From: sunofmusic@gmail.com   
      
   'Aleynu' is a Hebrew prayer that concludes most Jewish services. The word   
   itself means "it is upon us". Now, this sacred ancient liturgy is set to a   
   stunning new video, which unites the visionary music of award-winning Canadian   
   world-roots soprano Lenka    
   Lichtenberg with the visual talents of Toronto-based videography agency   
   Unikron.   
      
   Directed by Sergio Lasky of Unikron, with cinematography and editing by the   
   award-winning Brazilian filmmaker Danilo Baracho, the 'Aleynu' video is given   
   a powerful visual gravitas by three distinctive locations: Kiever Synagogue in   
   Kensington Market,    
   which is the oldest standing synagogue in Toronto and also the very first   
   building of Jewish significance to receive designation by the province of   
   Ontario as a historical site; the sanctuary of Lenka's own home synagogue,   
   Darchei Noam; and one of    
   Toronto's great natural treasures, the Scarborough Bluffs on the shores of   
   Lake Ontario.   
      
   "This is the first full video treatment of one of my original compositions,"   
   according to Lichtenberg. "My goal was for us to create a contemporary yet   
   spiritual visual tableau that would complement my song and do this sacred   
   prayer justice. I am    
   immensely proud of this video, and so grateful to everyone involved from   
   Unikron to my band for realizing its fruition."   
      
   The song 'Aleynu' is one of the many highlights from Embrace, Lichtenberg's   
   globally acclaimed 2013 album with her band Fray, which features some of the   
   most luminous global music talents in Canada.   
      
   Fray is:   
   Lenka Lichtenberg -vocals, composition & arrangements   
   Alan Hetherington - drums & percussion,   
   Ravi Naimpally - tabla   
   Chris Gartner - bass   
   John Gzowski - guitar   
   Ernie Tollar - woodwinds   
   with special guests:   
   Hugh Marsh - violin   
   Roula Said - qanun   
      
   About Lenka Lichtenberg:   
   Vocalist & composer Lenka Lichtenberg shines as one of the most ambitious and   
   visionary artistic builders in a nation that proudly defines its human   
   identity as a multicultural mosaic. The Prague-born soprano's voice soars in   
   no less than six languages --   
    Yiddish, English, Czech, French, Russian, and Hebrew -- in collaboration with   
   leading world-roots instrumentalists and vocalists from the global diaspora.   
   Her eight albums to date are far more than mere recordings in sequence; each   
   one is its own    
   groundbreaking idea, carefully manifested from the selection of songs and   
   performers, to the recording environments, to the form and shape in which they   
   are presented to the world. From her inspirational roots in Jewish liturgy and   
   Yiddish poetry,    
   Lichtenberg has branched out to become a bona fide world-roots troubairitz.   
      
   Lichtenberg's stunning most recent contribution to the world-roots canon, in   
   the company of her ensemble Fray (Yiddish for "Free"), is Embrace. Continuing   
   in the tradition of the ensemble's eponymous 2010 debut album, Embrace boldly   
   forges uncharted    
   terrain in new Yiddish music -- drawing on traditional songs and contemporary   
   Yiddish poetry. Lichtenberg blends the tradition and language of Eastern   
   European Jewish culture with unexpected sounds from Middle Eastern, Brazilian   
   and North Indian music,    
   expertly animated by Canada's leading Indo-Canadian and world fusion artists,   
   including: Alan Hetherington (musical co-director, drums, pandeiro,   
   percussion), Ravi Naimpally (tabla, darbuka), Ernie Tollar (flutes,   
   saxophones), John Gzowski (guitars, oud),   
    and Chris Gartner (bass). It was officially released in April 2013 at one of   
   Canada's signature performance venues, the Canadian Broadcasting Company's   
   Glenn Gould Studio.   
      
   Her newest collaboration is Lullabies from Exile, with world-renowned   
   Iraqi-Jewish violinist, oud master and vocalist Yair Dalal. Released in   
   September 2014, Lullabies was recorded on three continents over a two-year   
   span. The project intertwines    
   Babylonian and Yiddish traditional music -- two branches of a tree that, while   
   born from the same roots and trunk, grew in separate ways for over two   
   millennia. She is also working on a collection of remixes from her extensive   
   catalogue with Canada's top    
   global-fusion producers Andrew McPherson, who has remixed the likes of   
   Transglobal Underground and Vieux Farka Toure, and Delhi 2 Dublin and leads   
   the 2-time Juno nominated band Eccodek.   
      
   For publicity & media requests:   
   Sebastian Cook   
   Music & Politics (Toronto)   
   416.573-8055   
      
   Artist management:   
   Ian Menzies   
   Menzies Mixed Media   
      
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