The Merlin Shepherd Kapelye
The most extraordinary Jewish musical collaboration between Merlin Shepherd and a group of 10 klezmer musicians from Moldova, Ukraine, Russia and Tatarstan
The Merlin Shepherd Kapelye featuring the FSU Klezmer Allstars
The most extraordinary Jewish musical collaboration to have come out the former Soviet Union and western Europe, is between Merlin Shepherd (Budowitz, Klezmer Brass Allstars, Midrash Mish-Mosh) and a group of 10 klezmer musicians from Moldova, Ukraine, Russia and Tatarstan.
Merlin Shepherd is famous not only from his work as a soloist with many of the world's leading exponents of klezmer music, but also for his teaching skills, compositions and band leading.
The new CD and programme, under his leadership and featuring all original compositions is currently awaiting release. The tunes bring us to the heart, to the kishkes of Yiddish music, instantly danceable, breathtaking, passionate, moving...
Line up of this groundbreaking band:
- Merlin Shepherd (Brighton, UK), clarinet
- Mark Kovnatsky (Moscow, Russia), violin
- Alexey Rozov (Moscow, Russia), violin
- Dmitry Khramtsov (St Petersburg, Russia), violin
- Vladimir Goykhman (Kishinev, Moldova), violin
- Natasha Kassianchik (Vinnitsa, Ukraine), domra
- Yury Khainson (Kharkov, Ukraine), accordion
- Polina Shepherd (Kazan, Tatarstan), piano
- Artem Kolenchuk (Kharkov, Ukraine), bass
- Evgeny Lizin (St Petersburg, Russia), tsimbal, poyk
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