guitarMr. Bikel made his concert debut at the Carnegie Recital Hall in 1956 in a folk song program; each year subsequently he has appeared in concerts throughout the U.S.A., Canada, and Europe. He has also appeared in concert in Israel, New Zealand, and Australia. Besides frequent appearances with symphony appearances with symphony orchestras in varied programs, he has also performed in the more intimate surroundings of some of the nation’s well-known clubs. Mr. Bikel has recorded 20 record albums mostly for the Elektra label in addition to a few releases on Columbia, Peter Pan, and Reprise. He is also an accomplished translator of song lyrics.

Theodore Bikel was a co-founder of the Newport Folk Festival.

Mr. Bikel’s book Folksongs and Footnotes, published by Meridian Books (World Publishing) in 1961 had 3 reprint editions.

Club Appearances:

  • Gate of Horn, Chicago
  • Cellar Door, Washington, D.C.
  • El Patio, Mexico City
  • St. Regis Hotel Maisonette, New York
  • Bottom Line, New York
  • The Boarding House, San Francisco
  • Academy of Music Cabaret Theatre, Philadelphia
  • George’s, Chicago
  • Rainbow & Stars, New York
  • Trump Plaza, Atlantic City

Song Arrangements & Compositions (BMI):

  • 4 original songs for the film My Side of the Mountain
  • Numerous arrangements & adaptations of songs, see Folksongs & Footnotes, Meridian Books. © 1961 Nina Music.
  • Tel Aviv, lyrics (music Michael Isaacson, ASCAP)

Symphony Appearances:

  • Hartford Symphony Orchestra
  • Denver Symphony Orchestra
  • Miami Beach Symphony Orchestra
  • Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
  • Tulsa Symphony Orchestra
  • Tri-City Symphony, Davenport, Iowa
  • National Symphony Orchestra, Washington, D.C.
  • Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
  • Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
  • Los Angeles Philharmonic
  • Syracuse Symphony Orchestra
  • Oakland Symphony Orchestra
  • Orlando Symphony Orchestra
  • St. Paul Symphony Orchestra
  • Mansfield Symphony Orchestra, Ohio
  • Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
  • South Florida Pops
  • Israel Pops, U.S.A.
  • North Carolina Symphony
  • Danville Symphony Orchestra, IL
  • Lima Symphony Orchestra, OH
  • St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
  • Jewish Symphony
  • Pittsburgh Symphony

Special Works Performed With Orchestras:

  • Peter and the Wolf - Prokofiev
  • The Poetry & Prophesy of the Old Testament - Seltzer
  • King David - Honegger
  • Survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto - Schoenberg
  • Lincoln Portrait - Copeland

Opera Appearances:

  • 1989 La Gazza Ladra Philadelphia Opera Company
  • 1992 The Abduction from the Seraglio Cleveland Opera Company
  • 1992 Ariadne auf Naxos Los Angeles Opera Company
  • 1998 Die Fledermaus Yale Opera Company

Recordings:

  • 1955 Israeli Folk Songs, Elektra
  • 1958 An Actor’s Holiday, Elektra
  • 1958 Folk Songs of Israel, Elektra
  • 1958 A Young Man and a Maid (with Cynthia Gooding), Elektra
  • 1958 Theodore Bikel Sings Jewish Folk Songs, Elektra
  • 1958 Songs of a Russian Gypsy, Elektra
  • 1959 Folk Songs from Just about Everywhere (with Geula Gill), Elektra
  • 1959 More Jewish Folk Songs, Elektra
  • 1959 Bravo Bikel! (Live From Carnegie Hall), Elektra
  • 1960 Songs of Russia Old and New, Elektra
  • 1960 The Sound of Music (Original Broadway Cast), Columbia Records
  • 1961 From Bondage to Freedom, Elektra
  • 1962 A Harvest of Israeli Folk Songs, Elektra
  • 1962 The Poetry and Prophesy of The Old Testament, Elektra
  • 1962 The Best of Bikel, Elektra
  • 1963 Theodore Bikel on Tour, Elektra
  • 1964 A Folksinger’s Choice, Elektra
  • 1964 The King and I, Columbia Records
  • 1967 Yiddish Theatre and Folk Songs, Elektra
  • 1967 Songs of the Earth (with The Pennywhistlers), Elektra
  • 1968 Theodore Bikel Is Tevye, Elektra
  • 1970 A New Day, Reprise Records
  • 1972 Silent No More (Soviet Jewish Underground), Star Records
  • 1973 Theodore Bikel for the Young, Peter Pan Records
  • 1987 Theodore Bikel Sings Jewish Holiday Songs
  • 1991 Yiddish Theatre & Folk Songs - CD - Bainbridge Records
  • 1991 A Passover Story - Western Wind
  • 1992 A Chanukkah Story - Western Wind
  • 1992 Songs of a Russian Gypsy - CD - Bainbridge Records
  • 1992 Theodore Bikel Sings Jewish Folk Songs - CD - Bainbridge Records
  • 1992 Theodore Bikel Sings More Jewish Folk Songs - CD - Bainbridge Records
  • 1996 Rise up and Fight–Songs of Jewish Partisans - CD - US Holocaust Museum
  • 1998 A Taste of Passover - CD - Rounder Records
  • 2000 A Taste of Chanukkah - CD - Rounder Records
  • 2006 In My Own Lifetime - CD - Jewish Music Group
  • 2007 Our Song (with Alberto Mizrahi) - CD - Jewish Music