Musiksommer: Elias & The Yiddish Maidels

"The New Groove in Yiddish Music"

In an intimate trio setting, the three extraordinary artists manage to ignite a musically emotional fire with their combined joy and energy - oscillating between happiness and melancholy, hilarity and heartbreak.

Jewish Culture Days, World Music

Shira Karmon: vocals
Clara Montocchio: vocals
Elias Meiri: piano, vocals, cajon

Admission: € 28.00
Tickets available at the Bad Schallerbach Tourist Office 07249/420710, tickets@musiksommerbadschallerbach.at  or available through Ö-Ticket.
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Elias & The Yiddish Maidels
The pianist Elias Meiri unites the soprano Shira Karmon and jazz singer Clara Montocchio, creating a diversity of musical worlds: a bissale Klezmer, a bissale jazz.
The harmonious blend of these two unique voices encounters Elias Meiri’s virtuosic piano artistry in traditional songs and original compositions, transforming his European and Mediterranean heritage into a rhythmic celebration.
In an intimate trio setting, the three extraordinary artists manage to ignite a musically emotional fire with their combined joy and energy – oscillating between happiness and melancholy, hilarity and heartbreak.
Their debut album “Bei Mir Bistu Sheyn” was released in March 2025 by Gramola Records and was nominated for the German Record Critics' Award.

Elias Meiri
Elias Meiri is a native Israeli and has been playing the piano since the age of five. Supported by his perfect pitch, he mastered the art of improvisation at an early age. He attended the Talma Yalin Music High School in Tel Aviv and completed his studies at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. For several years, he performed with jazz greats such as Dizzy Gillespie, Dave Liebman, and Steve Grossman in New York before settling in Europe in 1988. In addition to numerous performances with Timna Brauer and various formations, he also gave solo concerts. He teaches piano, vocals, ear training, and jazz improvisation and is dedicated to composition, CD production, and sound engineering. Meiri is a winner of numerous jazz competitions, and his music is heavily influenced by Mediterranean melodies and oriental rhythms.

Shira Karmon
The soprano Shira Karmon, born in Israel, has performed at various opera houses and music festivals in Europe, including the Saarbrücken State Theatre, Teatro comunale di Bolzano, Opera National du Rhin, and Verbier, as well as at the “Out of Control” festivals in the Semperdepot in Vienna and “Wien Modern.” As a concert singer, she has performed at the Berlin Concert Hall, Lincoln Center New York, Styriarte Graz, Brucknerhaus Linz, as well as in Israel, Argentina, and all over Europe.
Shira Karmon has been described by the Israeli radio station “Kol HaMusica” as a theatrical soprano in the best sense, possessing “a fire [...], a primal force that makes you forget everything around you,” as stated by Passauer Neue Presse. Her repertoire includes music from the 20th century such as Stravinsky’s “Les Noces,” as well as Sephardic and French songs, alongside special programs and focuses with Paul Gulda and the Trio Karmon Vounelakos at the “Jewish Culture Festival Vienna” and the Vienna Chamber Music Festival.
She is a prizewinner of the “Song of the 20th and 21st Centuries” competition of the Cultural Circle of the German Economy and received an award for the best interpretation of Israeli music in Israel. Her fourth solo CD “SHIRA” will be released in 2025.

Clara Montocchio
Clara Montocchio, a Viennese with South African roots, skillfully bridges various genres and art forms as a singer, actress, dancer, and composer. Growing up in a musical family, she transitioned from her classical beginnings to music theater and eventually to her great love, jazz. For several years, she has also immersed herself in the Klezmer scene and has fallen in love with this beautiful melancholic music. She is an in-demand soloist in the jazz and world music scene and studied pop/jazz vocals at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna.
Her current projects include (besides Elias & The Yiddish Maidels) the all-female swing band “The Thrill Seekers,” the Styrian Klezmore Orchestra (album “The Bigger Picture” – 2022), the Moritz Weiß Klezmer Trio (album “Klezmer Explosion” – 2020), and the body percussion group “Groove Crew.” In December 2024, her debut solo album “My Vreemde Kind” was released by Unit Records.
 
“With Yiddish songs, they captivate through virtuosic yet impulsive improvisation and a strong voice with fine modulation in the highs, which became ever more spirited and thrilled the audience." — Kärtner Kleiner Zeitung

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