Imagining Little Paris: the Jewish Jazz Age of Interwar Kovno

In person last summer IJS lecture with refreshments at UCL

In that brief shining moment when Kaunas was the capital of Lithuania, classically trained Jewish musicians, Jewish Jazz bands and singers drew crowds into the elegant hotels, restaurants and bohemian cafes. Using historical photographs, vintage recordings and original paintings, Aimee Birnbaum RI will evoke the flourishing cafe society life of interwar Kaunas between the World Wars.

Aimee Birnbaum is a native New Yorker living in London. She has a BSc in Education and graduated from The Museum School of Fine Arts , Boston, USA . Elected to the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours she exhibits annually at Mall Galleries. Invited to European City of Culture, Kaunas in 2022 , her work on interwar Kaunas musical culture toured Lithuania in 2022.