Concert: “POLISH HEBREW TANGOS” | OLGA AVIGAIL |PL/IL| & TANGO ATTACK |PL|

Line-up: Olga Avigail (vocal) and Tango Attack featuring: Hadrian Tabęcki (piano, arrangements), Grzegorz Bożewicz (bandoneon), Piotr Malicki (guitar)

The 1930’s Warsaw with the variety shows, theaters and cafes was the European capital of the tango. Polish tangos in Hebrew are a very special chapter in the history of Jewish music in Poland; they represent a genre that cannot be found in any other European country. Tangos in Hebrew were recorded in the 1930s by the famous Adam Aston who did it under the pseudonym of “Ben Lewi” for the Polish label Syrena Records. The recordings were shipped and sold in Tel Aviv, where Syrena Records had its representative office. And this is how Polish tangos were danced in Tel Aviv cafes: Adam Aston in Tel Aviv continued to sing sharing the voice of the amused Warsaw of the 1930s ”.

Olga Avigail – a singer, researcher of Polish-Jewish music, internationally recognized as one of the leading artists associated with the revival of Yiddish music in Poland, and Tango Attack, a “modern tango band”, inspired by both the tradition and avant-garde of Argentinian tangos in the world, together they create a unique project. In the concert “Polish Hebrew tangos” we will the famous hits, such as: “The Last Sunday”, “Play, the violinist, play”, “Fairy tale”, “Caravan”, as well as forgotten tangos and oriental foxtrots. New arrangements prepared for the tangos presented by traditional Argentinian band with the cult bandeon will balance between a very delicate contemporary sound and the unique tango style.

The Summer Stage of the Jewish Theatre, 35 Senatorska St.

Tickets: 40 PLN, purchases available at: www.ebilet.pl, www.teatr-zydowski.art.pl, in the Audience Office, phone no. +48 22 526 20 34; +48 22 850 64 50 or 51 and in the Jewish Theatre box offices at 35 Senatorska St., phone: +48 22 850 64 35 or in the Club of the Command of Garrison in Warsaw, 141a Niepodległości Ave., phone no.: +48 22 850 56 56 (for more details, please visit www.shalom.org.pl); seats are not numbered