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Alex Jacobowitz plays "Dem Rebns Nign" (solo marimba, traditional Jewish klezmer) at the PANDA Theater in Berlin, March, 2019… Camera and all copyright: Alex Jacobowitz (Insta360 X One)

The Görlitz Synagogue was set on für during Kristallnacht in 1938 - the building was damaged, but not destroyed. The city of Görlitz - and the state of Saxony - and many donors collected the funds necessary to restore this architectural jewel, though it took decades of enormous work and coordination. Finally the Görlitz Synagogue was reopened last year, and the worldwide press loved the story. ...

After Nazis destroyed the Star of David atop the Görlitzer Synagogue on November 10, 1938, there was no clear idea about how to move forward with the synagogue as such, or the reconstruction of the missing Star. An initiative in Görlitz since 2008 finally came to fruition - on September 12, 2022 - due to cooperation between the political forces in Görlitz and anonymous donors. Thank you © David...

The Görlitz Star - the resurrection of the Star of David atop the New Synagogue in Görlitz, Germany. September 12, 2022. Camera, copyright and editing, David Peres (Prague).

Alex Jacobowitz, Marimba Concert

At a concert in St. Georgenkirche (Glauchau, Germany), Alex Jacobowitz played his marimba transcription of Enrique Granados' most famous Spanish Dance, #5 in e minor, originally composed for piano. Feb. 13, 2022. (Camera: Jacobowitz)

The African marimba is considered the national instrument of South Africa. This is footage taken from the jury standpoint of group of competitors at the 2nd National Marimba (and Steelband) Festival in Germiston, South Africa on August 3rd and 4th, 2013. There were over 2000 participants playing 200 instruments over the course of the festival (Camera: Jacobowitz - IMG 5517). [Our thanks to Joan...

Performing the famous guitar piece from 1929 on solo marimba. Practice session.

Raw recording (Gopro) of Alex Jacobowitz, playing Mendelssohn's Song without Words (op. 19, no. 1) in E major. Recording in the Einsiedeln Monastery in Switzerland. Feb. 14, 2021.

Traditional Klezmer music, originally for violin. The music is used to stay close emotionally to the Creator (d'vekus nigun) from the Chassidim. Recorded in the 600-year-old Clara Church in Nuremberg, Germany. November 7, 2021.

Two klezmer pieces excerpted from the concert. "A Gleyzele Wein" and "Mayn Tayere Odessa"

Alex Jacobowitz performs Bach's Italian Concerto (BWV 971), 2nd movement, as a transcription for xylophone (marimba). Recorded at the Clara Church, Nuremberg, Germany (Nov. 7, 2021).

Alex Jacobowitz plays Enrique Granados' Spanish Dance #2 in a marimba solo transcription. Performance on November 7, 2021 in the Klara Church, Nuremberg, Germany.

Easter Sunday sunrise. April 4, 2021 in Leipzig, Germany

Alex Jacobowitz plays Recuerdos de la Alhambra (Wiesbaden, Germany, 2021)

Kurhaus Feb 2021 Limosna

Nürnberg Raw Footage 2019

Erik Satie's Vexations - marimba sample by Alex Jacobowitz.

The Görlitz Synagogue

Finish Every Day: Emerson

Return of the Knish, segment from Fox 5 (news channel in NYC), Feb. 2014. Katz's Deli

Concert excerpt - Alex Jacobowitz in Ammelshain, Germany - Oct 31, 2020

J. S. Bach - Ich ruf' zu Dir - Alex Jacobowitz *(marimba)

Reopening of the Görlitz synagogue, Nov 9, 2008 (Part 2)

The reopening of the synagogue in Görlitz, Germany on November 9, 2008.

WDR 2007 Daheim & Unterwegs ~ Alex Jacobowitz, solo marimba

Max Nkala shows how "The Click Song" is played on marimba.

The End of the Avrum Burstein Band Concert (Görlitz) in 2011

Franka Lampa & Gilda in Berlin playing Klezmer