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I stopped being a corporate lawyer and devoted my life to Yiddish music

Sruli Dresdner describes how he discovered Klezmer music as a child and why he loves it.

unfortunately there's too many people like me

Musician Michael Winograd laments the fact that so few Klezmer musicians, himself included, speak Yiddish.

Reflection on Transmission of Jewish Identity and Culture

Henri Oppenheim, klezmer musician based in Montreal, discusses his connection to Jewish identity, and the need to transmit the culture.

Joshua Horowitz

Joshua Horowitz, Austrian klezmer musician, was interviewed by Nina Pick on July 21st, 2019 in Weimar, Germany.

2019-07-21

Benjamin Fox-Rosen

Benjamin Fox-Rosen, klezmer musician, was interviewed by Nina Pick on July 22nd, 2019 in Weimar, Germany.

2019-07-22

Becoming a Clarinetist

Merlin Shepherd, klezmer musician and instructor, describes how he started playing his instrument of choice: clarinet.

Alicia Svigals

Alicia Svigals, klezmer violinist, was interviewed by Nina Pick on June 19th, 2019 in New York, NY.

2019-06-19

Marilyn Lerner

Marilyn Lerner, pianist, klezmer musician, and psychotherapist, was interviewed by Nina Pick on July 24th, 2019 in Weimar, Germany.

2019-07-24

Zoë Aqua

Zoë Aqua, klezmer violinist, was interviewed (remotely) by Daniel Holtzman on September 10th, 2020 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

2020-09-10

Grandmother's Jewishness: Warm, Strong, and Tasty!

Klezmer musician Henri Oppenheim talks about his grandmother and how she helped shape his Jewish upbringing.

Why do people go to concerts?

Michael Winograd, klezmer musician, describes why people spend money going to concerts, even when money is tight.

Efim Chorny

Efim Chorny, Moldovan klezmer musician, was interviewed by Pauline Katz on August 23, 2011 at KlezKanada in the Laurentian Mountains of Canada.

2011-08-23

Henri Oppenheim

Henri Oppenheim, klezmer musician based in Montreal, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on August 18, 2016 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2016-08-18

Jesse Kleinman

Jesse Kleinman, Yiddishist and former Klezmer musician, was interviewed (remotely) by Marianne Tatom on June 1st, 2021 in Seattle, Washington.

2021-06-01

Merlin Shepherd

Merlin Shepherd, Klezmer musician and instructor, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on August 19, 2014 at KlezKanada in the Laurentian Mountains, Quebec, Canada.

2014-08-19

Learning Yiddish and Love of Words

Henri Oppenheim, klezmer musician based on Montreal, talks about how learning Yiddish felt - encountering something special, a world of words.

Theodor Heimann Olsen

Theodor Heimann Olsen, klezmer trumpet player and queer activist, was interviewed by Nina Pick on July 18th, 2019 in Weimar, Germany.

2019-07-18

Francesca Ter-Berg

Francesca Ter-Berg, cellist who specializes in klezmer music, was interviewed by Nina Pick on July 23rd, 2019 in Weimar, Germany.

2019-07-23

Jewish Boyhood in Rural Wales: My Grandfather's Story

Merlin Shepherd, klezmer musician and instructor, discusses his grandfather's experiences growing up in a tiny Protestant farming village in rural Wales

"There Was Always a Flavor, Without Being Dogmatic": Growing Up in a Secular Jewish Home

Merlin Shepherd, klezmer musician and instructor, shares what it was like growing up in a non-religious, yet strongly Jewish-identified home.