This will be a lecture that includes photos and music.

When: Sunday, September 13, 2026, 11 a.m. – 12:40 p.m. PT / 12 p.m. – 1:40 p.m. MST / 1 p.m. – 2:40 p.m. CST / 2 p.m. – 3:40 p.m. EST

Where: Online (Zoom)

Cost:

Early bird pricing: $20 per lecture

Regular pricing: $25 per lecture

Artist Name: Yale Strom

Artist’s Bio: Yale Strom (violin) is one of the world’s leading ethnographer-artists of klezmer and Romani music and history. With a master’s degree in Yiddish Studies, he has conducted extensive ethnographic research across Eastern Europe on Jewish and Romani musical culture.

His fieldwork shaped the repertoire of his klezmer band Hot Pstromi and informed his work directing 10 award-winning documentary films, including The Last Klezmer (Oscar short-list).

Strom has written 15 books and two award-winning audio dramas, recorded 20 CDs, and presented numerous photo exhibitions in North America and Europe. His latest documentary, Recordially Yours: Lou Curtiss (2023), explores the life of San Diego audiophile-ethnomusicologist Lou Curtiss; he is currently developing a musical on Marc and Bella Chagall. Strom was Artist-in-Residence in Jewish Studies at San Diego State University (2006–2020). He now teaches in the Music Department and previously taught at New York University. His first historical novel, The Autobiography of the Offenbacher, will be published in 2026.