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Adrienne Cooper (September 1, 1946 – December 25, 2011) was a Yiddish singer, musician and activist〔(JWA tribute to Adrienne Cooper )〕〔(JWA tribute to Cooper (#2) )〕 who was integral to the contemporary revival of klezmer music.〔(''The Forward'' tribute )〕〔(Notice of Cooper's death in ''Haaretz'' )〕 In addition to her work as a Yiddish singer she was the assistant director at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, program director for the Museum of Chinese in the Americas, and executive officer for programming and executive officer for external affairs for the Workmen's Circle.〔(Workmen's Circle website )〕〔(Artsfuse.org website )〕 She co-founded KlezKamp.〔(Tribute to Cooper at JTA.org )〕 She was a member of (Jews for Racial and Economic Justice's Board of Directors ) until the summer of 2011, when she was diagnosed with cancer. Cooper won the Rabbi Marshall T. Meyer Risk Taker Award from the Jews for Racial and Economic Justice in 2010, as well as KlezKanada's Lifetime Achievement Award in Yiddish Arts and Culture.〔(Adrienne Cooper official website (PDF) )〕〔(Adrienne Cooper official website (#2) )〕 She died of adrenal cancer〔(''New York Times'' obituary )〕〔(Israel National News notice of Cooper's death )〕 at Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan on December 25, 2011, aged 65.〔http://culture.wnyc.org/articles/features/2011/dec/30/beloved-yiddish-singer-adrienne-cooper-mourned-colleagues/〕〔http://www.jmwc.org/announcements/2011/12/adrienne_cooper.html〕 She had been diagnosed in July 2011〔(Tribute in ''Tikkun'' )〕 and underwent surgery in August 2011. Cooper is survived by her daughter, (Sarah Mina Gordon ), a vocalist and co-leader of the band "Yiddish Princess", as well as her mother, two brothers, and her partner, (Marilyn Lerner ), a pianist-composer.〔(Info re Adrienne Cooper's family in ''The Jewish Week'' )〕 A memorial service was held on the morning of December 28, 2011, at Congregation B'nai Shalom in Walnut Creek, California. The service was followed by a graveside funeral at Oakmont Cemetery in Lafayette, California. A memorial service in New York City was held〔(Memorial service notice in ''The Forward'' )〕 on January 1, 2012 at (Congregation Ansche Chesed ). Shiva was held at Cooper's daughter's apartment in New York City.〔(Info re Cooper's shiva )〕〔(Yale University website )〕 A Kholem/Dreaming in Yiddish, A Concert in Tribute to Adrienne Cooper has been organized for December 22, 2012, at the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College in New York CIty. More than 50 Yiddish and klezmer musicians and global colleagues are slated to perform songs that Adrienne taught, sang, and recorded – these include the Klezmatics, Michael Wex, Shura Lipovsky, Dan Kahn, Theresa Tova, Zalmen Mlotek, Eleanor Reissa, Wolf Krakowski, Michael Alpert, Michael Winograd, Sarah Gordon.〔(Kaye Playhouse, Hunter College, NYC, December 22, 2012 )〕 ==Discography== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Adrienne Cooper」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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