The Grneta Ensemble to Perform at Shaarei Tikvah

The annual Shaarei Tikvah Concert on Sunday April 3rd at 3:00 pm will feature the Grneta Ensemble, a dynamic group consisting of three exciting virtuosi -- Vasko Dukovski and Ismail Lumanovski, clarinets, and Alexandra Joan, piano, playing a fascinating and entertaining program entitled "Eastern Madness". The Gnreta Ensemble was 1st prize winner of the 2010 Arriaga Chamber Music Competition.

The concert "Eastern Madness" features folk-inspired new and older music, bringing the East to the West and a lot of excitement to the scene. The three performers, all of Eastern European heritage, excel both in classical music and in the very klezmer-like improvisational style of their native region. The program will feature several compositions of Cantor Gerald Cohen of Shaarei Tikvah, a distinguished composer of both concert and liturgical music, and also will include music by Bartok, Mendelssohn, Fairouz, and Grgin, the last a completely wonderful and wilde Macedonian clarinet virtuoso showpiece.

The Ensemble will be playing Cantor Cohen's "Grneta Variations" and "Five Hebrew Songs", both composed especially for the Grneta Ensemble, and Cantor Cohen will also be singing with the Ensemble.

Tickets are $25 in advance ($30 at door); $15 for seniors; $5 students/children.

For information or to get tickets, call 914-472-2013. Shaarei Tikvah, the Scarsdale Conservative Congregation is at 46 Fox Meadow Road, just north of Scarsdale village. It is a warm welcoming community with a dynamic religious school and educational, religious and cultural activities for all age groups. Learn more at www.shaareitikvah.org.