Lenka Lichtenberg

The Thieves of Dreams Team LENKA LICHTENBERG: script, composition, sound art. In performance: singer/ actor, keys, harmonium, live loops MILLI JANATKOVÁ (Czech Republic): composition, visual arts. In performance: singer/ actor, guitar, percussion, live loops, dance, improvisation, art JESSICA HANA DEUTSCH: composition. In performance: violin, viola, mandolin, live loops, improvisation, singer / actor LEAH CHERNIAK: director LUMíR HLADíK: visuals, design, projections, photography The song settings of the poems were commissioned through a Creative Grant from the Ontario Arts Council. Additional songwriters: Zita Petrak, Rachel Cohen, Shy-Anne Hovorka and Lorie Adi Wolf.

Ticket Price: $20 door / $15 advance / $10 Music Gallery members & students Buy Tickets: https://www.showclix.com/event/the-thieves-of-dreams Doors open at 7:30 pm

Presented as part of the TD Discovery Series Special Projects. http://torontojazz.com/concert/thieves-dreams

Co-sponsored by Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Toronto / Koncert se koná pod záštitou Generálního konzulátu v Torontu.

The Thieves of Dreams Team LENKA LICHTENBERG: script, composition, sound art. In performance: singer/ actor, keys, harmonium, live loops MILLI JANATKOVÁ (Czech Republic): composition, visual arts. In performance: singer/ actor, guitar, percussion, live loops, dance, improvisation, art GEORGIA HATHAWAY. In performance: violin, improvisation, singer / actor LEAH CHERNIAK: director LUMíR HLADíK: visuals, design, projections, photography The song settings of the poems were commissioned through a Creative Grant from the Ontario Arts Council. Additional songwriters: Zita Petrak, Rachel Cohen, Shy-Anne Hovorka and Lorie Adi Wolf.

Co-sponsored by the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Washington, D.C.

Yiddish songbook launch of Lenka's most popular compositions. With Brian Katz (guitar), Lorie Wolf (drums), Max Forster (trumpet) and Marta Solek (cello, lyra). Music that is at times lively and at times tender and lyrical, embracing the sweetness of traditional Yiddish songs side by side with contemporary musical expression.