Masterclass in Klezmer Performance

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Balkan Music Ensemble Speaker Series presents:

Masterclass in Klezmer Performance with Alicia Svigals, Klezmer Violinist and Composer

To RSVP and request Zoom link, email josephalpar@bennington.edu. 

Alicia Svigals, violinist/composer and a founder of the Grammy-winning Klezmatics, is the world's foremost klezmer fiddler. Alicia almost singlehandedly revived the tradition of klezmer fiddling, which had been on the brink of extinction until she recorded her debut album Fidl in the 1990’s. Svigals is also a composer who works in many genres. She was an NEA MacDowell Fellow in 2014, an honor for first-time fellows of “extraordinary talent.”

In Svigals' band the Klezmatics, she created contemporary Jewish music that combined the joyous and mystical Yiddish tradition with a postmodern aesthetic and an overtly political worldview. She co-led and toured with the band for seventeen years and recorded albums which reached the top ten of the Billboard and European World Music Charts. 

For more information, please visit her website.