Klezmer Conservatory Band

A leading voice in the world of klezmer music and Yiddish song for over 40 years, the Klezmer Conservatory Band (KCB) continues to thrill audiences all over the world. With a repertoire ranging from Yiddish standards to rousing dance medleys and little known gems, the KCBs musicians have served as important ambassadors in promoting the

Bukharester Bulgar

The KCB brings you to your feet with this fiery performance of “Bukharester Bulgar,” a popular Rumanian style bulgar which remains a mainstay of Philadelphia’s Jewish wedding repertoire.

In The News

Dance me to the end of love (Review by KlezmerShack.com)

“… this is a band that is so good, and has been doing this so long, that the notes don’t just provide pleasure, they reinforce the secure feeling that listening to KCB is everything it’s always been, but better and immediate and new again.”

Dance me to the end of love (Review by KlezmerShack.com)

The Washington Post (Washington, DC)

“… the ensemble’s uninhibited verve translates into any language and will no doubt leave anyone inclined to dance along gasping for air.”

The Washington Post (Washington, DC)

The Advertiser (Adelaide, Australia)

“The music of the Klezmer Conservatory Band mixes up Jewish ragtime, souped-up Mahler symphonies and Dixieland in a dizzying musical cocktail. It’s an irresistible mixture, even if you don’t speak Yiddish. The band’s music has an infectious dance beat… it is richly expressive music with a special appeal of its own.”

The Advertiser (Adelaide, Australia)

The Gazette (Montreal, Canada)

“Tears of joy and the knowing smiles of nostalgia were everywhere last night as a standing-room only crowd … bathed in the sunshine of the Boston-based Klezmer Conservatory Band … (they) didn’t miss a beat.”

The Gazette (Montreal, Canada)

Muskegon Chronicle (MI)

“… the Klezmer Conservatory Band is a fine example of what standing ovations should be saved for. The musicians deserved all the shouts, whistles, and stamping of feet they received.”

Muskegon Chronicle (MI)

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