1) Elisabeth Punzi & Monica Gustafsson introducing the event 2) Poem by Anna Marolin 3) Bo Isenberg 4) All the artists after the performance

Photo: Jenny Högström Berntsson

Concert & performance with poems by Anna Margolin

Published

16 December 2019

at

Centre for Critical Heritage Studies (CCHS)

On the evening of December 10th a concert & performance with poems by Anna Margolin was held at Skogen, Gothenburg. The event and project is a collaboration between Centre for Critical Heritage Studies (CCHS), Heritage and Wellbeing cluster and Västarvet. The production and project is part of the work with minorities at Västarvet.

The performance / concert is based on Anna Margolin's poetry written in Yiddish in early 20th century New York. The music is newly composed by Henryk Lipp, Klara Andersson (Fågelle) and Timo Nieminen.

The evening included performance by Klara Andersson (Fågelle), Timo Nieminen, Henryk Lipp, Tobias Allvin and Annika Jessen. Poems were read by Rut Pergament. Bo Isenberg, associate professor sociology, Lund, introduced with a reflection about time and memory and the European Yiddish culture.

Information about the project and film from the evening will be posted on the website of Västarvet early 2020.

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Event Health and medicine Culture and languages