Professor Yale Strom is an acclaimed violinist, composer, filmmaker, writer, photographer, playwright and a pioneer among revivalists in conducting extensive field research in Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans among the Jewish and Roma communities. Initially, his work focused primarily on the use and performance of klezmer music among these two groups. Gradually, his focus increased to examining all aspects of their culture, from post-World War II to the present. For more than 3 decades and 75 such research expeditions, Strom has become the world's leading ethnographer-artist of klezmer music and history. Strom has lectured extensively throughout the United States and Europe and taught at NYU for 4 years, where he created the course "Artist-Ethnographer Expeditions". At present he is Artist-in-Residence and professor in the Jewish Studies Program at San Diego State University.
INCLUDED IN MAIN TOUR:2 nights
Radisson Blu Leogrand, Chisinau, Moldova
2 nights
Hotel Unirea, Iasi, Romania
4 total nights
Intercontinental Hotel, Bucharest, Romania
2 nights
Aro Palace Hotel, Brasov, Romania
All touring and sightseeing in a deluxe air-conditioned vehicle with expert English-speaking guides
Transfer upon arrival and departure with the main group
Entrance fees as per itinerary
Porterage
INCLUDED IN EXTENSION:
1 night
Gradina Morii Hotel, Sighetu Marmatiei, Romania
1 night
Doubletree Hotel Cluj City Plaza, Cluj Napoca, Romania
All touring and sightseeing in a deluxe air-conditioned vehicle with an expert English-speaking guide
Professional Tour Director throughout
Lectures by Professor Yale Strom
Breakfast daily
1 dinner
Internal flight from Bucharest to Satu Mare
Airport transfers for internal and international flights (with main group)
Entrance fees as per itinerary
Porterage