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Mar 20 2022

Klezmer Workshop with Eléonore Biezunski

Eléonore Biezunski sings Yiddish songs and plays klezmer music
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In this workshop, learn Yiddish songs and klezmer music from the international musician, Eléonore Biezunski.

Eléonore Biezunski is a Parisian singer/violinist now living in NYC. An avid collector of Yiddish music, she co-founded and is a member of Ephemeral Birds, Yerushe, Lyubtshe, Shpilkes, Shtetl Stompers and Klezmographers and has collaborated with a large number of well-known Jewish performers here and abroad. Her recordings include Yerushe (IEMJ, 2016) and Zol zayn (2014). As YIVO’s Associate Sound Archivist, Eléonore is the Project Coordinator for the Ruth Rubin Legacy online exhibition (ruthrubin.yivo.org). She is a PhD candidate at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris and is a recipient of a NYSCA Folk Arts Apprenticeship.

This event is made possible by the Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music with additional generous support from the David Vickter Foundation.

Register in advance for this event. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the event.