Andreas Schmitges

Andreas Schmitges

Andreas Schmitges, (guitar, mandolin, vocals, dance) has been an active member of the klezmer scene for almost a decade, working in this field as a musician, author, researcher and dancer.He studied Jazz in Maastricht (NL) with Joep van Leeuwen and at the Musikhochschule Köln with Prof. Frank Haunschild where he also completed his thesis, entitled: ‘Klezmer and Jazz - Points of connection'.Since then, his contributions on North American Klezmer Music have been featured in the acclaimed 'Klezmerwelten' Exhibition ‘Klezmer heymish and hip' which is still travelling around Europe.Andreas, a fluent Yiddish speaker, has been a freelancing klezmer musician since 1998 during which time he has attended Klezmer-Workshops and Yiddish Courses in Oxford, London, Weimar and New York.Andreas works as a teacher for Yiddish Dance at Festivals in London, Kiev, Odessa and Weimar and has given concerts, dance- and Klezmer-workshops at festivals of Jewish and Yiddish culture in Europe, including London, Amsterdam, Enschede, Berlin, Munich, Gelsenkirchen and Weimar.Andreas has performed internationally in Paris, London, Washington D.C. and Amsterdam with his bands ‘A Tickle In The Heart' and ‘Klezmer Alliance'.

Andreas Schmitges (Cologne), dance
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Andreas Schmitges: dance teacher
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Andreas SchmitgesAndreas Schmitges (dance, guitar, mandolin) has been an active member of the klezmer scene for almost a decade, working in this field as a musician, author, researcher and dancer.A fluent Yiddish speaker, Andreas has attended Klezmer-Workshops and Yiddish Courses in Oxford, London, Weimar and New York.He works as a teacher for Yiddish Dance at Festivals in London, Kiev, Odessa and Weimar and has given concerts, dance- and Klezmer-workshops at festivals of Jewish and Yiddish culture in Europe, including London, Amsterdam, Enschede, Berlin, Munich, Gelsenkirchen and Weimar.Andreas has performed internationally in Paris, London, Washington D.C. and Amsterdam with his bands 'A Tickle In The Heart' and 'Klezmer Alliance'.

Andreas Schmitges: dance
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Andreas Schmitges: dance teacher
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Andreas SchmitgesAndreas Schmitges (dance, guitar, mandolin) has been an active member of the klezmer scene for almost a decade, working in this field as a musician, author, researcher and dancer.A fluent Yiddish speaker, Andreas has attended Klezmer-Workshops and Yiddish Courses in Oxford, London, Weimar and New York.He works as a teacher for Yiddish Dance at Festivals in London, Kiev, Odessa and Weimar and has given concerts, dance- and Klezmer-workshops at festivals of Jewish and Yiddish culture in Europe, including London, Amsterdam, Enschede, Berlin, Munich, Gelsenkirchen and Weimar.Andreas has performed internationally in Paris, London, Washington D.C. and Amsterdam with his bands 'A Tickle In The Heart' and 'Klezmer Alliance'.

Weimar, Yiddish Summer Weimar, Yiddish Dance Workshop with - amongst others - Andreas Schmitges, dance teacher, more info: www.yiddish-summer-weimar.de

12.08.2007-17.08.2007
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London, KlezFest, Yiddish Dance Teacher: Andreas Schmitges, Yiddish Song: Efim Chorny and Susan Gergus, more info: www.jmi.org.uk
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KlezKamp 23 with, amongst many others, Andreas Schmitges: Traditional Yiddish Dance Class.

Andreas Schmitges has been an active member of the klezmer scene for almost a decade, working in this field as a musician, author, researcher and dancer.Andreas, a fluent Yiddish speaker, has worked as a teacher for Yiddish Dance at Festivals in London, Kiev, Odessa and Weimar and has given concerts, dance- and Klezmer-workshops at festivals of Jewish and Yiddish culture in Europe, including London, Amsterdam, Enschede, Berlin, Munich, Gelsenkirchen and Weimar.
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Andreas has performed in Paris, London, Washington D.C. and Amsterdam with his bands ÔA Tickle In The Heart' and ÔKlezmer Alliance'.

Andreas Schmitges has been an active member of the klezmer scene for almost a decade, working in this field as a musician, author, researcher and dancer.Andreas, a fluent Yiddish speaker, has worked as a teacher for Yiddish Dance at Festivals in London, Kiev, Odessa and Weimar and has given concerts, dance- and Klezmer-workshops at festivals of Jewish and Yiddish culture in Europe, including London, Amsterdam, Enschede, Berlin, Munich, Gelsenkirchen and Weimar.
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Andreas has performed in Paris, London, Washington D.C. and Amsterdam with his bands ‘A Tickle In The Heart' and ‘Klezmer Alliance'.

Andreas Schmitges (guitar, vocals, mandolin, dance) has been an active member of the klezmer scene for several years and has been working in this field as a musician, author, researcher and dancer.He studied Jazz in Maastricht (NL) with Joep van Leeuwen and at the Musikhochschule Köln with Prof. Frank Haunschild where he also completed his thesis, entitled: ,Klezmer and Jazz , Points of connection'.Since then, his contributions on North American Klezmer Music have been featured in the acclaimed ,Klezmerwelten' Exhibition ,Klezmer heymish and hip' which is still travelling around Europe.

Andreas has been a freelancing klezmer musician since 1999 during which time he has attended Klezmer-Workshops and Yiddish Courses in London, Weimar and New York.Andreas works regularily as a teacher for Yiddish Dance at Festivals in New York (KLezKamp), London, Kiev, Odessa and Weimar and has given concerts, dance- and klezmer-workshops at almost all the festivals of Jewish and Yiddish culture in Germany, including Berlin, Munich, Gelsenkirchen, Dresden and Fürth.Andreas has performed internationally in Paris, London and Amsterdam with his bands ,A Tickle In The Heart' and ,Klezmer Alliance'.His highly successful collaboration with Yiddish storyteller and teacher Pesakh Fiszman from New York in a Yiddish Music & Language Programme has won high acclaim.

Andreas Schmitges

Andreas Schmitges

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