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The 3rd Generation Cabaret presents a musical story of a young Israeli singer-performer who immigrates to Berlin--her grandmother's birth place.

Provocative and satirical songs such as "Circumcision", "Anti Semites", "An allem sind die Juden Schuld" (“The Jews are to blame for everything”) as well as songs of Kurt Weill, Marlene Dietrich, Zarah Leander and the Yiddish classics “bei mir bistu shein”, “oyfen veg” are some of the titles of the provocative, satirical and at times personal songs with which the 3rd Generation Cabaret takes the audience to Berlin of the 1930’s and back into the present. Sung and narrated in English, German, Hebrew and Yiddish, the cabaret showcases a captivating story of immigration and identity, and provides a thought-provoking, yet humorous, and ultimately a seductive experience.

Quirky and humorous, alternating reverie and irony toward the German and the Jewish/Israeli traditions, the Third Generation Cabaret presents a mixture of originals and dusty diamonds from our century and the previous one.

The legendary jazz club B-flat in Berlin and the ID Festival 2016 were among the many venues where The 3rd Generation Cabaret has already performed. In 2018 the cabaret performed in Munich, Heidelberg, Dortmund and of course in Berlin.

Singer: Nitsan Bernstein
Piano: Ittai Rosenbaum
Cello: Anton Halbblut

Duration: 70 minutes

The show is performed either in German or in English.

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Nitsan Bernstein is a Israeli born singer-songwriter and performance artist, who is currently based in Berlin. Her musical and artistic tastes are influenced by her multifaceted roots and childhood landscapes: from blues and jazz to klezmer and classical music, through rock and jazz singing in her later years, to reconnecting with her East European family roots through Balkan, Middle Eastern and Arabic music, it all comes to life in her music. Nitsan's debut album is planned to be released in the coming year.

https://www.nitsanbernstein.com

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Ittai Rosenbaum is a pianist and composer, born in Jerusalem, Israel. He lived in Honduras, Bolivia, the United States and resides now in Berlin. Ittai Rosenbaum performed jazz, contemporary concert music and popular music in Europe, Israel and in the US. He released several albums of diverse styles and taught at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, the Tel Aviv University and at the University of California Santa Cruz.

http://ittairosenbaum.com/site/

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Anton Halbblut studied in Moscow at the Tschaikowsky Music College and at the Tschaikowsky Conservatory with Prof. Natalia Schahovskaya. Following his graduation in 1998, he moved to Tel Aviv, Israel became a cellist in the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra directed by Zubin Metha. Between 2000 and 2002, as solo cellist in the Philharmonie der Nationen directed by Justus Frantz, Anton Halbblut visited many countries. Between 2002 and 2009 he was first cellist in the Neuen Philharmonie Westfalen. As independent cellist, Anton participated in diverse music festivals. By invitation from Professor Zakhar Bron he is a member of the Bron Chambers at the Music Festival Interlaken Classics.

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