Miryem-Khaye Seigel is a Yiddish singer, songwriter, recording artist, actor, and researcher in Yiddish culture.
"A visionary who is reshaping modern Yiddish culture" (Pakn Treger) “..Exemplifies the attempt to bring a centuries-old language and culture into the contemporary world.” (New York Times) “…The voice that reminds us most of a reincarnated Molly Picon. ” (Ari Davidow, Klezmer Shack) “…Sung gorgeously“. Seth Rogovoy, Forward. אין דער הײַנטיקער ניו־יאָרקער ייִדישער קולטור־סבֿיבֿה איז סגל געוואָרן אַ פֿירנדיקע פּערזענלעכקייט...אַ שטאַרק קול, וואָס קען אויסטײַטשן סײַ טעאַטער־לידער, סײַ פֿאָלקסלידער מיט אַ ייִדישן קנייטש. ווי אַן אַקטריסע, האָט זי נישט בלויז געשפּילט טעאַטער, נאָר אויך געהאָלפֿן צו שרײַבן די לידער צו די פּיעסעס ־איציק גאָטעסמאַן, פֿאָרווערטס "In today's New York Yiddish cultural scene, Seigel has become a leading personality....a strong voice that can interpret both theater songs and folk songs with a Yiddish kneytsh. As an actress, she has not only acted on the stage, but also helped to write songs for the plays." Itzik Gottesman, Forverts "Seigel blends scholarship and creativity in her use of language (images, expressions, dialects), music (reference to theater or folk songs), themes (traditional motives, personal experiences, universal topics) and vocal style (cantorial, folk, theater)...[and] expresses herself in a Yiddish idiom informed by her broad knowledge of Yiddish theater, performance, poetry and literature, and by her belonging in a “chosen" genealogy of folksingers and folklorists, such as the late songwriter Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman. " -Eléonore Biezunski, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales Miryem-Khaye has performed throughout the United States and internationally, frequently appearing with Shane Baker (Royter Kuter Teater), Hankus Netsky‘s Hebrew National Salvage, and with many other luminaries of the Yiddish and klezmer scene. Toyznt tamen = A thousand flavors (2015) is her first solo album. Miryem-Khaye received a 2016 Folks Arts Apprenticeship to study with master Yiddish song teacher and songwriter Joshua Waletzky, sponsored by the New York State Council of the Arts / Center for Traditional Music and Dance. |