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22Mar2020Blog postCoronaVirus, Facebook, Facebook Live, free, gigs, house concert, pandemic, Philadelphia

Live At Home

Join me for a concert, live from my house!

tune in live: www.facebook.com/aviwisniamusic

3Feb2020Blog postArdmore, gigs, Philadelphia, songwriters, Songwriters Night, The Living Room

Songwriters Night Returns

Excited to announce that our concert series is back for Season 2!
It’s a brand new year of amazing singers and songs we can’t wait to share with you.

Avi Wisnia & Aaron Nathans host Songwriters Night, a concert series showcasing some of the best local & touring songwriters. On the first Thursday of every month, come experience a unique night of songs, storytelling and collaboration in one of Philadelphia’s best listening room environments. Check the tour schedule for line ups and information.

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Poland Part III: Day 2

Today is the concert at the POLIN Museum.
Performing with My Polish Wisnia in Warsaw.

My grandfather was a singing star, a child prodigy of Poland. He studied with famous Cantors Gershon Sirota and Moshe Koussevitsky; he sang in opera houses, in theaters and on Polish radio; he performed at the notorious Tlomackie Synagogue as a featured soloist, backed by an 80-person choir. Whatever bright future lay ahead for little David was snuffed out, suddenly and violently, by the war.

We will never know the magnitude of what was lost in the Holocaust – not just the lives, but the careers, the achievements, the dreams, the art, the ideas. But for a moment, when David Wisnia returns to Poland 75 years later to sing to rapt audiences in crowded auditoriums, he becomes the star of Poland he was always meant to be.

Music is a natural entry point to talking about the Holocaust.
Because music can express things that can’t be articulated in words.
Because music can help us explore the unfathomable.
Because music connects us, all of us.

#MyPolishWisnia

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Return to Poland for Auschwitz 75 – Poland Part III Prelude

AUSCHWITZ 75

Avi Wisnia and his grandfather, David S. Wisnia – cantor and Auschwitz survivor, return to Poland to commemorate 75 years since the Holocaust; together, they will visit Warsaw, Krakow, and the site of Auschwitz itself; the trip will also feature programs and concert events led by David and Avi Wisnia, with stories about the Holocaust and music that they will perform together. Follow their journey at #MyPolishWisnia

Avi Wisnia and David Wisnia perform at the
POLIN MUSEUM in Warsaw on January 24 (INFO)