Anne Kalmering Josephson (born 1962) is a Swedish singer who also works in television and radio. From a Russian Ashkenazi Jewish background, Kalmering performs music influenced by various Jewish musical traditions, including klezmer and Sephardic music.
Anne Kalmering was born in 1962 in Sweden, into a Russian Ashkenazi Jewish family. [1] [2] She began her involvement in traditional Jewish music as a child, [3] and went on to study at the Teaterstudion drama school in Stockholm. [4]
Kalmering performs songs from both the Ashkenazi and Sephardic musical traditions, singing in Yiddish, Ladino, and Hebrew. [1] [3] [5] [6] She is one of Scandinavia's most popular performers of Jewish music, [1] [2] and one of the most prominent voices for Jewish culture in Sweden. [7]
As a singer, she regularly performs alongside the musician Hayati Kafe and the group Stahlhammer Klezmer Classic, among others. [1] [5] In 2019, she worked with Stahlhammer Klezmer Classic to produce the album Vayter. [2] In 2020, they were nominated for an award at the Swedish Folk & World Music Gala . [8]
Kalmering also performs in schools and leads a youth choir, Kum Zing Mit Undz ("Come Sing With Us"). [1] [7] [9] In addition to her music, she works as a radio and TV presenter and host, with Sveriges Radio P1 airing her show Thoughts for the Day . [1] [3]
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