Di Yidishe Neshome

Klezmer and contemporary Yiddish music for violin and piano / accordion. Two virtuosi take you on a deeply touching journey through the soul of Yiddish music. 

 

Both musicians of the duo are representatives of the elite of the international klezmer music scene. Pianist/accordionist Dr. Alan Bern has been a pioneer in the international revival of Yiddish music for 40 years. He played a.o. with Itzhak Perlman and Brave Old World and in 1999 founded Yiddish Summer Weimar, the most important summer institute and festival for Yiddish music worldwide. 

 

His colleague, one of the world's leading klezmer violinists, as well as a composer and teacher of Yiddish dance, Mark Kovnatskiy, is at the head of a generation that has saved the sensitive playing style of the old klezmorim for the present and developed it further. He performs with both classical and klezmer ensembles around the world, from the United States and Canada to Japan.

 

The duo shines with traditional klezmer pieces, works by Russian-Jewish composers such as Joel Engel and Josef Achron, and with their own compositions.

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Mark Kovnatskiy - violin, vocal

Alan Bern - piano, accordion