Lenka Lichtenberg
Lenka Lichtenberg appears in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a singer, musician and composer.
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Life
Lenka Lichtenberg was born in Prag.
Activity
According to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, the recorded place of activity of Lenka Lichtenberg is Toronto.
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Lenka Lichtenberg photographed in Montreal , Quebec , Canada at Divan Orange.
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1955
songwriter
Lenka Lichtenberg (born 1955) is a Canadian singer, composer, songwriter, and cantorial soloist of Czech-Jewish descent.
She sings in Czech, English, French, Hebrew, and Yiddish.
Recorded at birth as Lenka Hartlová.
Born at Prague in 1955.
Birthplace — Prague, Czechoslovakia
Genre — * Yiddish
klezmer
world music
folk
world jazz
cantorial
Label — * ARC Music Productions
Six Degrees (digital distribution)
Supraphon (digital distribution)
She was born in Prague, into a family of Jewish origin.
Most of her mother's family was murdered during the Holocaust.
actress
At the age of nine, Lichtenberg became an actress at the Music Theatre Semafor in Prague.
She moved to Denmark, where she studied music at Aarhus Universitet and worked as a club singer.
In the 1980s, Lichtenberg moved to Canada and settled in Vancouver, where she continued her studies at the University of British Columbia (B.Ed., music, French), and sang in a rock band.
She received her master's degree in ethnomusicology at York University in Toronto.
Lichtenberg performs internationally at Jewish culture festivals, folk and world music festivals and concert series.
She has released seven solo albums and numerous collaborative projects.
She is a regular Shabbat service leader at the Darchei Noam Congregation in Toronto.
2011
Director
Director Jaroslav Hovorka made a documentary film for Czech TV about her, Lenka Lichtenberg: Pisne pro ozivle steny (2011).
Lichtenberg has received numerous nominations and awards.
2008
2012
In 2008 and 2012 she was the recipient of the Canadian Folk Music Award.
2022
Her latest project Thieves of Dreams placed at #36 at the Top 2022 Albums on World Music Charts Europe.
1999
1999 - Deep Inside
2003
2003 - Open the Gate
2006
2006 - Pashtes with Brian Katz
2010
2010 - Fray
2012 - Bridges with Roula Said
2012 - Songs for the Breathing Walls
2013
2013 - Embrace
2014
2014 - Lullabies from Exile with Yair Dalal
2016
2016- Live in America
2017
2017 - Yiddish Journey (Arc Music Productions)
2018
2018 - Masaryk (Arc Music Productions)
2019
2019 - Lenkkodek with Andrew McPherson
2022- Thieves of Dreams
Prague
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