Alex Weiser

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

@socalledmusic @yivoinstitute Different strokes for different folks

@yivoinstitute @AWeiserComposer Thank god not a hint of that ghastly klezmer music

"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-…

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.

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/…

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!

Honored to be giving a talk for @Hunter_College as part of their Robert Seltzer Lecture Series about my music and my ideas about Jewish music and the idea of a Jewish composer more broadly. CC @yivoinstitute More info: hunter.cuny.edu/event/composin… [Photo Credit: Ben Kaplan.]

The Yiddish Archive — Special Issue Call for Submissions — @ingeveb — see more here: ingeveb.org/blog/call-for-… cc: @yivoinstitute

אַ ליכטיקן! 🔥 @eddyportnoy

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.

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

YIVO Director of Collections Stefanie Halpern discusses a hand seal press used by the Wolyner Young Men’s Benevolent Society.

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.

Fabulous show last night and still on at #Yivo congrats to cast and Ben and Alex on show and this! nytimes.com/2025/09/17/art… via @NYTimes

@RebeccaShabad @nytimes @tannenbaumr Tsemakh Shabad is also a legend at YIVO!

@AWeiserComposer @nytimes @tannenbaumr This is amazing. Max Weinreich is my great-great uncle! 😂

A historic day for the @nytimes. Thank you @tannenbaumr. Come see our show, still a few tickets lefts for Sunday. Read more: nytimes.com/2025/09/17/art…

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…

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

At YIVO, a surprisingly moving opera based on the real-life story of the aborted attempt to create a definitive Yiddish dictionary.  jta.org/2025/09/17/ny/… via @JTAnews

At YIVO, an unfinished Yiddish dictionary gets the last word — as opera buff.ly/EitUGHY

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…