LEA KALISCH & DER ŠENSTER GOB

Jewish music has never sounded so eclectic & energetic. Four traveling musicians and a charismatic front woman give tradition a facelift: Yiddish lyrics, Klezmer and Roma melodies, Rap, Jazz & a charming dose of Comedy. A woman as a rabbi? A romance between a clarinet and violin? What else...

Swiss-born, NYC brewed and now Vienna based Lea Kalisch, is a singer and actress, also known as The Eshet Chayil of Hip Hop. She dedicates herself to Yiddishkeit with zestful & lively energy.

Der Šenster Gob is an acoustic band from Prague playing Gypsy, Jewish and Balkan music, travelling all around Europe in a romantic green wooden caravan.

In 2022 they met in the old town of Zurich: A MATCH FROM HEAVEN! A Shiddukh fun himl!

Together they give tradition a facelift. From rap to rumba, from folk to feminism, old klezmer & newer Roma trad-jazz tunes. They mix styles and languages like a smoothie. Lea slips into different characters and makes her audience laugh with one eye and cry with the other.

In September 2024 they released their first album together: SHTETL NESHUME!