Klezmer Music Workshop

Ilana Cravtiz specialises in klezmer and baroque music playing and is in demand internationally as a performer, educator and dance leader. A co-founder of the London Klezmer Quartet, Ilana has been Artistic Director for international festivals such as Klezfest London, and on the faculty for many others, reaching beyond the klezmer world. Ilana's book Klezmer Fiddle: a how-to-guide is published by Oxford University Press, and she has also edited and published arrangements and collections of klezmer tunes.

The workshop will focus on playing klezmer melodies with attention to details such as ornamentation, phrasing, use of modes, structure and variation of the melody and dance steps. There will be historical recordings from the early 1900s to listen to, and cultural and musical history to absorb. We will work aurally/orally and using sheet music.

Photo credit: Natalie Koffman