Josh Horowitz
Encyclopedia
Joshua Horowitz is an American
klezmer
accordionist and cimbalom player as well as a musical scholar, klezmer teacher and ethnomusicologist. He plays in klezmer groups Budowitz
and Veretski Pass
.
He received his Masters degree in Composition and Music Theory from the Academy of Music in Graz
, Austria
, where he taught Music Theory and served as Research Fellow and Director of the Klezmer Music Research Project for eight years. He has won a number of awards for his musical work including the Prize of Honor for his orchestral composition, Tenebrae
, presented by the Austrian government.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
klezmer
Klezmer
Klezmer is a musical tradition of the Ashkenazic Jews of Eastern Europe. Played by professional musicians called klezmorim, the genre originally consisted largely of dance tunes and instrumental display pieces for weddings and other celebrations...
accordionist and cimbalom player as well as a musical scholar, klezmer teacher and ethnomusicologist. He plays in klezmer groups Budowitz
Budowitz
Budowitz are a klezmer band incorporating 19th century instruments and themes from the folk music of Bessarabia, Galicia and Bukovina, into their music. Its members live in Hungary, Germany and the United States...
and Veretski Pass
Veretski Pass
Veretski Pass is a klezmer trio using traditional instrumentation of accordion, violin, cimbalom and bowed double bass. They are based in the USA, and are named after Verecke Pass, the mountain pass through which Magyar tribes crossed into the Carpathian basin to settle what later became the...
.
He received his Masters degree in Composition and Music Theory from the Academy of Music in Graz
Graz
The more recent population figures do not give the whole picture as only people with principal residence status are counted and people with secondary residence status are not. Most of the people with secondary residence status in Graz are students...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
, where he taught Music Theory and served as Research Fellow and Director of the Klezmer Music Research Project for eight years. He has won a number of awards for his musical work including the Prize of Honor for his orchestral composition, Tenebrae
Tenebrae
Tenebrae may refer to:* Tenebrae, a Christian worship service held during Holy Week * Tenebrae , a horror film by Dario Argento* Tenebrae , soundtrack album for the Dario Argento film...
, presented by the Austrian government.
External links
- Review of "The Ultimate Klezmer" arranged by Josh Horowitz