Pete Rushefsky is an American
klezmer
Klezmer ( 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 listening; these wou ...
musician and executive director of
New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w ...
's
Center for Traditional Music and Dance. He plays the
cimbalom
The cimbalom, cimbal (; ) or concert cimbalom is a type of chordophone composed of a large, trapezoidal box on legs with metal strings stretched across its top and a damping pedal underneath. It was designed and created by József Schunda, V. ...
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 in modern forms is usually made of plastic, where early membranes were made of animal skin.
...
.
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.
* ''Af di gasn fun der shtot - On the Streets of the City'' (2003) with
Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman 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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