Sukke

SUKKE was founded to give its members a possibility to introduce their specific idea of klezmer music on one hand, and to work on old but also original Yiddish songs to bring them onto stage. SUKKE is platform for ideas its members were or are unable to perform in other projects. Since each musician collected large experiences in various ensembles and bands, it is possible to call SUKKE as a first European klezmer all-star band. SUKKE plays concerts, holidays, parties, weddings. Sanne Möricke (Akkordeon) studied music in Holland, klezmer accordion with Alan Bern and Willy Schwarz among others. She is a foundig member of Holland´s Di Kalles, probably the world´s first all-female klezmer band, which unfortunately ceased to exist in the summer of 2000. With their duo Khupe Möricke and clarinetist Christian Dawid published their cd mit der Kale tantsn in 1999, a highly-acclaimed first recording of the duo (which is possible to order directly from the artists.) She was musician in the Staatstheater Bremen production of Brecht´s "Three-Penny-Opera", and is a looked-after accordionist who played in several bands since she moved to Berlin in 2000. Heiko Lehmann (Kontrabaß & Gitarre) played with Berlin-based band Aufwind from 1988 to 1994 and recorded a cd with them. In 1994, Lehmann founded Golus storytheater (Toronto-Berlin) with Canadian writer Michael Wex and appeared as guest musician in various bands (for instance with Budowitz, Kapelye, Willy Schwartz, Chicago Klezmer Ensemble). Wex and Lehmann developed four plays, for which Lehmann wrote the music and which he translated into German, as well as Wex´s cult novel shlepping th exile. Lehmann writes radio plays, co-produces a kids' music theatre and directs. His first musical "die Meistersinger von Dlugaszow" was premiered in 2001. Merlin Shepherd (Klarinetten) has been Musical Director for The Royal National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company and Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, London. He works as Music Co-ordinator for KlezKamp USA, KlezFest London and taught at KlezFest St Petersburg, KlezFest Evpatoria in Ukraine and KlezKanada. He is one of the world's leading players of traditional East European Klezmer Clarinet style, and apart from his own ensembles he has worked and toured throughout Britain and Europe with Budowitz, Klezmer brass allstars and Burning bush, as well as a Istanbul tour with Heiko Lehmann and his trio New presumption in 1994.