That's How The Light Gets In: A Tribute Concert To Leonard Cohen
Tuesday, November 7 at 7:00 PM
Union Temple House of CBE - 17 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn
An evening to honor the life and music of the iconic modern-day prophet Leonard Cohen, whose timeless body of work as a songwriter, performer, and poet spans more than 50 years and explores religion, politics, isolation, love, and mortality. To commemorate his 7th yahrzeit, as well as 30 days since the outbreak of war in Israel and Gaza, cantors and ritual artists from across Brooklyn join guitarist Dan Nadel, vocalist Shira Averbuch, and an ensemble of world-class musicians. Together they lift up Cohen's most timely and relevant melodies alongside classic Israeli songs of comfort, resilience and hope.
This event is sponsored by the Center for New Jewish Culture in partnership with Brooklyn Heights Synagogue, Brooklyn Jews, Congregation Beth Elohim, Kolot Chayeinu/Voices Of Our Lives, East Midwood Jewish Center, Park Slope Jewish Center, Romemu Brooklyn, and Kane Street Synagogue.
A portion of proceeds will aid the community of K’far Aza.
Dan Nadel is an Israeli born guitarist and composer, whose personal style combines flamenco, jazz, and Middle Eastern influences. His debut album, Brooklyn Prayer, was released in 2005 to critical acclaim, and was followed by recordings and performances as a bandleader, a solo performing artist, and an in-demand collaborator. A busy musician on New York’s scene, Nadel has also worked with many world-renowned artists, including jazz musicians Chico Freeman, Dave Liebman and Anat Fort, Israeli-French pop star Yael Naim, jazz vocalist Gabrielle Stravelli, opera soloists Chen Reiss and Maya Lahyani, and genre-crossing musicians from around the world. Dan is the music director for Congregation B'nai Jeshurun in Manhattan and director of the 92NY's new program Bridges in Sound.
Named "the golden-voiced singer" by The New York Times, Shira Averbuch, is a NYC based Israeli-American singer-songwriter and actor. She serves as the Artist in Residence at B'nai Jeshurun Synagogue in NYC. She graduated from The New School with a BFA in Musical Theater with a minor in Music Therapy. After graduating, Shira met music producer Paul Carbonara (Blondie) as a performer in New York’s vibrant theatre community. She starred in his Off Broadway musicals Solitary Light and Evening 1910 to much critical acclaim. Shira went on to record two albums produced by Carbonara along with an ace six-piece band, including Israeli-American Grammy-nominated drummer Dan Pugach.
Satoshi Takeishi, drummer, percussionist, and arranger is a native of Mito Japan. He studied music at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. While at Berklee he developed an interest in the music of South America and went to live in Colombia following the invitation of a friend. He spent four years there and forged many musical and personal relationships. One of the projects he worked on while in Colombia was ‘Macumbia’ with composer & arranger Francisco Zumaque in which traditional, jazz and classical music were combined. With this group he performed with the Bogota symphony orchestra in a series of concerts honoring the music of the most popular composer in Colombia, Lucho Bermudes. He continues to explore multi-cultural, electronics and improvisational music with local musicians and composers in New York.
Born in Jerusalem to parents of Moroccan, Iraqi, Argentinian, and Eastern European descent, raised between Buenos-Aires and Tel-Aviv, and based out of Brooklyn since 2011, Or Bareket is one of the most prominent bassists of his generation, as well as a composer and bandleader with an eclectic yet meticulously cohesive approach.