Steven Greenman, who is known for his soulful renditions of Eastern European Jewish music (klezmer) and passionate presentations of Eastern European Gypsy music combined with virtuoso flair and technical precision, will perform at the Massillon Museum’s Rhythms concert on Thursday, March 25.
The doors will open at 7:00 p.m.; the concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. The event is open to everyone. The Museum and the Chit Chat Coffee Shoppe will offer light refreshments for sale. The $15 per-person admission ($12.50 for Massillon Museum members or $10 for students with student ID) may be paid at the door. Advance tickets are also available. The Museum accepts cash, checks, Visa, MasterCard, and Discover.
Steven Greenman is recognized internationally as an outstanding practitioner of traditional Eastern European Jewish klezmer violin. He is producer and lead performer for the recording, Stempenyu’s Dream, which contains his original Jewish and klezmer compositions. He leads the Stempenyu’s Dream ensemble, Di Tsvey and the Steven Greenman Klezmer Ensemble.
One of the first American-born klezmer violinists to create a program and performance style based entirely on the repertoire of European klezmer violin music, Greenman co-founded the Khevrisa ensemble together with the cimbalist, Walter Zev Feldman in 1998. He is co-producer and lead performer of the recording Khevrisa-European Klezmer Music on the Smithsonian Folkways label.
He has taught klezmer music at KlezKamp, KlezKanada, KlezFest London, Internationales Klezmer Festival Fuerth, and Klezmer Wochen Weimar. He has performed at the Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow, Poland and at Toronto’s Ashkenaz-A Festival of New Yiddish Culture.
As a concert performer Greenman has been a guest soloist with the Cleveland Pops Orchestra, the Canton Symphony Orchestra, and the Akron Symphony Orchestra, performing his own arrangements of traditional Eastern European Gypsy violin music and klezmer music.
Greenman has performed internationally with Khevrisa and other notable klezmer ensembles such as the Klezmatics, Budowitz, the Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band, Kapelye and Di Tsvey (the Greenman/ Rushefsky duo). His own group, the Steven Greenman Klezmer Ensemble, is dedicated to performing his own compositions and a transitional Jewish/Moldavian klezmer repertoire.
The Massillon Museum is located at 121 Lincoln Way East (Ohio Route 172), in downtown Massillon. Free parking is available on adjacent streets and in nearby city lots. Call the Museum at 330-833-4061 or visit massillonmuseum.org for concert details.
