ENSEMBLE
M’CHAIYA

Ensemble M’chaiya as a quintet standing along a brick wall.

Videos & Recordings

Tunes marked ♦ are “Kol Isha”

Performance videos

Please note: the Ensemble M’chaiya (tm) also performs as Jutta & the Hi-Dukes (tm)

Three musicians on stage playing guitar, Bulgarian flute, and Bulgarian tupan on the Klezmer “Galicianer Tanz.” This is a still from a video of the Ensemble M’chaiya performing in concert. ██  ►
Galicianer Tanz
Klezmer featuring Bulgarian Kaval
Three musicians standing in front of two bookcases, playing Bulgarian tupan, guitar, and darabuka on “Lu Yehi,”, a song by Naomi Shemer. This is a still from a video of the Ensemble M’chaiya performing live. ██  ►
Lu Yehi
Song by Naomi Shemer
Three musicians standing in front of two bookcases, playing Bulgarian tupan, guitar, and darabuka on “Ben Seni Severım,”, a Sephardic song with lyrics in Turkish and Ladino. This is a still from a video of the Ensemble M’chaiya performing live. ██  ►
Ben Seni Severım
Sephardic Turkish song
Two musicians, one sitting playing a mandola and the other standing with a guitar, are performing “Statman’s Nigun,”, a Klezmer tune. This is a still from a video of the Ensemble M’chaiya performing as guest artists of Bryan Bowers. ██  ►
Statman’s Nigun
Klezmer featuring Mandola
Three musicians standing in front of two bookcases, playing Bulgarian tupan, guitar, Bulgarian flute, and darabuka on “L’Shana Haba’ah B’Yerushalayim.” This is a still from a video of the Ensemble M’chaiya performing live. ██  ►
L’Shana Haba’ah B’Yerushalayim
Featuring Bulgarian Kaval
Two musicians on stage playing guitar and Bulgarian flute on “Eliyahu Hanavi.” This is a still from a video of the Ensemble M’chaiya performing in concert. ██  ►
Eliyahu Hanavi
Featuring Bulgarian Kaval

Recordings

  • Der Rebbe Is Gegangen
    Klezmer tune / Quintet
  • Ven Ermoza
    Sephardic song from Turkey / Trio
  • Debka Dror
    Israeli dance tune / Duet
  • Zhankoye
    Russian Yiddish song / Quartet
  • Hora Medley
    Hora Medley / Quartet
  • Ich Hob Dich Lieb
    Klezmer tune - Yiddish song medley / Trio
  • Una Matica
    Sephardic love song / Trio
  • Yo M’enamori D’un Aire
    Sephardic love song / Duet
  • Ani Maamin
    Song in Hebrew / Duet