10 years Muziekpublique | Helena Rüegg (bandoneón): ‘Oifn weig’-‘Florcita’ - ‘Hora’

Helena Ruëgg studied, amongst others, with masters of the bandoneón such as Rodolfo Mederos, Juan José Mosalini or Alfredo Marcucci from Argentina. She decided to carve her own musical path through a variety of influences, including tango, Yiddish music and jazz. Here she performs one of her own compositions, which features music from different regions but takes the life of Jewish, Argentinian poet, Alejandra Pizarnik, as a red thread. The work of this impressive woman of letters, who lived for a long time in Paris, has often been linked to music. Helena starts here with a song from her childhood, 'Oifn weig', a Yiddish composition from Eastern Europe by I.Manger. This is followed by a Parisian waltz and then 'Florcita', composed by Helena herself, where she presents the Argentinian origins of the female poet and her suicide in 1966. A traditional Yiddish dance, the 'Hora', ends the medley.

http://www.muziekpublique.be/news/extra-74/a-song-a-day-videos-165/