Joel Rubin Jewish Music Ensemble

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The Joel Rubin Jewish Music Ensemble was founded in 1994, the first such group dedicated to the performance of the classical Eastern European Jewish instrumental ("klezmer") repertoire. The ensemble consists of seven professional musicians from the United States, Hungary and Italy and forms a link with the multi-cultural tradition of the turn-of-the-century Eastern European Jewish orchestras. The Joel Rubin Jewish Music Ensemble therefore combines the skills of Jewish, Rom (Gypsy) and non-Jewish artists: in addition to the Italian master accordionist Claudio Jacomucci - equally at home with the tangos of Astor Piazzolla, the contemporary music of Luciano Berio or Jewish music - and the charismatic cimbalom virtuoso Kálmán Balogh - scion of one of Hungary's most prominent Rom musical dynasties - Rubin is joined by László Major, Sándor Budai, Ferenc Kovács (of the Dresch Quartet) and Csaba Novák from Budapest, all of whom bring extensive experience with jazz, traditional Eastern European and urban Gypsy music to the ensemble. Today largely forgotten, the music of the klezmer virtuosi was shaped by Western classical aesthetics from the early 19th century onwards, and had a significant impact on both the development of Russian art music and the performance practice of classical music in the 19th and early 20th centuries. With its Eastern modes and influenced by the richly ornamented, improvisational vocal style of the synagogue, the music of the professional Jewish instrumentali

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Beregovski's Khasene - Beregovski's Wedding

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Celebrate Klezmer

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L'armée du crime / The Army of Crime

The Rough Guide To Klezmer

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L'armée du crime / The Army of Crime (Original Picture Soundtrack)

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Oytsres - Treasures. Klezmer Music 1908-1996

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Klezmer Music Europe

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Beregovski's Khasene (La Boda De Beregovski)

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Beregovski's Khasene

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Klezmer Music

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The Rough Guide to Klezmer Revival

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Rough Guide to Klezmer [2nd Ed]

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