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Klezmer is the music that Jewish troubadours used
to peddle from one celebration to another, from one "shtetl" (village)
to a ghetto, in Eastern Europe, since the Middle Ages.
Rocked
in liturgy, inspired by ecstatic Hasidic melodies and secular songs, he
slummed in hostels and enriched with theater and folk dances.
In symbiosis with Slavic, Gypsy, and
Ottoman music, he acquired an incomparable diversity and richness of
expression. With changing paces, slight dissonance, ornamentation and a
touch of improvisation, klezmer encourages spirituality and dancing. It
is able to express all emotions, joy and sadness, meditation,
love, or drunkenness, without forgetting the (Jewish!) humor! Torn from
Europe by Nazism and Stalinism, he was engrafted to jazz in America
before becoming again popular worldwide.
Perpetuating the klezmer tradition without freezing
it, HOTEGEZUGT ('sez he!' in Yiddish) was formed and deformed since
thanks to a few musicians who love klezmer and Jewish music... It plays
a lot of klezmer and Yiddish themes, Israeli and Sephardic songs, and
some of its own compositions, all arranged in his own way and sometimes
mixed with classical and swing…
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Who
are we ?
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Michel BORZYKOWSKI is born
in Geneva (Switzerland)
from Jewish Polish parents, survivors of the Shoah. Physician since a
long time and music lover since always, he discovered an
old saxophone in a cellar and the pleasure to play on it a few years
ago! He joined some Jazz bands in
Geneva ('Pumpkin quartet', Alain Guyonnet's 'Love and Soda',
etc.). Since 1996, he takes up his cultural origins and
works mainly on klezmer and other
kinds of Jewish music with the bands 'Hotegezugt' 'Rojinkes mit Mandeln',
'Intsvishn',
'Diaspora Blues' and
'Tohu veBohu'.
Ex-leader of the workshop 'AMJ Klezmer Band', he is currently the
vice-president of the Association AMJ (Friends of
Jewish Music) http://www.amj.ch in
Geneva.
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Pier-Yves TETU studied accordion with
Denis Croisonier and Andre Thepaz, then at the Conservatory of Chambery
(France). Graduate as a tenor at the Conservatories of Grenoble and
Nevers (Paul Guigue), he participates in man concerts in France and in
Europe with Michel Chapel, the accordions quartet
'Harmonia' and the singers of 'Evasion'. He also
played with the French klezmer band 'Klej'Zema'.
http://pier-yvestetu.e-monsite.com/
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Bianca FAVEZ was born in Roumania in 1972. She began to
play the violin at five, then studied at the Conservatory of Paris
where she got many awards and a virtuosity. Since 1993, she works with
Philippe Beran, the Orchestra of the Suisse Romande, the Chamber
Orchestra of Genève and the Ensemble Contrechamps, she palys
as a soloist in many festivals (Verbier, Lucerne,
Bruxelles, Geneva and Lyon) and teaches the violin at the Academia
d'Archi in Geneva. Who could have thought that such a career would make
her love to play with a klezmer band?
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After learning classical piano at the Music
Conservatory in Lausanne and at the Jaques Dalcroze School in Geneva, Christine
NIGGELER choosed diversity: dance music, church organ,
accompanist of singers, composer, musical animator for children,
handicaped or elders in institutions, teacher, choir directror (Acratopege),
etc. Through traditional music of Eastern Europe and Mediterranea (with
the folk band Tamatakia), she quickly joined the
klezmer movement, in which she took a complete membership. She often
plays as a substitute with Hotegezugt.
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David MORHAIN found his first rhythmic inspiration on
his younger brother's head and on the darbouka he got from his
grand-father. Nourished with rock,he emerged into jazz with
the Big Band of the APEJS in Chambery, then
refined hese ears and sharpened hese drumsticks in various
jazz clubs. Presently drummer in the Jazz Big Band of Savoie
and in the Big Jazz Art, he also deals severly
with the band Naima and gets back to hese origins
with Hotegezugt!
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Continuously
hands-on and self unrepentant,
Frédéric BERNEY fell into music in
childhood and alert aftermath... Having devoured Wagner, Brassens, The
Beatles, Parker and Stravinsky by both ears, having been guitarist,
actor, painter and filmmaker, he catches the biggest tool he could
find, tames it and begins to improvise: popular songs, symphonic music,
jazz and world music... with hot points in Indian and Klezmer music.
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Anne-Claire
MONNIER is born in the past century in a small village
in primitive Switzerland. She studied theater with Serge Martin and
learned everything she could in many occasions. She's member of Eva
Castellino's dance company "100% Acrylic"
and continues with passion her career, featuring as dancer, vocalist,
comedian and artistic director in Europe, Canada and Australia.
Although yiddish is not precisely her mameloshn,
she knows how to make its intonation alive with her extraordinary
presence on stage...
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HOTEGEZUGT
