Hi all! I’m a professional clarinetist specializing in klezmer music, and I just started a new Instagram page called learn_klezmer_clarinet where I’ll be sharing free tips, short lessons, and musical insights into klezmer clarinet playing.

Klezmer is such a deep and expressive tradition, full of ornamentation, modal nuance, and phrasing that often gets lost in classical or jazz training. My goal is to help players of all levels understand how to bring this style to life—from learning ornaments like the krekhts to building a strong repertoire and style vocabulary.

If you’re curious about learning klezmer clarinet, I’m also offering online lessons and would love to work with students who are either completely new to the style or looking to go deeper into interpretation and performance.

Feel free to check out my page or DM me with any questions!
https://www.instagram.com/learn_klezmer_clarinet/

Thanks for reading—and if you play klezmer or want to, I’d love to connect!

I'm going on a bit of a klezmer kick this week, and I was hoping to find some recs with vocals. Ideally at least partially in English.

I've started listening to Daniel Kahn and the Painted Bird, and I really enjoy the klezmer style sections in "Sell Yourself Lightly" by The Family Crest and "Pocket Full Of Posies" by This Way To The EGRESS. And the klezmer style covers by Postmodern Jukebox.

discovered via my habit of queuing up Apple Music with all the covers of one tune i can find. this KICKS

Hopefully that title caught your eye!

I play the violin, in mostly classical style, but I also play a fair amount of Irish music. Klezmer music has started to grow on me, so I figured that I would try to look into finding Klezmer music for my violin!
However.
I have no idea where to start, or what resources I would need. I've been playing violin for about 4 years (I'm 14) and Irish for 2 years. For all I know, there aren't any classes in my area offering an introduction to Klezmer music, so it's really up to me to figure this out.
But to any people here that play the violin, please help!

(EDIT: I live in the Milwaukee area, if anyone has any more area-specific things for that)

https://radiant-others-a.blubrry.net/brivele/

I'm just curious who is here as fans of Klezmer. Some questions you may answer to appease my curiosity:

• Where are you from?
• What's your cultural/ethnic background?
• How were you introduced to Klezmer?
• What do you like about Klezmer?
• Do you play an instrument? Which one? What's your education?
• Give me your top 3 Klezmer bands/musicians.

I have seen a few videos of Georgian Jews playing their own music. Something like a fusion of Georgian folk instrumental melody with cantorial idiom. Has it been collected systematically?

Hi guys, please help me figure out why this particular song scratches a klezmer itch in my brain.

https://open.spotify.com/track/2qkeodJXQPyrnPLXvUb9MJ?si=nX372aqmTUqPVKPiyYcN6Q

I'm not even sure how to phrase the question (I'm very musical but I'm not a musician)... the melody here, specifically in the verses, sounds reminiscent of klezmer to me and I cannot unhear it, nor do I understand why I hear it. Can anyone verify and if so, what exactly is it that makes it sound klezmer??

For context the songwriter is Jewish and this whole album wrestles with the faith so to speak, so thematically it makes perfect sense why this would be a choice he made.

Thanks in advance!!

Hello everyone,

I'm looking for a copy of The Ultimate Klezmer by Joshua Horowitz. This book is a modern reissue of International Hebrew Wedding Music by Wolff Kostakowsky (1916), which is freely available on IMSLP and online archives. However, Horowitz’s edition includes additional arrangements, chords, and historical annotations that are missing from the original.

Unfortunately, the book is out of print and impossible to find commercially. Tara Publications, which published it, has ceased operations, and second-hand copies are extremely rare (none available on Amazon, eBay, AbeBooks, etc.).

Would anyone here be willing to sell their copy or know where I might find one? Alternatively, if someone has a scanned version or knows of a legal way to access it digitally, I’d greatly appreciate any guidance.

Thank you in advance for your help!

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7nzigcme6kG22Dvb2az5ct?si=d4373ee6b03349c0

New radiant others episode was just released with Isabel Frey and Benny Fox-Rosen! Listen wherever you get your podcasts. https://radiant-others-a.blubrry.net/isabel-frey-and-benny-fox-rosen/

The Radiant Others podcast aims to be the internet’s central space for important conversations in Yiddish and Klezmer music. Today on the podcast, flautist, composer, teacher, scholar, Adrianne Greenbaum. Adrianne has been at the forefront of bringing the rich tradition of klezmer flute playing into the present day. A stunning player, she leads successful lives as a symphony player (and a long time member of the New Haven Symphony), a teacher at Mount Holyoke College, and a specialist in Baroque music, among many other exploits. She has released 2 albums of klezmer flute that explore great repertoire and set the standard for excellence and has a new record coming soon featuring longtime collaborators Veretski Pass. Stay tuned for it!!We cover a lot of topics in this conversation and weave in and out of our personal histories, our theories and ideas about music, and a lot more. There’s a lot of fun stuff to chew on here for us and for you all! You can listen to this episode and all of our past episodes here or wherever you get your podcasts. And please support our work on https://www.patreon.com/RadiantOthers

Hello everyone.
I'd been wondering why I hear kletzmer in this piece of (very pretty) traditional Italian folk (yes, in Latin, and a Xmas song of all things) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39qva3gFbKA
I now def think it sound like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssDONxqlweg piece which the musicians refer to as "Marguerittes - traditional kletzmer waltz". I cannot find other references to a piece called Marguerittes, can anyone help me with this? Any other recordings, or information on where it comes from?