06/25/2026
The Lost Mural Project is thrilled to present the great Yiddish singer/songwriter Daniel Kahn, with his musical brother violinist Jake Shulman-Ment in a concert at Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, 188 North Prospect Street, on Sunday, August 16 at 4:30 pm. Supertitles will be provided for translation during the performance.
An extraordinary troubadour, songwriter, translator, and multi-instrumentalist, Daniel Kahn’s music combines English, Yiddish, German and other languages in a radical mix of klezmer, lyrical folk ballads, and dark cabaret. His projects and groups include the award-winning cult band The Painted Bird, as well as Brothers Nazaroff, Semer Ensemble, The Unternationale, Bulat Blues, The Disorientalists, his duo with Jake Shulman-Ment, "The Building & Other Songs," and a forthcoming trio album with Shulman-Ment and Christian Dawid "Umru."
A graduate of YIVO's 2008 Weinreich Summer Program, Kahn teaches and appears regularly at many international Yiddish culture festivals and workshops. He played the original Perchik in Folksbiene's hit "Fidler afn Dakh," Yosl in "Amerike," Biff in NYR's "Death of a Salesman," the Badkhn in the Netflix series "Unorthodox," and was featured in Carnegie Hall's "From Shtetl to Stage." He’s appeared twice on the UVM Lane Series to sold-out delighted audiences.
Kahn works frequently as composer, actor, and director at Hamburg's Thalia and Berlin's Gorki Theater and co-founded the Shtetl Berlin festival. Videos of his Yiddish versions of Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and Tom Waits songs have received millions of views. Ashkenaz Foundation named him the inaugural Theo Bikel Artist-in-Residence. In 2018, he received the Chane and Joseph Mlotek Award for Yiddish Continuity and in 2023 he was honored with the Adrienne Cooper Dreaming in Yiddish Award. After being based in Berlin for 16 years, he currently resides in Hamburg, Germany with Yeva Lapsker and their son.
“Kahn’s great and artful songwriting follows in the footsteps of Leonard Cohen or Tom Waits”- German Press Agency (DPA).
“While many artists in Klezmer (and folk music generally) are concerned with preserving the past, Daniel Kahn seems determined to bend it to his will. . .Without exaggeration, it’s some of the best songwriting I’ve ever come across.” -Jon Patton, Driftwood Magazine.
“He’s like the Jewish Bob Dylan!”-a real old lady at a concert.
