Strauss/Warschauer Duo Performing and Teaching in Montreal this Coming Weekend April 5 and 6

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The Strauss/Warschauer Duo will be performing and teaching in Montreal this 
coming weekend April 5 and 6.  See below for details!  

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KlezKanada presents the first in a series of concerts and workshops: 


Concert Announcement: 
Saturday April 5th at 8:30PM. KlezKanada Double-Bill, featuring The 
Strauss-Warschauer Duo with special guests, The Rosenblatt Yiddish Music 
Ensemble. 

At Congregation Dorshei Emet. 18 Cleve Rd. Hampstead, QC. Adults $25. 
Students $15. (514) 345-2610.

Klezmer Music Workshops: 
Sunday April 6th 11AM-2PM. Klezmer music workshops will be offered in the 
following areas: Yiddish Song, klezmer ensemble, violin, plucked strings, 
harmonica, accordion, keyboard, brass.  Master classes and coaching sessions 
for established bands may also be offered (please request information).  

At Congregation Dorshei Emet. 18 Cleve Rd. Hampstead, QC. Adults and Students 
$25. Call (514) 345-2610 to register. 


The Strauss/Warschauer Duo brings together two established musicians who are 
deeply committed to klezmer music and Yiddish song.  Their performances are 
an integrated and intimate blend of songs, translations and instrumental 
music – grounded in tradition, yet thoroughly contemporary.  They draw from 
klezmer, Yiddish, Hasidic and liturgical music and culture, adding their own 
original compositions and song settings.  As they sing and play in shifting 
combinations of violin, guitar, mandolin and accordion, they create a dynamic 
atmosphere with an exceptional range of feeling – from delicate and refined 
to exuberant and foot-stomping.

Deborah Strauss and Jeff Warschauer are two of the most active and 
well-respected performers and teachers in the klezmer and Yiddish music 
scene.  They are members of the Klezmer Conservatory Band and have performed 
with violinist Itzhak Perlman on film and in concert.  As the 
Strauss/Warschauer Duo, they have performed to overwhelming acclaim in such 
diverse venues as the Philadelphia Folk Festival, the Amsterdam International 
Yiddish Festival, the Jewish Culture Festival in Cracow, the Ashkenaz 
Festival in Toronto, and the Folksbiene Yiddish Theater in New York City.  
They lead workshops and classes throughout North America and Europe, are on 
the faculty of the KlezKamp and KlezKanada Yiddish culture programs, and are 
frequent instructors for the Jewish Music Institute/SOAS at the University of 
London.  

Deborah Strauss (violin, accordion, vocals, dance) is an internationally 
acclaimed klezmer violinist.  She has appeared on numerous recordings and was 
a long-time member of the Chicago Klezmer Ensemble.  Deborah is also a 
renowned teacher of Yiddish music and dance to students of all ages.  She 
studied violin at Rutgers University and ethnomusicology at the University of 
Chicago.  

Jeff Warschauer (guitar, mandolin, vocals) is internationally renowned as a 
mandolinist, guitarist, Yiddish singer and teacher.  He is a member of the 
faculty at Columbia University, and is a program director for KlezKanada.  
Jeff is also a composer whose music has been heard in films and theater 
productions, on Public Radio International and on HBO.  Jeff's solo CD, The 
Singing Waltz: Klezmer Guitar and Mandolin, has received widespread critical 
acclaim.  

The Rosenblatt Yiddish Music Ensemble continues in the tradition of other 
great performing families. The Montreal-based group is led by matriarch, Abby 
Rosenblatt, whose beautiful renditions of Yiddish folksongs have inspired and 
invigorated audiences throughout the Northeast. Joining their mother on stage 
are Jason Rosenblatt (harmonica, piano), Elie Rosenblatt (violin) and Avi 
Rosenblatt (clarinet). Jason Rosenblatt, of klezmer group Shtreiml, has 
developed a unique technique of playing klezmer music on the diatonic 
harmonica. Jason's latest album Harmonica Galitzianer has received rave 
reviews as a great new take on classic melodies. Violinist Elie Rosenblatt 
takes a more traditional approach to klezmer music. Elie's latest release 
Tsimbl un Fidl, brings back the classic sound of the violin and hammered 
dulcimer, once so popular in turn of the century Europe. Tsimbl un Fidl is a 
tribute to the early pioneers of recorded klezmer music. The Rosenblatt 
Yiddish Music Ensemble includes other young stars of the growing klezmer 
music scene. The group will feature klezmer hip-hop master Josh Dolgin on 
accordion, Philly trombonist extraordinaire Rachel Lemisch, Ariel Harrod on 
bass and Thierry Arsenault on drums. 

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