Klarinet Archive - Posting 000172.txt from 1998/11

From: "Don Yungkurth" <clarinet@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Re: Feidman
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1998 00:12:03 -0500

Kenneth Wolman wrote:

>After hearing a klezmer clarinetist playing in the New York subway last
>night--"My Yiddishe Mama" played on an ancient Albert system
>instrument--I ran to Tower this evening and bought my first Giora
>Feidman CD. I have only one question:

>HOW GOOD *IS* THIS GUY?? I have rarely heard virtuosity of this scope
>from any instrumentalist. This proves to me that God plays the
>clarinet:-).

I believe that Feidman has been (is?) principal clarinet with the Israel
Philharmonic and is considered to be among the best, if not THE best
Klezmer clarinetist.

Don Yungkurth (clarinet@-----.net)

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