leading Jewish roots music artists to festivals and venues in the 905 area.
Jun 12 2015
Lerner & Moguilevsky Klezmer Masterclass
Join Argentina’s Cesar Lerner and Marcelo Moguilevsky for an exciting hands-on musical experience as this dynamic duo presents a masterclass in Klezmer music, Buenos Aires-style.
Jun 11 2015
Lerner & Moguilevsky: Klezmer en Buenos Aires
Ashkenaz faves Cesar Lerner (piano, accordion, percussion) and Marcelo Moguilevsky (clarinet, sax, wooden flutes, harmonica) return to the city that introduced them to the international Jewish music scene nearly 18 years ago.
May 17 2015
Julius: All-Star Yiddish Vocal Quartet
Julius is a vocal supergroup featuring some of Canada’s leading contemporary performers and creators of original Yiddish vocal music. The quartet was originally commissioned for a special performance as part of the 2006 Ashkenaz Festival.
May 10 2015
Reel Ashkenaz @ Toronto Jewish Film Festival
John Lollos’ inventive documentary weaves together portraits of two beloved personalities—Sholom Aleichem and Theodore Bikel. An icon of modern Jewish literature, Sholom Aleichem created dozens of beloved characters who offer a window into prewar Eastern European shtetl life.
Apr 19 2015
Defending the Homeland: Rare Yiddish Songs of WWII
“Avant-bard” singer/songwriter/performer Psoy Korolenko and U of T Professor Anna Shternshis bring to life “lost” Yiddish songs of the Holocaust in this all-new concert and lecture program.
Mar 29 2015
Yiddish Vocal Workshop with “Julius”
Join the members of the all-star Yiddish barbershop quartet Julius for an interactive and entertaining program celebrating Yiddish music.
Mar 12 2015
Diwan Saz Interfaith Ensemble
Diwan Saz is a multicultural group made up of Jewish, Muslim, Christian and Bedouin musicians who perform ancient music from Central Asia, Turkey, Persia, and the Holy Land. The melodies and texts incorporate the spirit and music of Sufism and the musical heritage of the Holy Land.
Mar 11 2015
Musical Workshop and Masterclass with Diwan Saz Interfaith Ensemble
Join the members of Israel’s Diwan Saz Interfaith Ensemble for an intimate exploration of the instruments, forms, and styles at the heart of their music.
Mar 11 2015
Interfaith Panel Discussion – “Music and the Arts: A Bridge to Peace”
Featuring Jewish, Muslim, Christian, and Bedouin musicians, Israel’s Diwan Saz Interfaith Ensemble represents the possibility, indeed the existence, of peace through cultural exchange and artistic collaboration.
Dec 20 2014
Channukah 2014
Ashkenaz is pleased to participate this year in community Channukah festivities at the Schwartz-Reisman Centre in Vaughan, as part of our York Region Initiative, and in partnership with the JCCs of Greater Toronto.
Dec 5 2014
The Wandering Muse
Ashkenaz is proud to present the Toronto premiere of Montreal-based Director Tamas Wormser’s The Wandering Muse. From ram’s horn to beatbox, this globetrotting documentary explores a kaleidoscope of Jewish identity through the ever-changing music of the Jewish diaspora.