The 13th of December 2013, my composition Biografye was performed by the Arto Ensemble in the Jagthuis, Nederhorst Den Berg. They will also perform this Sunday, the 15th of December 2013 in the Oude Dorpskerk, Bunnik at 3 PM. It was very moving performance of Biografiye. It was especially touching to feel the comprehension and…
What is coincidence? A few days before I left for the Ukraine, I was at the bookshop at the Jewish Historical Museum. I was chatting with the woman behind the counter about my upcoming trip to the Ukraine, where a documentary was going to be made about my search for traces of my family in…
This week, the European Soccer Championship has started, hosted by Poland and the Ukraine. It’s rather strange for me to walk through the city and to see billboards advertising trips to the Ukraine. Five years ago, when I started planning my first trip there, it was almost impossible to book a hotel outside of Kiev.…
Jeff Hamburg 