Budowitz are a
klezmer
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band incorporating 19th century instruments and themes from the folk music of
Bessarabia
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,
Galicia and
Bukovina
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, into their music. Its members live in
Hungary
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,
Germany
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and the
United States
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. The band is named after 19th Century accordion maker Karl Budowi
who built the accordion played by Joshua Horowitz in the group.
They have won a number of awards including BBC's Critics Circle award for best CD and the British Songlines Magazine's "Top of the World" award.
Members who have played at various times
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Christian Dawid - Clarinet
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Tamas Gombai - Violin
* Joshua Horowitz -
Cimbalom
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(Tsimbl) and Accordion
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Walt Mahovlich - Clarinet
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Michael Winograd
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Given name "Michael"
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- Clarinet
* Steven Greenman - Violin
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Lothar Lasser - Accordion
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Geza Penzes - Cello and Bass
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Zsolt Kurtosi - Cello and Bass
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Cookie Segelstein - Violin and Viola
* Sandor Toth - 3-stringed Contra Viola
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Merlin Shepherd - C and Eb clarinets
Discography
*Mother Tongue (1997)
*Wedding without a Bride (2000)
*Budowitz Live (2007)
See also
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Veretski Pass (band)
External links
Budowitz Web Site
June 21, 2008 Concert on the
CBC Radio, CBCInterview with Budowitz on the
Golden Horn Records site
Budowitz "Mother Tongue" review on KlezmerShack
Hungarian folk music groups
Klezmer groups
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