CHATHAM, N.Y. — When Alicia Svigals first performed at PS21 five years ago, as part of a diverse program series of stringed instruments from cello to oud, she demonstrated the fiddling skills that ...

CHATHAM, N.Y. -- It's a long way from the shtetls of Eastern Europe to a field in Chatham. But when acclaimed klezmer violinist Alicia Svigals lifts her bow on stage under the PS21 concert tent at 2 p ...

On May 18, acclaimed klezmer musician and composer Alicia Svigals accepted an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) for “extraordinary contributions to ...

Grammy Award-winning fiddler Alicia Svigals has performed alongside names such as Led Zeppelin, Whoopi Goldberg and Allen Ginsberg, but there’s only one style of music that has captivated her more ...

It is the original world music. Klezmer is a genre of mostly celebratory dance tunes of the Ashkenazi Jews that spread from Eastern Europe to the rest of the planet in the 19th and 20th centuries. Its ...

In klezmer, the fidl / violin isn't just a melody-hogging diva -- as in the traditional "fidl kapelye" (fiddle band), it can be a rhythm instrument too! Join Jon Cannon, former member of the ...

Alicia Svigals grew up in the New York area in the 1970s, listening to a lot of music. She took violin lessons - and for a while she also liked folk and heavy metal. At home, her family listened to ...