Budowitz are a klezmer

Klezmer

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 band incorporating 19th century instruments and themes from the folk music of Bessarabia

Bessarabia

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, Galicia and Bukovina

Bukovina

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, into their music. Its members live in Hungary

Hungary

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, Germany

Germany

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 and the United States

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. The band is named after 19th Century accordion maker Karl Budowitzhttp://www.ksanti.net/free-reed/reviews/budowitz.html, who built the accordion played by Joshua Horowitz in the group.

They have won a number of awards including BBC's Critics Circle award for best CD and the British Songlines Magazine's "Top of the World" award.

Members who have played at various times

• Christian Dawid - Clarinet
• Tamas Gombai - Violin
• Joshua Horowitz - Cimbalom (Tsimbl) and Accordion
• Walt Mahovlich - Clarinet
• Michael Winograd - Clarinet
• Steven Greenman - Violin
• Lothar Lasser - Accordion
• Geza Penzes - Cello and Bass
• Zsolt Kurtosi - Cello and Bass
• Cookie Segelstein - Violin and Viola
• Sandor Toth - 3-stringed Contra Viola

External links

• http://www.budowitz.com Budowitz Web Site
• http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/cod/concerts/20080621budow June 21, 2008 Concert on the CBC
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• http://www.goldenhorn.com/display.php4?content=records&page=ghp029.html Interview with Budowitz on the Golden Horn Records site
• http://www.klezmershack.com/bands/budowitz/mt/budowitz.mt.html Budowitz "Mother Tongue" review on KlezmerShack