Klezmer Band
Klezmer, Balkan and Jewish Simcha music

Line up: Standard 4-piece lineup: Clarinet, violin, guitar and double bass.

Highlights
*One of the UK’s most in-demand klezmer bands
*Flexible in size to suit all budgets
*Acoustic or amplified
*Will do walkabout
*Will play outdoors
*Will accept song requests
*London-based but will travel

Description of the music and type of show
Eastern-European Jewish Balkan and Gypsy wedding music;

Klezmer Band plays authentic acoustic klezmer and Balkan music including some Israeli favourites for Jewish weddings and barmitzvahs creating a fun exhilarating atmosphere perfect for circle line and free dancing.

Previous experience of members
Established in 2001 Klezmer Band have the experience of performing at hundreds of weddings barmitzvahs and parties. They boast an extensive repertoire of up to three 45-minute sets enabling an appropriate choice of music for any occasion.

As individuals the members have professional qualifications as graduates from London’s top universities and music colleges; the Royal Academy of Music Trinity College of Music City Goldsmiths SOAS and Middlesex universities.

Previous venues and clients
Klezmer Band have played at celebrity weddings including the civil partnership of Little Britain star Matt Lucas. As a Jewish wedding band they appeared on ITV’s sitcom Fat Friends. They have been booked to play at weddings as far-a-field as California.

In Europe they have performed in the Concertgebouw Amsterdam and at festivals in Switzerland Poland Czech Republic Holland and Germany.

In the UK Klezmer Band have played festivals such as Glastonbury Edinburgh Bath Broadstairs and Garsington. They performed a klezmer concerto with orchestra in the Queen Elizabeth Hall. As part of the Live Music Now! scheme Klezmer Band have led workshops and performed in hospitals special-needs schools day centres YOIs and prisons.