Pete Rushefsky is an American
klezmer
Klezmer ( yi, קלעזמער or ) is an instrumental musical tradition of the Ashkenazi Jews of Central and Eastern Europe. The essential elements of the tradition include dance tunes, ritual melodies, and virtuosic improvisations played for l ...
musician and Executive Director of
New York City's
Center for Traditional Music and Dance
The Center for Traditional Music and Dance (CTMD) is a leading folk/traditional arts organization based in New York City. Originally established as the Balkan Arts Center in 1968, CTMD assists the city's ethnic and immigrant communities in maintain ...
. He plays the
cimbalom or "tsimbl" as well as the
5-string banjo
The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and usually made of plastic, or occasionally animal skin. Early forms of the instrument were fashi ...
.
He has a book published called ''Essentials of Klezmer 5-String Banjo, Volume I''.
In 2022, Rushefsky won a
Bubbe Award for “Best Original Klezmer Composition”
Discography
* ''Git Azoy (it's good this way)'' (2000?) with the 12 Corners Klezmer band
* ''Tsimbl un Fidl: Klezmer Music for Hammered Dulcimer and Violin'' (2001) with
Elie Rosenblatt
Elie Rosenblatt is a klezmer
Klezmer ( yi, קלעזמער or ) is an instrumental musical tradition of the Ashkenazi Jews of Central and Eastern Europe. The essential elements of the tradition include dance tunes, ritual melodies, and virtuos ...
.
* ''Af di gasn fun der shtot - On the Streets of the City'' (2003) with
Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman
Beyle (or Bella) "Beyltse" Schaechter-Gottesman (August 7, 1920 – November 28, 2013) was a Yiddish poet and songwriter.
Biography
She was born in Vienna into an Eastern-European, Yiddish-speaking family; her family left for Czernowitz, Ukrai ...
and others.
* ''On the paths: Yiddish songs with tsimbl'' (2004) with Becky Kaplan.
* ''Fleytmuzik in Kontsert'' (2008) with
Adrianne Greenbaum and
Jacob Shulman-Ment.
References
External links
Tsimbl.comAn article on tsimbls by Pete Rushefsky
on Pete Rushefsky and Tsimbls
Center for Music and Traditional Dancewebsite
Concert and Lecture-Demonstration Series at Syracuse University featuring Pete Rushefsky
Jewish American musicians
Klezmer musicians
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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