We are proud to announce 3 talented musicians who will be performing at our Shavuot.
Vocalist Freydi Mrocki: Homegrown star in Yiddish Theatre and Music. She has brought her immense talent to inumerable productions on stage and silver screen in Australia and North America. Most recently Kadimah’s Yiddish Divas: Into the Red Tent. She has recorded 3 studio albums as the lead vocalist of Klezmania, With such bops as Oystralia. She is a long time Yiddish teacher and has worked as a cultural and Yiddish language advisor, most recently Opera Australia.
Pianist Adrian Banner: Fantastic composer, arranger and bandleader, he was the youngest choral accompanist at Sydney’s North Shore Temple Emanuel with Rabbi Robuck. Accomplished pianist, co-founded the Klez Dispensers. Blending numerous musical styles including klezmer, Yiddish theatre/song, classical, jazz, ska, ragtime, and liturgical music.
Violinist Amy Zakar Banner: Second generation musician and educator, performing her first Catskills-Yiddish revue at age 8. Amy has performed with The Klez Dispensers and served on the faculty numerous Yiddish festivals that are the annual focus and highlight of the Yiddish Culture, Community and the Arts. Her incredible talent was most recently on view at the Kadimah’s Yiddish Divas: Into the Red Tent, where the stage was illuminated with the cast’s mastery of the art.