Alex Weiser

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Alex Weiser

@AWeiserComposer

Composer, @KCNewMusic Co-Founder, @YIVOinstitute Public Programs; Albums on @CantaloupeNY & @BrightShinythgs —https://t.co/fullYxns5X

New York City Katılım Temmuz 2014
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The YIVO Institute
The YIVO Institute@yivoinstitute·
Librettist and playwright Stephanie Fleishman and composer and playwright Alex Weiser join "The Shmooze" to discuss "Tevye’s Daughters," their opera based on Sholem Aleichem’s iconic Yiddish stories. ow.ly/Q6Gg50YlWcs
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The YIVO Institute
The YIVO Institute@yivoinstitute·
"Composer Alex Weiser is the master of nostalgic, velvety harmonies which evoke the spirit of New York without a hint of klezmer...Weiser’s atmospheric orchestrations support his meditative word-painting, allowing the libretto to speak elegantly for itself. " mattausterklein.substack.com/p/a-view-from-…
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The YIVO Institute
The YIVO Institute@yivoinstitute·
Inspired by the darker, grittier stories by Sholem Aleichem not included in Fiddler on the Roof, this concert performance of Tevye’s Daughters, a new opera by Alex Weiser and Stephanie Fleischmann, centers on the tale of the beloved milkman’s younger daughter Shprintse.
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This piece was commissioned by @kajtekprochyra and POLIN and premiered with the Orkiestra Polskiego Radia w Warszawie led by conductor Michał Klauza. I'm excited to share this piece here at home — save the date!! More info here: carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2026/…
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Thrilled to finally announce: Andrzej Ciepliński will join the @AmerCompOrch under the baton of Kedrick Armstrong to perform the American premiere of my clarinet concerto "Tfiles" at @carnegiehall on October 27. My Carnegie Hall debut!
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The YIVO Institute
The YIVO Institute@yivoinstitute·
Save 40% on 100 Objects from the Collections of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research at the YIVO Store. Enjoy 15% off on everything else! No Code Needed. This offer is available now through December 1, 2025.
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The YIVO Institute
The YIVO Institute@yivoinstitute·
For those celebrating, Happy Thanksgiving! Page 12 of Der galaganer hon (The Arrogant Rooster) by Perets Marḳish. Illustrated by Y. Tshaikov. Published in 1922 by Klal farlag in Berlin. #fromtheyivolibrary
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YIVO Director of Collections Stefanie Halpern discusses a hand seal press used by the Wolyner Young Men’s Benevolent Society.
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The YIVO Institute@yivoinstitute·
NY1's @RonLeeReporting reports: In Manhattan, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research has opened a new education and media center in the hopes of becoming a cultural hub to explore the city’s largest collection of Eastern European Jewish history.
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The Jerusalem Post
The Jerusalem Post@Jerusalem_Post·
A new chamber opera, “The Great Dictionary of the Yiddish Language,” dramatizes the unfinished post-Holocaust project to create a definitive Yiddish dictionary. The opera explores the clash between two scholars and honors the cultural legacy of YIVO. jpost.com/diaspora/artic…
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New York Times Arts
New York Times Arts@nytimesarts·
The Jewish tradition of debate is at the center of a new chamber opera about two scholars clashing over a Yiddish dictionary in the aftermath of World War II. nyti.ms/46ryK4T
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Rob Tannenbaum
Rob Tannenbaum@tannenbaumr·
Even after many years, I sometimes have new professional experiences. For instance, I'd never written about an opera before -- but this is a work I found stimulating, poignant, and also very funny. (Gift link, yr welcome.) nytimes.com/2025/09/17/art…
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