The Wandering Klezmorim in 2000
(Matvei Chekhtman, Ken Frieden, and John Allis)

Currently based in Syracuse, New York, The Wandering Klezmorim is a versatile group that plays in the klezmer traditions from Eastern Europe, the Lower East Side, and the Middle East. Ken Frieden (Bb and C clarinets) founded this group in Atlanta, Georgia in 1991. Since 1993, The Wandering Klezmorim has performed concerts and celebrations in Europe, Israel, and in the Northeast. These musicians specialize in renditions of Naftule Brandwein's pieces from the 1920s; their repertoire also includes original compositions such as Frieden's "Wedding Dance." In 2002, Frieden led a klezmer band in the Syracuse Stage production of The Dybbuk.

For further information, additional samples of our music, or to book a performance by The Wandering Klezmorim, please contact Ken Frieden by e-mail (kfrieden@syr.edu) or telephone (315-443-1894).



Schine Student Center, Syracuse University, September 2000
Hendricks Chapel, Syracuse University, November 1999
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, July 1999
Syracuse Hebrew Day School, Syracuse, New York, March 1998
Café Tmol Shilshom, Jerusalem, Israel, June 1997
Ninth Annual Klezmer Festival in Safed, Israel, July 1996
The Temple Society of Concord, Syracuse, New York, June 1996
Gymnasium der Jüdischen Gemeinde zu Berlin, Germany, June 1995
School of Music at Syracuse University, October 1994
Seventh Annual Klezmer Festival in Safed, Israel, July 1994
Scene from "Yidl mitn fidl" (Poland, 1936)
 
Klezmer Band in Eastern Europe, ca. 1910


Simhat Torah Celebration, Vestal, New York, September 2002
Brysk-King Wedding, Elmira, New York, September 2002
Temple Beth El, Utica, New York, December 1999
Eidelhoch Wedding, Utica, New York, October 1996
Congregation Beth Sholom-Chevra Shas, DeWitt, NY, December 1994
Young Israel-Shaarei Torah, Syracuse, June 1994
Meltzer Wedding, Temple Beth El, Syracuse, March 1994
Temple Adath Yeshurun, Syracuse, November 1993
Rosenblit Bar Mitzvah Reception, Atlanta, Georgia, February 1993
 


Araber tants
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Skotshne (Traditional)
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Ken Frieden and Marc Safran (2002)