Dzelzs vilks, Forshpil - BORSH

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The Jewish music ensemble FORSHPIL has researched and performed
traditional Eastern European Ashkenazi music since 2003. The musicians
have traveled widely and studied with renowned experts all over the word,
in order to discover the living essence of Ashkenazi culture. FORSHPIL has
based their style on traditional Yiddish tunes, Klezmer melodies, and Hassidic
prayers (nigunim). They have also been influenced by various contemporary
musical trends.

DZELZS VILKS is one of the most interesting and creative Latvian rock
groups performing today. Founded in 1991, the band has explored various
musical directions—from death metal to alternative music to folk rock—and
has never shied away from experimentation and new paths of development.
Therefore, when lead vocalist Juris Kaukulis heard a performance by the
young Klezmer group FORSHPIL, he agreed to create a program with the
musicians for the PORTA Festival. This resulted in the BORSHT project,
which premiered in November of 2007.

BORSHT is a Ukrainian soup and also a typical Jewish feast. The way in
which this Ukrainian tradition merged with Jewish cuisine is similar to the
intermingling and merging of various musical traditions, which sometimes
results in the emergence of new traditions. Borsht has several ingredients,
each of which has its own flavor and color; yet only when mixed together do
they create a delicious and filling soup, whose unique flavor is appreciated
by Ukrainians, Jews, and Latvians alike. The musical partnership between
FORSHPIL and DZELZS VILKA is a type of musical borsht, which combines
Latvian folksongs, Juris Kaukulis’s romantic melodies, and Jewish wisdom
and sensuousness.

“It was extremely interesting and exciting for us to work on the BORSHT
project. We tried to find both a modern lexicon for expressing traditional
music, and a communal language for fostering intercultural dialogue between
nations. Playing with DZELZS VILKU was creative and very inspiring. It was
also the last project we undertook with our previous lineup of musicians, and
therefore marked a transition to our new sound and musical concept.”

FORSHPIL

Before we met FORSHPIL, we knew very little about Jewish music. Therefore

I was very surprised to see how organically our music harmonized and how
easily we understood one another. A couple arrangements were created in
literally just a matter of minutes. For us, this collaboration was an absolute
emotional explosion.

FORSHPIL:

Ilya Shneyveys - accordion, pipe.
Aleksandra Lurje - vocals
Inna Raihmane – violin
Artyom Vesna - percussion

DZELZS VILKS:

Juris Kaukulis – vocals, mandolin, guitar
Kaspars Tobis - keyboards
Mārcis Judzis - percussion
Valērijs Cīrulis – vocals, bass
Andris Alviķis – contrabass (9)