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Bio

Lucette van den Berg iis one of the leading voices in the vanguard of a new generation of Yiddish singers. She performed at theatres, in concert halls and at festivals throughout Europe and North America.

Already at a young age she knew that music would become her life.
Already at the age of 18 she started her studies in classical singing at the conservatory of Zwolle and later Amsterdam, won a second place at the Euregio Vocalisten Concours and specialized in song recitals and oratorios while in her study, for her own pleasure, Yiddish songs began to sing.

But along the way Lucette discovered that classical music did not give her the space to her creative, creative side.

Perhaps one of the key events in Lucette’s musical career was that she met and befriended the well-known author and composer Beyle Schaechter-Gottesmanwho made her more aware of her Jewish roots.
Van den Berg stayed on with Beyle in New York for an extended period, during which she was given new songs that had not been published yet.
Lucette arranged them and released them on the CD ‘Friling' (for this she received a third prize JPF Song Award 2009, USA).
After that, singing Yiddish songs was the logical consequence.

Lucette developed in his own unique way in the Yiddish repertoire. Searching for her voice, her strength, her background and her own interpretation of the Yiddish song.
In this way she developed a style of her own, which is a cross between small art and "art-song", with texts that appeal to her.
Over the years, several composers, such as Alan Bern (Brave Old World), Mikhoel Felsenbaum have written a new Yiddish repertoire.

She not only wants to show Yiddish music in all its splendor, but also to develop it further.
That is why she is the initiator and artistic director of the Yiddish Waves Festival, which took place for the first time in 2008.

Lucette is a striking performer, with an exceptionally warm and expressive voice with its own unique sound. Her unique repertoire includes new material produced by composers such as Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman, Alan Bern (Brave Old World) and poet / composer Mikhoel Felsenbaum, as well as Yiddish compositions of her own.

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Ir mayn lider krants

Ir mayn líder-krants is a new written Yiddish song by Lucette van den Berg on the text of Sarah Reisen. It's about the cycle of songs you take with you in your life, in the sad, but also in the festive moments. A song of white lilies, sunny summer meadows and autumnal flowers.

In the video everyone sings his or her own song.

Latest news

  • Ir mayn lider krants in Yiddish Forward 10 December 2020
  • Shlof Mayn Kind in Yiddish Forward 26 October 2020
  • Mayn Layb in Yiddish Forward 10 September 2020
  • Bandcamp 13 August 2020
  • 'Toybnshtile' – a new composition and production 10 June 2020
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